Showcased on the model’s familiar 19-inch forged alloy Turbo wheels bearing a two-tone finish and featuring non-painted center caps with a body completed in Guards Red over a Black Full Leather cabin that is aesthetically heightened by a Guards Red finished instrumentation surround, Carrara White dials, intricate stitchwork also featured in Guards Red, and perforations located on the front seats, this splendidly specced example displays an odometer reading of only 21,XXX miles, exhibits a Clean CARFAX Report, and featured an original MSRP of $133,180 with a build sheet listing the following equipment: Stitching F/R seats Dev. Color; Dashboard Stitching Dev. Color; Door Stitching in Dev. Color; Door Handle Stitching Dev.Clr.; Dev.Stitching Side Centr Cnsl; Rear Side Panel Dev.Stitching; Heated Front Seats; Sport Chrono Package Turbo; Black Full Leather; Instr Surround Painted Ext Clr; Door Entry Grds Stl Steel Illu; Exterior Package Painted; Guards Red; Standard Rocker Panels Painted; Instrument Dials Carrara White.
The 997.1 Turbo’s Significance: It’s the last 911 Turbo (and Turbo convertible) to house the iconic 911 GT1-derived Mezger twin-turbocharged engine in conjunction with a manual transmission. The 997.2 Turbos feature an all-new engine, while the 991 and now 992 turbos are only seen in PDK. Though the latter cars are more dynamic, powerful, and are even more technological wonders than the 997.1 Turbo, the Turbos preceding the 997.1 Turbo are larger in size, don’t feature the sought-after favorable sizing and mechanicalness as offered by the 997.1 generation Turbo. The 997.1 turbo is very much a new-age Porsche 959 with heightened usability for everyday use and is that car that will not be replicated again.
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