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The 911 model range for 1974 included the base 911, shown here, as well as the S and the Carrera coupe, all using the 2.7-liter engine. They marked the birth of the successful and long-lived G Series. Porsche Archiv
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Ferry Porsche sent the first production 930 Turbo model, completed in late 1974, to his sister as a gift. Louise Piëch was a talented painter, and so she could see the world clearly, the factory assembled her car with an untinted windscreen. Porsche Archiv
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The 1978 Turbo 3.3 developed 300 horsepower at 5,500 rpm. Porsche introduced black matting on the leading edge of the rear fender flares to protect paint from rock chips. Porsche Archiv
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The 1982 SC coupe presented customers with the ninth version of the G model, its three-liter engine developing 204 horsepower at 5,900 rpm. Few outside the company knew this was meant to be the 911’s last year. Porsche Archiv
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The 1981 Frankfurt IAA Cabrio studie used Porsche’s 3.3-liter turbo engine. At Frankfurt, Porsche displayed the car on mirrors to show off its high-tech all-wheel drivetrain. Porsche Archiv
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The Frankfurt IAA show Gruppe B prototype looked startling in any light. Its performance capabilities matched, if not exceeded, its futuristic appearance. Porsche Archiv
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The long-lived G Series, from 1974 through 1989, ended with introduction of the 964 model, available in rear- and all-wheel drive. Except for badges in the rear, this all-wheel-drive C4 was impossible to differentiate from the rear-drive C2. Porsche Archiv
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C2 and C4 running gear shared identical car bodies. Both took advantage of an automatic electrically operated small rear spoiler to reduce rear lift at speeds above 50 miles per hour. Porsche Archiv
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When budgeting died for the radical and evolutionary Turbo 965, engineers and styling staff retrenched around the 964. They carried over ideas from the G Series Turbos, widening the rear track from the 54.1-inch normally aspirated car to 58.8 for the Turbo. Porsche Archiv
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One of the most desirable 964 C2 configurations was this Carrera RS coupe from 1992. Lightened by 286 pounds, with 260 horsepower at 6,100 rpm, the new RS renewed the tradition invented in 1973. Porsche Archiv
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The 30th Anniversary 911 appeared as a 1993 model year C4 assembled on the Turbo Look wide-body platform. Zuffenhausen limited production to just 911 examples for worldwide buyers. Porsche Archiv
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Weissach conceived a radically different Targa concept on the 993 platform using a large glass panel that retracted inside the rear window. Zuffenhausen assemblers mounted the glass roof structure onto a cabriolet platform. Porsche Archiv
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With its wind deflector in place, the 996 Cabrio showed off the graceful lines Pinky Lai had labored to produce. Cabrio buyers received an aluminum hardtop as part of their purchase price. Porsche Archiv
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For the second time since the cloth tops Gerhard Schröder and Eugen Kolb devised for the SC Cabrios for 1983, Porsche allowed stylists and engineers to redesign the convertible. This 2003 Cabrio showed the smoother transition line from the cloth to the car body. Porsche Archiv
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The 996 GT3 looked great from any angle. Porsche introduced the car to European customers as a 1999 model, discontinued it in 2001, and reintroduced it worldwide in January 2003 with 381 horsepower in a 3,083-pound automobile. Porsche Archiv
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A variety of technologies and improvements made the 2010 GTS a welcome addition to the 997/2 lineup. The 1.7-inch-wider rear track on 19-inch center-lock RS Spyder wheels made good use of the 408 horsepower available. Porsche Archiv
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The new PDK transmission offered drivers a sevenspeed near-instant shifting gearbox that was a perfect mate to draw the best performance or the best fuel economy out of the new 2009 DFI flat-six engines. Fingertip levers on the steering wheel or the gearshift lever were available for those wishing to change gears themselves. Porsche Archiv
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A new roofline adhered more closely to the 911 body shape as Michael Mauer’s exterior stylists worked to reduce the difference in appearance between closed and open cars. Convertible top engineers inserted a slim composite panel between cloth layers above the seats to better hold the roofline shape. Porsche Presse
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The Carrera S delivered 400 horsepower from its 3.8-liter engine while the base Carrera developed 350 from 3.4 liters. The Cabriolets began to reach customers in early 2013. Porsche Presse
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At Österreichring on June 27, 1976, Dieter Schmidt and Karl Oppitzhauser shared driving duties in Egon Evertz’s Jagermeister 934. Fellow driver Edgar Dören warned them the 934 behaved “like a wild animal.” Porsche Archiv
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