5/24/18 Update: And she’s gone.
This 2001 Porsche 911 Turbo (VIN WP0AB29921S686785) has a claimed 102,881 miles and is finished in an amazing “Cobalt Blue” Metallic. This Turbo is fitted with a $14K Hennessy Performance Upgrade good for 500+ claimed horsepower. Remember, No IMS/RMS work needed with the Turbos as they lack the IMS bearing design. Find this one offered here on CarGuru’s in Houston, Texas for $30,999.
$122K Sticker! Could be yours now for $30K! Barely broken in!
Rarely ever seen Cobalt Blue 996 Turbo, what’s not to like? 2001 saw the introduction of the 996 Turbo. On the exterior the Turbo body was widened 65mm at the rear and a new moving rear wing was designed to improve lift busting.
The front-end was redesigned with a new bumper designed for better road holding and downforce and the lights were reworked after all the complaining customers did because the 911 couldn’t be distinguished from the “pedestrian” Boxster.
This Turbo appears to sport it’s stock aluminum Brembo “Big Red” Calipers, 330mm (13″) discs and 18″ Turbo wheels.
From the factory, this 996 Turbo sports the M96/70 twin-turbo charged, DOHC engine good for 420 HP with updated VariocamPlus and DME. Porsche couldn’t fit the intercooler on top of the engine, like in previous iterations, so it was split into two and mounted on each side of the engine. The cooling is supplied through the ducts to the rear of the doors (thus widebody).
However, THIS turbo appears to have a custom Upgrade package courtesy of the folks at Hennessy. The work order pictured above claims an exhaust, tune and some optimization of the wastegate got an extra 80Hp out of the engine at a cost of $14K :/ Who knows if thats legit, but it’s worth a test drive right 🙂
The interior is finished in “Graphite Grey” with the full leather treatment, aluminum look dials, shifter, brake, color painted center console a digitigal sound package and CD changer.
These 996 Turbos offer exotic levels of performance for not much money these days. Very low mileage examples (think tweens) are selling in the $70K range. Driver quality 30K/40K-Mile examples can save you $20K+ dollars. These 100k mile examples, can save you major $$$$$. The Mezger engines are known to be bulletproof provided the scheduled maintenance is performed. The Carfax claims only 4 sellers. What do you have to lose? If you want your first flat-six to be the Turbo variety, ahem, the 500 HP turbo variety in Cobalt Blue this looks like one worth enquiring about. Don’t forget that PPI! 500 Hp 911 for Camry money. You can’t lose.