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Porsche Factoid:
After the 3.3 liter 930 Turbo convertible (1987-89), Porsche never officially offered an air-cooled Turbo convertible again. However, in 1995 a well known dealer in Munich, Germany approached Porsche with the idea for a Turbo Cabriolet based on the current 993. Porsche, always willing to satisfy their most loyal customers and dealers, agreed that if at least 12 customers could be found, then the “skunk works” or Porsche Exclusiv would build them. Taking the challenge in stride, the dealer found the requisite 12 customers (some say 14) and the limited edition 911 (993) Turbo Cabriolet was the result.
Each of the Porsche 993 Turbo cabs featured the 360 hp (DIN) single-turbo engine of the 964 Turbo 3.6, a 5-speed manual transmission, the wing of the 964 Turbo 3.6 and rear wheel drive (vs. all wheel). Privilege of ownership was not inexpensive. To put one of these limited edition 993s in your garage required a premium of nearly DM 90,000 (or close to $63,000) over the MSRP of the standard 993 Cabriolet.
1995 Porsche 993 Turbo Cabriolet Today
I have never personally seen a 993 Turbo Cabriolet and am not sure if any currently reside in the US. They do occasionally come up for sale and as luck would have it, there is one available today in Germany for €89,500.00. In my opinion, given the limited production numbers, the fact that they are the last of the air cooled and pricing for trends of the last few years, these cars are severely undervalued. Maybe it’s the fact that they were never imported into the US and conversion and importation would be costly. Whatever the reason, this would be a great addition to my dream garage.
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What are basically the differences between the 993 cabrio and the 993 cabrio turbo except for being turbo? Are the body specifications the same and just the rear wing addition?
John,
That’s pretty much it, other than 5 speed vs. 6 and the fact that the wings and turbo motor were from a 964. We’re not sure on suspension mods, but haven’t been able to find anything.
But how about on chasis and body dimensions? Are there differences?
John,
Give us a couple of days and we’ll see if we can dig up some additional info.