Category: Porsche
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Porsche 944 Buying Guide: Rust, Belts, S2, Turbo & Costs
Buying Guides / Porsche 944 · UK edition The Porsche 944 combines balanced transaxle handling, a usable hatchback body and an engine range that stretches from accessible naturally aspirated cars to serious Turbo performance. Its reputation for durability is deserved only when maintenance has kept pace with age. This guide covers the 2.5 and 2.7,…
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Porsche Boxster 986 Buying Guide: IMS, Problems, Prices & Costs
Buying Guides / Porsche Boxster 986 · UK edition A Porsche Boxster 986 can put mid-engined balance, a naturally aspirated flat-six and a proper open-air sports-car experience within surprisingly ordinary used-car money. The purchase price is only the opening calculation. This guide explains 2.5, 2.7 and 3.2 S versions, IMS questions, cooling and roof checks,…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Porsche 911 Turbo 930
The Porsche 911 Turbo 930 combined racing-derived turbocharging with the compact 911 body and created one of the most intimidating road cars of the 1970s and 1980s. Its shape is familiar; many details behind the legend are not. 1. The 930 code was initially internal Enthusiasts use “930” for the first-generation 911 Turbo, although Porsche…
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Porsche 944 Turbo
The Porsche 944 Turbo was far more than a 944 with extra boost. Known internally as the Type 951, it combined a front-mounted engine, rear transaxle, sophisticated aerodynamics and technology that helped redefine the fast, usable sports car of the 1980s. 1. Porsche called it the Type 951 The 944 Turbo’s internal designation was 951…