Vehicle Description
2001 Porsche 911/996 Turbo - Guards Red - 40k Original Miles -
Texas Car (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this 2001
Porsche 911 Turbo on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors
site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our many
photographs of this vehicle due to website limitations. To be sure
you access all the more than 110 photographs, please go to our main
website: GarageKeptMotors.) ...a car that unravels the road like a
video viewed on fast-forward.... �€"Phillip Bingham, Motor Trend
First Drive, 5/2/00 The Porsche 911 Turbo, long an automotive
legend, took a great leap forward in 2001 with its launch in the
996 series design. As the Motor Trend First Drive reviewer put it:
Many a driver of the previous generations of 911 Turbos has found
himself on the wrong end of a tail-out cornering maneuver, as the
heavy-rear-weight-biased Stuttgart sportster suddenly swapped ends
in a decreasing-radius corner. The 996 Turbo brought all-wheel
drive to the party, quelling many of those handling demons, despite
packing 400 horses-making it the most powerful Porsche ever sold on
our shores. He praised the car's handling, adding One surprise is
that it's so easy to drive. The Porsche Stability Management (PSM)
system that can recognize the moment you've driven the car to its
limits, or beyond, and bring you back from the edge added to that
driving confidence. This was a landmark 911 that was surprising on
several accounts. As the first water-cooled turbocharged 911, the
2001 model marked this engine departure which has continued in
subsequent turbo models to this day. The car's steering, which had
long been twitchy, was suddenly, and surprisingly calm. The
optional Tiptronic shift-able automatic transmission raised
eyebrows at first, but soon became accepted as a very satisfying
power-management system delivering a 0-60 time of 4.2 seconds. But
perhaps the most shocking advance came from the absence of the
turbo boost that plagued the earlier 930 cars. Again, the Motor
Trend reviewer: ... the '01 911 Turbo gathers up speed with a
fluid, seamless urgency: no rude surges when the turbos spool up,
and no hesitation when engaging the next gear. The two equal-size
intercooled KKK K64 turbochargers... are so well integrated,
throttle responses so linear, and low-rev torque so generous that
this really does feel like a larger-displacement,
normally-aspirated engine. No discussion of 996 series Porsche 911s
would be complete without some attention to the often-criticized
exterior design of the cars. But the major dings, particularly on
the 996 headlight styling, don't really apply to the turbo cars
whose headlights were shaped differently and dipped into the
bumper. The result of this seemingly small design change is far
more satisfying than the non-turbo cars. What's more, the car's
slightly longer, and more rounded nose features two large vent
openings (to accommodate the car's third radiator) directly below
the headlights. This combination further adjusts the car's
forward-facing visual statement in an appealing way. In the rear of
the car, cooling vents in the fender and the distinctive slots in
the lower body, reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 959, make for
a similarly unique statement. Car & Driver's period review summed
up the car this way: The new, fifth-generation 911 Turbo is not
only the fastest-ever street-legal 911, it's also the most refined.
Unlike the more subdued colors like black or gray so often seen on
these cars, the Guards red finish (quite rare for a 911 Turbo),
makes no pretense of stealth on the example offered here. The
historic Porsche color is striking, and the condition of the
paint-as can be seen in many of the more than 110 photographs
available on the GarageKeptMotors website-is exceptional. In
similar fashion, the upgraded chrome wheels with colored Porsche
crests display no rash or other damage. Their open-spoke design
also enables excellent views of the red brake
