Porsche 930 Turbo - the Volkswagen of super sports cars?

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Porsche 930 Turbo - the Volkswagen of super sports cars?

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Created on December 21, 2016

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Bruno von Rotz

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - a dream

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the widest production 911 to date

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - no gray mouse ...

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - ... but rather a gray panther

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - up to 160 km/h not even the twelve-cylinder engines from Ferrari and Lamborghini could keep up

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - 250 km/h fast

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - 1200 kg and 260 hp - something is possible

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - already with two rear-view mirrors

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the silver color suits the car particularly well, during the restoration a lot of emphasis was placed on an original color tone

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - most people saw it from this perspective

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - handy and incredibly fast

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the wing helped with cooling and downforce

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - clearly a 911, but with big cheeks

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the matt black surfaces also appeared on many non-Turbos

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - only the first Turbos up to 1977 had the slim rear wing

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the most attractive G-model

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - unmistakably a 911

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - magnificent silhouette

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - with front and rear wing

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - wide Fuchs rims

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - ready for departure

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - elegant and sporty

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - came along significantly higher than Ferrari and Co

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - powerful rear end

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - with electric sunroof and headlight shower

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - not a gimmicky car

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - only the Turbo made engine performance possible that turned the 911 into a super sports car

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - Silver and matt black, no chrome

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - classic Porsche interior

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the rev counter is of course in the center

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - Speedometer up to 300 km/h

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - with boost pressure indicator

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - three liters displacement, 260 hp thanks to turbocharger

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - Shower for the headlights

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - no chrome around the headlights

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - only the first series up to 1977 had the slim rear wing

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - like a serving tray - the rear wing

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - wide jaws made the Turbo 16.5 cm wider

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the famous folding bellows

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Porsche 911 Turbo (930) (1977) - the "turbo" lettering

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Porsche Turbo (1973) - prototype still with 2.7-liter engine, shown at the IAA 1973

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Porsche Turbo (1973) - still a one-off, with impressive rear spoiler and 280 hp at 6,500 rpm - production not yet planned - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1973

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Porsche Turbo (1975) - viewed from the side

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Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 (1981) - 1981 model with the 3.3-liter turbo engine

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Porsche Turbo (1975) - wide cheeks and rear wing

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Porsche Turbo (1974) - the finished production model, early photo

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Porsche Turbo (1974) - a bird's eye view

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Porsche Turbo (1975) - Top model from Zuffenhausen with 3.0-liter displacement and turbocharger - Geneva Motor Show 1975

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Porsche Turbo (1975) - Engine with turbocharger

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Porsche Turbo (1975) - the world's first production sports car with exhaust gas turbocharging

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Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 (1980) - the classic Turbo in 3.3-liter configuration

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Porsche 911 Turbo 3.3 (1980) - together with a 911 SC built in 1980

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Porsche Turbo (1976) - together with the Carrera Targa and the normal 911 of 1976

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Performance of the Porsche 911 Turbo 3-liter (930, 1974-1977) since 2002 (as at the end of 2016)

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Summary

With the Porsche 911 Turbo, the Zuffenhausen-based company built a sports car that could certainly compete with the elite mid-range sports cars from Italy, and was even clearly superior to them in some disciplines. In the last two years, prices for the early 911 Turbo have really exploded, so is it overvalued today? This report compares the 930 Turbo with its rivals, the Lamborghini Countach LP400 and Ferrari 365 GT/4 BB, and analyzes the performance of the German sports car. In addition, an owner has his say and puts his car in front of the lens and microphone.

This article contains the following chapters

The Volkswagen among super sports cars
More suitable for everyday use than the competition
Hardly slower than the Italians
Significantly quieter
Discovered late
One of 2876
Technology and development history
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

When people talk about the Porsche 911, the word "Beetle" quickly comes up. And rightly so, because the basic technical layout of the rear-engined Porsche goes back to the VW Beetle, which was also co-developed by Ferdinand Porsche. And it still does today, although instead of six air-cooled cylinders, the same number of water-cooled cylinders now (still) do their duty in a boxer arrangement. Of course, the Porsche 911 (or 901) had already put a clear gap between itself and the Beetle when it was launched in 1963. In 1974, however, the 911 Turbo, presented for the first time in production form, distanced itself even more clearly from the Beetle - with plenty of power and sportiness, without sacrificing everyday practicality. It catapulted itself directly into the league of super sports cars, where the Porsche 911 Turbo competed with mid-engined cars such as the Ferrari 365 GT/4 BB or Lamborghini Countach.

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