Rarity Porsche Carrera 2 Speedster in "Turbo Look" - wide even more exclusive

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Rarity Porsche Carrera 2 Speedster in "Turbo Look" - wide even more exclusive

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Created on June 27, 2020

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Bruno von Rotz

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - pure two-seater

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - only 15 units were built

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - the windshield was permanently mounted and could not be removed (as with the predecessor)

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - around 12 cm wider than the standard narrow version

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - this is how it looks really crisp

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - from this perspective, the car looks particularly wide and flat

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - the two humps are characteristic

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - slightly flatter than the Cabriolet

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - on the road with the roof up

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - you hardly ever see it on the road

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - instead of the expected 3000 units, only 931 Speedsters were built, 15 of them in the widebody version

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - airbags were available at extra cost

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - Seat backrests in body color

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - five round instruments on a car-colored background

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - bucket seats were standard

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - the 3.6-liter six-cylinder boxer engine delivers 250 hp

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - typical 964s

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - still with the steep headlights of the original 911

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - big rear cheeks

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - the wheels were also supplied in body color as standard

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - Speedster lettering on the brake shoes

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - fixed Speedster windshield

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - the plastic rear cover in Speedster style

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - desirable

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - rear end like the standard Carrera

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - Rear end

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster "Turbo Look" (1993) - Speedster lettering on the rear

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Porsche Type 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster (Turbolook), model year 1989

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster (1989) - with the typical plastic body over the emergency hood

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster (1989) - only 171 built in the narrow version

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Porsche Type 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster in the narrow body, model year 1989

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster (1988) - pre-production model from the factory museum on the road in 2013

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Speedster (1988) - pre-production model from the factory museum on the road in 2013

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Porsche 911 Turbo Speedster (1990) - Prototype on the cover of AMS in 1990

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Speedster (1993) - the 964 was also available as a Speedster

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Porsche 911 Carrera 2 3.6 Speedster, model year 1993

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Porsche Type 911 Carrera 2 3.6 Speedster, model year 1993

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Porsche 964 Speedster - Speedster models were available from the G-model onwards - 50 years of the Porsche 911 in the Porsche Museum

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Summary

The 911 Speedster based on the G model had been a surprise success, but the successor based on the 964 came late and only as a narrow version. However, anyone who really wanted one could still order a widebody version, and it was a pretty good investment, as only 15 were made. This report tells the story of the Porsche 964 Speedster and its rare wide brother, illustrated with many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Turbo Speedster?
New start
Faster than its predecessor
Desirable
And yet another widebody version

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

At the very end of the Porsche 911 G-model came the Speedster, presented at the 1987 IAA and built in 1988 and 1989. It was a star right from the start and achieved prices above the new price early on. However, when the Ferrari bubble burst at the beginning of the 1990s, the market for special new cars also shrank. It was therefore more than uncertain that there would be a Speedster from the 964 model series produced from 1989 onwards. But as early as June 1990, a new Speedster could be seen on the front page of "auto motor und sport", and what a specimen! It was called the "Porsche Speedster in Turbo style". It combined the Speedster upper section with the new 964 underbody, albeit as a turbo version and thus as a widebody version.

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