Rare Carmon Red! 30K-Mile 2004 996 Carrera 4S 6sp

This 2004 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S (VINWP0AA29924S621751) has a claimed 30,310 miles and is finished in Carmon Red Metallic over Black full leather. No additional information provided by the seller, no info regarding the IMS/RMS. Find this one offered here on Cars.com in Williamsburg, VA for $37,996.

Eurocarswmbg I see what you did with the price…nice touch! That being said, we still think the price is high. Carmon Red tho! Not to be confused with Orient Red, or Arena Red. If you want to play, you gotta pay folks. How are we almost in 2019 and dealers still aren’t including a free Carfax for their inventory?

The Carrera 4S or C4S for short, was first introduced in 1994 in the US market. Porsche took a bunch of unsold 964 3.6L Turbo chassis assemblies and created the 964 Carrera Turbo-look. They then did the same thing with the 993 to create the Carrera 4S Coupe. Rinse and repeat, and here we are with the 996 version.

For the 996 version, Porsche added a full width rear reflector and removed the side air intakes. Essentially, the C4S is a Turbo without the turbocharged “Mezger” engine and side air intakes. The C4S’s came with the same naturally aspirated 3.6L flat-six that was good for 320HP that was found in every other base (996.2) Carrera. Not much info from the seller regarding maintenance, but check the Carfax, it may have some entries.  No word on any IMS/RMS work, so budget accordingly.  Factory build sheet is showing factory sport exhaust (nice option) and Xenon headlamps.

The interior is finished in Black Full Leather (dash and door cards) and heated  seats. Aluminum instrument dials and embossed Crests in the seats round out the interior.

You know how this works, a car sits on the lot for months when new due to a specific option, or color or lack of options and the dealers can’t give the car away when new. Then suddenly, a few years later, it becomes “rare” and enthusiasts want it. Some will say, this color belongs on 90’s Buick (you’re not wrong), but it is rare, and in the right sun, we think it looks fantastic. If this car was any other color (Silver black etc) a low $30K ask would be more inline. A not quite Carmon Red (actually Orient Red) 996 C4S recently sold on BaT for what we thought was way too much money, and that car had 90K miles and was modded. So if you dig the color, be prepared to pay up. Ask for a CarFax, don’t forget that PPI! Make this Carmon Red C4S, your firstflatsix.