For fanatical car tribes, change is often at first resisted, and such was the case for Porsche and its 996.
In a feature on this series we noted: “In the world of Porsche, the leap from air-cooled 993 series to liquid-cooled 996 was both inevitable and earthshattering. Traditionalists didn’t approve and you can kind of see why, but in reality the parent company had no option.
“The chassis gained a torsional stiffness increase of 45 per cent, with a 50 per cent increase in extra bending stiffness, and its softer looks reduced its drag co-efficient from 0.34 to just 0.30.”
In reality, some spectacular cars were produced and these days there is deep and readily-available service knowledge for them.
This cabriolet is running a 3.6lt flat six with six-speed automatic transmission.
Pennant Hills Auto Traders in Sydney has it on the market for $62,000.
