Updated on November 5, 2015
PORSCHE AND JOHN DEERE JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE HIGH-PERFORMANCE LAWN TRACTOR
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They might seem like strange bedfellows, but there’s no arguing with the results of Porsche and John Deere’s collaboration that resulted in the X911, a high performance garden tractor that was unveiled at this week’s big auto show at the Che W. Bushrod Pavilion in Lake Rathbun.
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| The X911 TurMow features a 28-horsepower turbocharged water-cooled flat two and PDK twin-pedal (forward and reverse) transmission.
Porsche/Deere plans to offer two X911 models, the $4,295 naturally aspirated base model and the $7,295 turbocharged TurMow, which the companies claim is the quickest production yellow and green garden tractor in the world, with the ability to zoom from 0 to 6 in 16.8 seconds, and a top speed of 9. “You can’t even see its cutting blades spinning, they go so fast,” company spokesman Jürgen Umlaut said while demonstrating by spinning his index finger quickly in circles.
Umlaut, dressed in crisp, tailored Ben Danke coveralls, claimed a bagging system is not necessary as even the base model X911 “has enough power to simply blow grass clippings over the fence into your neighbor’s yard.”
As with all Porsche products, the price climbs quickly as options are added. The X911 TurMow displayed at the show featured the $1,850 Sport ChronMow Package, which includes Seat Active Suspension Management (SASM), which continually adjusts the angle and damping of the driver’s seat based on lawn conditions, uni-xenon headlights and carbon fiber sun hat.
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