I'm soooo green.

[fogcity]

I was hoping not to ask this and just figure it out for myself; oh, well.

Could some kind soul please list the differant models so I know what people are talking about when they say, "Should I trade up to a (i.e.) 930?"?

I feel a fool for not knowing how all these numbers fit together in the time line. I thought 911 covered it all.

Humbly,
Dylan

[Tim Walsh]

there are several internal designations of 911.
901: used during development but dropped for commercial reasons (peugot (sp) had already copyrighted it)

911: used as an internal and external designation for all normally aspirated cars from 70 through 89

930: interal designation for the 911 turbo.

964: internal designation for the 89-? 3.6L 911's. Sold as 911

993: internal designation for the ? -? 3.6L 911's Sold as 911.

996: internal designation for the watercooled 911's.

I wish I could give you more but I don't know the later cars very well at all.

[dglenn]

Originally posted by l33t9eek
there are several internal designations of 911.
901: used during development but dropped for commercial reasons (peugot (sp) had already copyrighted it)

911: used as an internal and external designation for all normally aspirated cars from 70 through 89

930: interal designation for the 911 turbo.

964: internal designation for the 89-? 3.6L 911's. Sold as 911

993: internal designation for the ? -? 3.6L 911's Sold as 911.

996: internal designation for the watercooled 911's.

I wish I could give you more but I don't know the later cars very well at all.

A bit of clarification on the above...

930: internal designation for 911 turbo up through model year 1989

964: internal designation for the 89-94 3.6L 911's. Sold as 911

993: internal designation for the 95-98 3.6L 911's Sold as 911.

996: internal designation for the 99-present watercooled 911's .

[Elombard]

964 -89'-94
993 - 95-98
996-99 - present

some other jargon

"early cars" 65-73
"mid year" 74-77
SCs' 78-83
"Carrera" 84-89 (this is a stretch but I consider it the 3.2 ltr cars)

[}{arlequin]

Well, the easiest is to grab a book or check a (any) Porsche site so you can have pictures that go with the explanations... besides that here's some rudimentary info:

-from 1960's to 1973, there were the "pre-impact"/"long hood"/"early" 911's, easily distinguished by small horn grilles on the nose near the turn signals
-from 1973 to 1989, there are the "impact bumper" cars, also referred by some people as the "platypus" nose, those cars can be identified by the black rubber accordion pieces on each bumper where it wraps around the body. Within those years, the Turbo cars are known as 930.
-from 1989/1990 to 1994, the impact bumpers disappeared and they gained a smoother look. Those are the 964 models. Within them, you had a 965, which was the same thing but with a turbo.
-From 1994 we have the 993 models. Those have the 959-ish type headlights which are slanted a little back.
-The latest are 996, most importantly, they are the first water cooled 911's.

There's lots more to differentiate them. For example, the early cars and the impact bumper cars have many more divisions based on engine size and performance. Later they had trasmission differences. The 993 cars gained Varioram technology (=more power) from 1996. That's about all the detail I can come up with for now.

[Tim Walsh]

thanks for the backup.. I'm pretty much a longhood guy.