Showcased on the 997 Turbo generation’s native 19-inch Turbo wheels featuring a bright finish and positioned just before yellow calipers of the ultra-desirable ceramic braking system with a body completed in the delectable white shade of Carrara White over an intriguingly distinguishing Carrera Red Natural Leather lined cabin that is visually elevated by Speed Yellow finished stitching, seat belts, and central instrumentation dials while the seatbacks and select interior trim boasts a bright finish seat belts with the option of allowing the atmosphere to be fully invited in by way of retracting the Black finished soft top, this dashingly dramatic turbo displays an odometer reading of a low 25,XXX miles and featured an original MSRP of $159,310 with a build sheet listing the following equipment: Carrera Red Natural Leather; All Excl.Opt Stitch Dev Color; Stitching F/R seats Dev. Color; Dashboard Stitching Dev. Color; Door Stitching in Dev. Color; Dev.Stitching Side Center Cnsl; Rear Side Panel Dev.Stitching; Heated Front Seats; Ceramic Composite Brakes-PCCB; Fire Extinguisher; Sport Chrono Package Turbo; Floor Mats in Interior Color; Leather Interior Natural Lthr; Carrara White; Aluminum Look Pkg Switch Panel; Gear/Handbrake Lever Alu Look; Adaptive Sport Seats; Cabriolet roof in Black; Metal Door Sill Model Insignia; Sport Shifter; Instrument Dials Speed Yellow; Seat Belts – Speed Yellow; Foot Rest Aluminum. A CARFAX Report is readily available.
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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