Situated on the model’s characteristic 19-inch Turbo wheels with a body completed in the understatedly elegant and dynamic white shade of Carrara White over a debonair Sea Blue Full Leather upholstered cabin that is visually elevated by dark-finished stitching, Carbon Fiber trim found on select areas and front and rear seating featuring Supple Leather while the option of allowing the atmosphere to be fully invited in by way of retracting the Metropol Blue finished soft top, this nautical aesthetic-adjacent colorway boasting Turbo Cab displays an odometer reading of only 37,XXX miles, exhibits a Clean CARFAX Report, and featured an original MSRP of $141,975 with a build sheet listing the following equipment: Carbon Str Whl Multifctn; Delete Model Designation; Sport Chrono Package Turbo; Remote CD Changer (6 Disc); Carbon Package; Floor Mats in Interior Color; Supple Leather Front and Rear; Carrara White; Sea Blue Full Leather; Cabriolet roof – Metropol Blue.
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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