OVERVIEW

This 993 was special ordered from Porsche’s Exclusive Program through Steve Taub Porsche in Santa Monica, CA. The list of options is extensive on this factory custom 993 Turbo, including the fantastic Zenith blue paint, many unique interior details including custom leatherwork and carbon fiber, and body color matching wheels.

For most of its life the car has been owned by two Porsche collectors in Southern California, more recently moving to a collector in Florida. Uniformly they all kept great care of the Turbo, documented by maintenance records from new. When it arrived at Canepa its condition was impeccable and completely original. Since its arrival we have taken the car to a whole new level with over 100 hours of detail work and mechanical servicing making sure this documented low mileage example truly presents as new.

The car comes with complete maintenance records from new, its original window sticker, Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, manuals, tools, compressor, and jack.

PORSHE OPTIONS

• Zenith Blue Metallic paint
• Classic Grey Leather Interior
• Heated Front Seat Package
• Painted Wheels – Zenith Blue Metallic
• Auto Dimming Rear View Mirror
• Front Floor Mats – Porsche
• Oval Chrome Exhaust Pipes
• Metal Door Sill with Insignia
• Aluminum Instrument Dials
• Seat Stitching – Alternate Standard Colors
• Deviating Door Handle Stitching
• Deviating Dashboard Stitching
• Deviating Center Console Stitching
• Deviating Carpet
• Head Restraint with Porsche Crest

0-100 mph in 9.5 seconds
Top speed: 181 mph
Curb weight: 3306 lbs
60 mph to 0 in 2.3 seconds

The 993 Turbo coupe was released in 1995. It featured a new turbocharged engine displacing 3.6 liters. Twin turbochargers and air-to-air intercoolers, electronic engine management, redesigned cylinder heads and other modified engine internals were used. The 993 Turbo was the first Porsche Turbo with all wheel drive. The electronic engine management helped the Turbo to achieve fuel efficiency far superior to any of the previous production Turbos. In connection with two catalytic converters and an on-board-diagnostics-system including four oxygen-sensors, it also made the 993 Turbo the cleanest sports car at its time. The Turbo’s bodywork differs from the Carrera body by widened rear wheel arches (approximately 6 cm), redesigned front and rear bumper moldings, and a fixed rear wing housing the intercoolers. New 18-inch (460 mm) alloy wheels with weight-reducing hollow spokes were standard.

This was one of the first production cars in the world to have OBDII diagnostics (the 3.8 liter and track versions didn’t have it, and the normally aspirated 993s didn’t get it until 1996). It is said that the 993 Turbo was the fastest production car in the world when it was produced. All turbos since have had water cooled heads. The car also had brakes that were larger than those on the base Carrera model. The 993 Turbo model was the fastest stopping car in production at the time and was tested going 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds, and stopping from 60 mph (97 km/h) to 0 in 2.3 seconds.