Situated on the model’s familiar 19-inch Turbo wheels with a body draped in a lustrous Carrara White finish over a contemporary Stone Grey Full Leather upholstered cabin that is visually elevated by light-finished stitching, front seat located perforations, and an embossed “turbo” logo bearing center console lid with the option of allowing the atmosphere to be fully invited in by way of retracting the Black finished soft top, this exclusive and final-year specimen displays an odometer reading of a low 15,XXX miles, exhibits a Clean CARFAX Report, and featured an original MSRP of $147,530 with a build sheet listing the following equipment: Heated Front Seats; Bluetooth Phone Interface; Sport Chrono Package Turbo;
XM Radio; Floor Mats in Interior Color; Universal Audio Interface; Carrara White; Wind Deflector with Colored Porsche Logo; Storage Cmpt Lid W/Model Logo; Stone Grey Full Leather; Cabriolet roof in Black; Wheels Painted Black; Red Taillights.
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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