Porsche numbers?

[Timco]

Originally Posted by Johnny Danger

Like the 986, 987 and 981 are factory numbers for the boxster, so are 996, 997 and so forth for the Carrera.

And a 911 is a type of Carrera? I've seen Carrera, Carrera 4, 911, Carrera 911, and so on. All of those are a variant of a 996 or 997? Never heard of a 981.

[Deserion]

Originally Posted by Timco

And a 911 is a type of Carrera? I've seen Carrera, Carrera 4, 911, Carrera 911, and so on. All of those are a variant of a 996 or 997? Never heard of a 981.

The 981 is the new Boxster/Cayman generation. The 991 is the new 911 variant.

Rather, Carrera is a "type" of 911 (generally the base trim opposed to Turbo, GT3, etc.), as the 356 also had a Carrera variant. They just started using that designation 20-25+ some-odd years ago.