A manual 996 Turbo is very cool already - this one has more than 500hp...
There’s a case to be made for the Porsche 911 Turbo being perhaps the most complete car on sale today. It has four seats, can blend in like no super SUV can, boasts all-wheel drive traction, does almost 30mpg and scares superbikes in a straight line. Corners pretty epically, too. As an all things to all people kind of super sports car, there’s little beating it.
Crucially, however, there were a couple of key elements to the 996’s make-up that means it now holds plenty of old-school appeal. First is that Mezger flat-six, of which enough has been written and raved about over the years; the second is the standard manual gearbox. As automatics became better with the introduction of PDK in the 997, so the manual was inevitably shuffled off in the pursuit of absolute performance. But as a usable modern classic, it’s the manual that’s more in demand.
Anybody who’s spent time researching Turbos will find plenty that don’t appeal for one reason or another. But this one really does seem to have everything going for it: purchased from Porsche specialist MLR, upgraded by MLR to more than 500hp with some more boost, a two-inch thick folder of history, a really comprehensive advert and even a CarPlay install.
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