‘The 996 Porsche 911 went from being the sweetheart of road testers to being something of a joke’
Some went pop. Then a few more. The M96 engine became a pariah. A narrative about cost-cutting took over and the 996’s mechanicals, materials and interiors were derided. So pervasive was the propaganda that any scrap of goodness in Porsche’s first water-cooled 911 was ignored or forgotten. In this revisionist world, not only was the 996 absolutely certain to eat itself, even when it was running sweetly it was rubbish. Ugly, unreliable, dynamically inept.
writing a buying guide for the 964. I spoke to several specialists about them and when I asked for their top tip before purchase their answer was simple: ‘Don’t do it.’ Each and every one said to buy a 993 instead and avoid the catastrophic oil leaks and the other disasters waiting to happen. Back then, 964s were in the teens. Now a clean 964 is at least £55,000. The less problematic but perhaps less ‘pure’ 993 is easily £60,000 plus.
Porsche Classic has now adopted the 996. Its new Classic Club Coupe project, built for the Porsche Club of America under the bespoke Sonderwunsch or ‘Special Wish’ programme, is based on an early ‘fried egg’ 996 Carrera and is intended to ‘shine the spotlight of the global Porsche community on the 996’. It’s a cool-looking thing in the style of the 997 Sport Classic, complete with double-bubble roof, ‘Sportgreymetallic’ finish and hand-painted Sportgrey Light and Clubblau stripes.
More heartening still is that normal 996s are now being rescued from lives of gentle shabbiness and improved, modified, restored and loved. On a recent trip to LA, the ‘canyon’ roads were positively teeming with 996s sporting yellow headlights in the style of RSR endurance racers, splitter-skimming ride heights and drivers wearing wide grins. I hope when I finally get back to the
this trend is repeated. I’ll be in my own modified 996 and will be very proud indeed. The 996’s time is here. It’s been a long time coming.
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