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Porsche 964 Turbo

964 Turbo

The Porsche 964 was first introduced in 1989 and a year later in 1990 the Porsche 964 Turbo was launched it replaced the Porsche 930 Turbo.

The 964 Turbo came with the same 3.3 litre engine that was used in the 930 Turbo, the car got a number of upgrades over the original 930 Turbo, this model came with 320 horsepower and used the same Turbo that was in the 930.

964 Turbo

The performance of the first generation 964 Turbo was similar to that of the 930 Turbo with a 0 to 100 km/h tome of 5 seconds and a top speed of 260 km/h

Porsche 964 Turbo S

In 1992 the Porsche 964 Turbo S was launched with the same 3.3 litre engine used in the 964 Turbo, this model was faster than the original due to a number of modifications and weight saving measures over the original car.

Porsche 964 Turbo S

A new version of the Porsche 964 Turbo was launched in 1993, this version got a new 3.6 litre engine and had 360 horsepower which was up from 320 on the original 964 Turbo. This gave the second generation 964 Turbo improved performance with a 0 to 100 km/h time of 4.8 seconds and a top speed of 280 km/h.

964 Turbo

Porsche also launched a second generation 964 Turbo S which came with an updated version of the 3.3 litre engine, this model features 381 horsepower and had a top speed of 290 km/h and 0 to 100 km/h time of 4.7 seconds, there were just 86 of this model 964 made. The 964 Turbo S also featured improved suspension and was lighter than the standard 964 Turbo.

964 Turbo

The Porsche 964 is a highly collectible version of the Porsche 911 with prices rising over the last few years and the Turbo models are sought after by collectors and enthusiast and command a premium over the standard models.

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