{"id":2896,"date":"2020-04-07T22:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T02:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2025-03-07T09:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:26:54","slug":"porsche-develops-special-3d-printed-seats-for-911-and-718-race-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/porsche-develops-special-3d-printed-seats-for-911-and-718-race-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche develops special 3D-printed seats for 911 and 718 race customers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Porsche’s new 3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat can potentially provide custom-fitted seating for road-going cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using a 3D printer for parts production in the auto industry is hardly novel these days, but 3D printing exactly fitted customizable car seats is quite innovative, or will be as soon as they\u2019re being done for Porsche road cars. <\/span><\/p>\n

The automaker\u2019s Porsche Tequipment division will be producing 40 prototype examples of its new \u201c3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat\u201d for some of its Europe-based series-production 911<\/a> and 718<\/a> race car clients to be delivered in May of this year, and after that it could very well transition into a new road car personalization program. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The new seats provide a wholly unique look that also provides natural backside ventilation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The prototype seats will be six-point seatbelt equipped race buckets the automaker refers to as \u201cbodyform\u201d seats, and after incorporating design changes brought about by its racecar clients\u2019 feedback, will be making custom-fitted road car variants via its Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur division from the mid-point of 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n

The road-going seats will be available in soft, medium and hard firmness levels as well as various colours, the latter allowing customers to match their cars\u2019 interior to Porsche\u2019s currently available \u201cSpecial\u201d colour schemes as well as their clients\u2019 \u201cCustom Colour\u201d requests. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The 3D-printed material can be made in any colour imaginable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colour aside, the new 3D-printed bodyform driver\u2019s seat will also add a new design element inside, plus it will reduce the car\u2019s curb weight, and even provide \u201cpassive climate control,\u201d the latter feature thanks to the seat\u2019s unique sandwich construction method. <\/span><\/p>\n

The base support is made from expanded polypropylene (EPP), and this gets bonded to a \u201cbreathable comfort layer consisting of a mixture of polyurethane-based materials,\u201d says Porsche. The outer skin is made out of \u201cRacetex,\u201d and boasts a perforation pattern that provides inherent climate control, while window panels expose the coloured lattice structure for a thoroughly new appearance. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This closeup shot makes it easy to understand why these seats are breathable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe seat is the interface between the human and the vehicle, and is thus important for precise, sporty handling,\u201d said Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development at Porsche. \u201cThat\u2019s why personalized seat shells customized for the driver have been standard in race cars for a long time now. With the \u20183D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat\u2019, we\u2019re once again giving series-production customers the opportunity to experience technology carried over from motor sports.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

If you want custom-formed front seats for your Porsche, stay tuned to CarCostCanada, as we\u2019ll have an update when they\u2019re ready for personal road use. <\/span><\/p>\n

Story credits: Trevor Hofmann <\/span><\/p>\n

Photo credits: Porsche<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using a 3D printer for parts production in the auto industry is hardly novel these days, but 3D printing exactly fitted customizable car seats is quite innovative, or will be as soon as they\u2019re being done for Porsche road cars. The automaker\u2019s Porsche Tequipment division will be producing 40 prototype examples of its new \u201c3D-printed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[486,47,120,46,487,488,489,115,490,491,119],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carcostcanada","tag-3d","tag-47","tag-120","tag-porsche","tag-printed","tag-printer","tag-printing","tag-race","tag-seats","tag-series","tag-track"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articles.carcostcanada.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}