Porsche 993 Carrera 4

The vehicle in detail

OUR THOUGHTS
The jury will always be out on Carrera 2 verses Carrera 4, but unless you are a ten tenths on the limit driver, we wager you wouldn’t be able tell the difference in normal use behind the wheel, that’s until you arrive at a damp greasy corner with a bit too much enthusiasm of course, then the Carrera 4 will certainly be the better companion to save the day.

What isn’t in doubt, is this is certainly an upper tier, unusual specification 993 with a meticulous maintenance history, and when as good as this example is, a solid investment too.

Doggedly sticking to air cooled flat six engines and fundamentally the same chassis design until the 993 series, it has often been quoted that this was the car that nearly broke Porsche financially, being over engineered and too expensive to manufacture with the company’s traditional techniques. Today that translates into the most extensively developed air-cooled 911 produced by the factory and built to last.

The new water-cooled generation 996 and others would follow, with enhanced technology and efficient manufacturing techniques, ensuring the company returned back to healthy profits again, however, the special `bank vault` solid feel of a 993 has never been captured since.

As early versions of this car have now passed their 30th birthday, don’t be fooled into thinking all 993s will still perform as if they were new when poorly maintained, however buy a correctly serviced example, and the 993 is a rock solid and faithful companion.