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Porsche 911 901 Irish Green Kyosho 1:18

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Porsche 911 901 Irish Green Kyosho 1:18 08969G Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Porsche 901 wears a muted Irish Green over slim period chrome trim, revisiting the car before a Peugeot trademark dispute forced the switch to 911. Opening doors reveal the flat five-dial cabin, and the zinc alloy body carries genuine weight. A quiet, distinctive entry point into early 911 history for collectors building a generational Porsche shelf.
Porsche 911 901 Irish Green Kyosho 1:18
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Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
08969G
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About the Porsche 911 901 Irish Green Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast revisits the Porsche 901, the name the 911 carried before a Peugeot trademark dispute forced the change, here finished in a muted period Irish Green. Opening doors show the flat five-dial cabin behind slim chrome trim. A quietly distinctive entry point into early 911 collecting.

Green never got the attention yellow or red did in Porsche's early colour charts, but on a car this slender it works just as hard. Kyosho's Irish Green example carries the original 901 proportions, the shape before six decades of 911 evolution began.

Kyosho's Diecast Reading of an Early 901 in Green

Slim Coupe Proportions and Cabin Layout

The original 911 shape, before decades of wider arches and bigger bumpers, is noticeably slimmer than the car most people picture today, and Kyosho's diecast keeps those early proportions intact. The doors open on metal hinges onto a cabin with the flat five-dial dashboard and thin-rimmed wheel that defined the car from its first appearance, and the seats sit low and narrow in a way later, wider 911 interiors moved away from. The front bonnet lifts too, revealing a shaped spare-wheel well rather than a flat panel, a small but telling piece of finishing. The zinc alloy body carries real weight for its size, noticeably denser in the hand than a plastic display piece of the same dimensions.

Irish Green Against Period Chrome Trim

Green sat further down Porsche's early colour chart than the brighter shades of the period, giving this example a quieter, more restrained character. Against the slim chrome window surrounds and bumper trim of the early car, the muted tone reads as genuinely of its era rather than a modern reinterpretation, and Kyosho's paint holds even coverage across the compound curves of the rear wings. That evenness counts for more on a colour this understated, where any inconsistency in the base coat would be obvious rather than hidden by a bolder shade.

The Naming Dispute That Turned 901 into 911

Peugeot's Claim and Porsche's Quick Fix

Porsche originally called this car the 901, following its own internal numbering, and showed it under that name at the Frankfurt motor show in September 1963. Peugeot held rights in several markets to three-digit model names with a zero in the middle, a convention it had used since the 1920s, and objected once Porsche's car reached production. Rather than contest the claim, Porsche simply swapped the middle digit for a one, and the 911 name that resulted went on to outlast that dispute by more than sixty years. A small number of genuinely 901-badged cars left the factory before the change took effect, which is why the earlier name still carries particular interest for collectors chasing the very beginning of the story.

Where an Early 901 Sits in a Porsche Collection

Scale, Rarity of Colour, and Display Context

At roughly 21cm, this coupe is compact enough to sit several to a shelf without dominating the space, which suits a collection tracing the 911's shape through its many generations rather than showcasing one hero car. Green appeared far less often than red, yellow, or silver in period brochures, so a well-finished green example stands out precisely because it wasn't the obvious choice at the time. Placed near Kyosho's yellow version of the same shape, the pair also makes the point that the earliest 911s came in a genuinely broad colour range, not the narrow palette later marketing settled on. Kept out of strong, direct light, the paint should keep its depth for years rather than fading toward a flatter tone.

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