10/23/2018 UPDATE: Gone
This 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo (VIN NOT IDENTIFIED) has a claimed 27,500 miles and is finished in Rain Forest Green Metallic over Savannah Beige leather. The seller states, “The condition of this Turbo is excellent.It has always been loved and shows.” Remember, no IMS/RMS work needed with the Turbos as they lack the IMS bearing design. Find this one offered here on Craigslist in Monterey, California for $62,500.
Craigslist ad here in case it gets snatched up.
So yeah, this isn’t cheap, or a screaming deal exactly, but it’s a cool color combo and quite frankly we’re kind of tired of featuring silver base Carrera’s (great cars by the way!).
The Rain Forest Green Metallic looks amaing on this Turbo. 2001 saw the introduction of the 996 Turbo. On the exterior the Turbo body was widened 65mm at the rear and a new moving rear wing was designed to improve lift busting.
The front-end was redesigned with a new bumper designed for better road holding and downforce and the lights were reworked after all the complaining customers did because the 911 couldn’t be distinguished from the “pedestrian” Boxster.
This Turbo appears to sport it’s stock aluminum Brembo “Big Red” Calipers, 330mm (13″) discs and 18″ Turbo wheels. The seller states the car is wearing newer Michelin Pilot PS2’s.
This 996 Turbo sports the M96/70 twin-turbo charged, DOHC engine good for 420 HP with updated VariocamPlus and DME. Porsche couldn’t fit the intercooler on top of the engine, like in previous iterations, so it was split into two and mounted on each side of the engine. The cooling is supplied through the ducts to the rear of the doors (thus widebody).
The interior is finished in “Savanah Beige” with the full leather treatment. No VIN is provided so we can’t speak to the interior options with the scarcity of pics provided.
These 996 Turbos offer exotic levels of performance for not much money these days. Very low mileage examples (think tweens) are selling in the $70K range. A 21K-Mile example sold on BringAtrailer for $58K with buyers fee. If you want your firstflatsix to be the Turbo variety, this looks like one worth enquiring about. Ask for a Carfax/Autocheck and don’t forget that PPI!
