Vehicle Description
1996 Porsche 911/993 C4S - Certificate of Authenticity - 3.6L H6 -
6 Speed Manual Transmission - All Wheel Drive - 73k Miles - Grand
Prix White Over Two Tone Interior - GT2 Rear Spoiler - Paint Match
Tech Art Wheels - Original Wheels and Spoiler Included (Please
note: If you happen to be viewing this 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible
that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the car due
to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access all the
more than 180 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, and a link to its accident and damage-free
Carfax history, please go to our main website: GKM.com) You get
what you pay for. �€" Car and Driver 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
test Here's how C&D evaluated this Porsche: What distinguishes
this 911 are its body, its brakes, and its tires. The skin of the
Turbo model has been mated to the all-wheel-drive Carrera 4. That
means there's a different air dam up front, a squat-looking rear
end that is significantly flared at the rear wheel wells, and a
narrow slit of brake lights set above the rear window instead of
below. It has the Turbo's huge power-assisted, four-piston brakes,
18-inch Turbo-look aluminum alloy wheels instead of 17s, and
lower-profile tires... 225/40s up front and 285/40s in the back.
Once again, Porsche has squeezed more power and torque from the
3.6�€'liter aluminum-alloy six-from 270 hp to 282 and from 243
pound-feet to 250. Our six-speed 911 4S ran 0 to 60 in 4.9
seconds-identical to the all-wheel-drive 911 we tested in December
1994-and turned the quarter-mile in 13.5, a tenth of a second
quicker than the previous car. Top speed was 161 mph (though its
braggadocio speedo falsely registered 175 mph). Porsche says the
added power can be sensed in midrange. Correct. Wind it out in
second gear and you'll see 68 mph at redline, and a few blinks
later, 100 in third. (By the way, just starting this engine sent a
tough, dozing neighborhood cat we know loping off at a distressed
trot, belly close to the ground, ears pressed back. It has that
effect on guys in rap-vibrating late-model Camaros, too.) The 4S's
skidpad performance of 0.87 g was 0.03 g lower than our last
Carrera 4, and the 4S plowed more because the fat rear tires
prevented our achieving the neutral attitude of the base Carrera 4.
Offered here in (L908) Grand Prix White over (code PJ) Marble
grey/black leather interior (black dash, door tops, headliner, grey
carpet) is an all-wheel-drive 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S.
Originally delivered to Champion Porsche of Pompano Beach, Florida,
the car was specially ordered (this would later come to be known as
Porsche Exclusive) with the two-tone leather upholstery. The
current odometer reading is 73,284 miles, or fewer than 3,000 miles
per-year on average since new. A well-kept Florida car that was a
National Parade Class winner at the 2008 Parade Charlotte event, it
also includes a GT2-style spoiler and TechArt® color-matched wheels
with the sale. The Porsche has had the same owner for the past 13
years. Courtesy of stuttcars.com, the car's option sticker decodes
as follows: 437 - 8-way electrical seat, left 438 - 8-way
electrical seat, right 454 - automatic speed control 650 -
sun-moon-roof 688 - CD-radio Becker Porsche CDR 210 USA The
exterior paint finish is excellent. Grand Prix White is a longtime
classic Porsche color often chosen by purists. Here, the gloss is
high and the surface smooth-as-glass. (To best assess the quality
of the paint and trim finishes, please be sure to view the close-up
photographs of the car in the accompanying gallery.) All body
panels-including the C4S-specific front and rear lower fascia-are
free of dings, dents, or other damage. Even door handles, often the
victims of minor scratches, are extremely well-kept. (The removed
original rear spoiler and wheels are in similar excellent cond
