09:26 24-12-2025

Porsche corrects duplicate 911 S/T plaque after rare slip

Porsche admits a rare 911 S/T production error: two cars carried plaque 1,724. Porsche corrected the numbering and archived the mistake in limited-run model.

Porsche has acknowledged a rare production slip: two examples of the limited-run 911 S/T carried the same plaque numbered 1,724. The hiccup might have stayed out of sight, but when one owner tried to order an additional personalized badge, the duplicate number surfaced.

It turned out that the car assigned 1,742 had mistakenly been fitted with a second 1,724 plate. Porsche responded quickly, apologized to both owners, and installed the correct piece. Instead of scrapping the misnumbered badge, the company recorded it as part of its corporate history and sent it to the archive. The swift, open fix says a lot about how the brand handles the few errors that do happen.

The 911 S/T is capped at 1,963 units to celebrate the model’s 60th anniversary. The coupe features a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat engine with 518 hp, a six-speed manual transmission, and a focus on trimmed weight.

What adds color to the story is how differently the two cars were specced. One buyer deliberately sought number 1,724 to match a personal date; the other had no particular attachment to the digits. A small bit of human error didn’t just reach the press—it gave this pair of 911 S/Ts a distinctive shared backstory.