37 Facts About Porsche 911

Porsche 911 is a two-door 2+2 high performance rear-engined sports car introduced in September 1964 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany.

Porsche 911 has been raced extensively by private and factory teams, in a variety of classes.

The Porsche 911-derived 935 turbo won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979.

Series letter is used by Porsche 911 to indicate the revision for production cars, usually on an annual basis.

The Porsche 911 was developed as a more powerful, larger and a more comfortable replacement for the 356, the company's first model.

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Butzi Porsche 911 initially came up with a notchback design with proper space for seating two rear passengers but Ferry Porsche 911 insisted that the 356's successor was to use its fastback styling.

In 1978, Porsche introduced the new version of the 911, called the '911SC'.

Porsche 911 reintroduced the SC designation for the first time since the 356SC .

In 1979, Porsche had made plans to replace the 911 with their new 928 company flagship.

Sales of the 911 remained so strong that Porsche revised its strategy and decided to inject new life into the 911 editions.

Decision to keep the 911 in the product line occurred one afternoon in the office of Dr Helmuth Bott, the Porsche operating board member responsible for all engineering and development.

From 1987 to September 1989, Porsche decided to produced 340 units for their customers that wanted a track inspired road car, The 911 Carrera Club Sport, is a reduced weight version of the standard Carrera purposely built for club racing, it gained engine and suspension modifications.

In 1990, Porsche 911 introduced the ahead-of-its-time Tiptronic automatic transmission in the 964 Carrera 2, featuring adaptive electronic management and full manual control.

In 1992, Porsche 911 re-introduced a limited-edition RS model, inspired by the 1973 Carrera RS and emissions-legal in Europe only.

In 1993, appeals from American customers resulted in Porsche 911 developing the RS America of which 701 units were built.

In 1990 Porsche 911 introduced a Turbocharged version of the 964 series.

Porsche 911 was again revised for model year 1994 under the internal name Type 993.

Additionally, the 1996 year had Porsche 911 crested centre caps on the wheels, while the 1997 had turbo inscribed.

Porsche 911 introduced a road-legal GT3 version of the 996 series which was derived from the company's racing car used in the GT3 class racing.

In 2000, Porsche 911 launched the turbocharged version of the Type 996 for the 2001 model year.

In late 2005, Porsche 911 introduced the all-wheel-drive versions to the 997 lineup.

Porsche 911 GT3 was added to the 997 lineage on 23 February 2006.

The enthusiastic reception the GTS model received from both the motoring press and consumers, convinced Porsche to make the GTS a staple of the 911 line beginning in 2015, with the "type 991" 911 successor.

In 2011, Porsche added a new 911 Speedster in a limited series of only 356 units to the 997 lineage, the number of cars produced recalling the iconic car of the 1950s.

Porsche 911 revealed basic information on the new Carrera and Carrera S models on 23 August 2011.

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In January 2013, Porsche 911 introduced the all-wheel-drive variants of the Carrera models.

In January 2014, Porsche 911 introduced the new model year 2015 Targa 4 and Targa 4S models.

In September 2015, Porsche 911 introduced the second generation of 991 Carrera models at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Porsche 911 introduced the 991 GT3 at the Geneva Motor Show in 2013.

Porsche 911's focus was on reducing internal friction to improve throttle response.

In February 2018, Porsche introduced a facelifted GT3 RS model to continue their updates for the 991 generation of the 911.

In 2016, Porsche unveiled a limited production 911 R based on the GT3 RS.

At the 2018 Paris Motor Show held in October on the occasion of the 70th-anniversary celebration of the marque, Porsche unveiled the Speedster variant of the 991 generation for the 911, as a concept.

On 30 July 2019 Porsche 911 have started marketing the non 'S' model of the new 992.

For now, Porsche 911 is offering just the Carrera and Carrera S versions, plus the all-wheel-drive 4 and 4S versions.

Porsche 911 GT1 is a race car that was developed in 1996 for the GT1 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 1999, the Porsche 911 placed fifth in the Global Automotive Elections Foundation's Car of the Century competition, trailing mass market cars: Ford Model T, BMC Mini, Citroen DS, and Volkswagen Beetle.