What does "SC" stand for?
 

The other day my wife asked me. I really wasn't sure: these came to mind-

Semi Carrera
Son-of-a Carrera
Slacker Carrera
Sub Carrera
Slower-than-a Carrera
Small-engined Carrera
Someday-I'll-grow-to-be-a Carrera
Sham Carrera

I think Semi Carrera sounds about right!

HaHa-with all the flagrant use of the name "Super Carrera" here lately, I couldn't resist!:D

Studs Cracking?

Hi,

It actually means 'standard car' to my recollection. Don't ask me why...I'm sure the SCWDP folks could explain.

Regards,

Ryan

1974 911 2.7 CIS coupe

I read somewere that it ment Super Carrera

But I don't think the factory ever referred to it as anything except SC!

There was a girl working at Porsche GB that used to refer to 3.2s in advertisements as SCs. This was her own nomenclature - she meant Sports Carrera. (a carrera with the sports pack)

Porsche's own web site has the following to say about the 1978 911 SC:

"In the model year of 1978 the Carrera was dropped from the programme, the new model SC, apart from the turbo, was now the only car to fly the 911 flag. The letters SC stood for Super Carrera but also recalled the type 356 which had the same suffix."

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Will Ballance
'82 911SC coupe

SUPREME CARRERA
 

I think they were trying to emphasis the Best of the Best.

Language barriers
 

"The letters SC stood for Super Carrera but also recalled the type 356 which had the same suffix."

Whoa -- "Super" must mean something totally different in German.
It's like the opposite of selling a car called "Nova" in a Spanish-speaking country.

muhuhuhehehehehehehehe

Geneneralissimo For Life "Baby Doc" Pate has been strangely silent in the defense of the SC lately... has there been a coup?

JP

From Roland Kuntz (I believe) - 'Super (or Superior) Comfort'

Stud Car

Simply cool

Super in German is translated in English to Superior.

Super Carrera. The SC was expected to be the end of the line for the 911 - a melding of everything they knew carefully put together for longevity, driveability, and a bit of comfort. The SC was to the be the last word on 911s, and they really came through. The car was so good that the line could not be killed.

That's the bottom line. When the lights were dimming, the SC went out there and fought for the history of the marque and for the future as well by simply being the best everyman car Porsche had EVER built. Everyone reading this board who owns a later car, a Carrera, C2/4, etc., owes a debt to this car in my humble but esteemed opinion.

And, since turnabout is fair play, all SC owners owe a tip of the hat to the cars that came before, each a development that fashioned the SC. The 2.7s, God bless their mag. cases, provided just as much input as any other car and deserve the same respect.

That's my take on it. I will take no end of c#$p from a pre-78'er, but really cannot take too seriously any comments from a post-SCer who has lost view of their roots.

Whoa! Did I just write that?

John

Thank goodness that Porsche still had room for improvement with the SC, hence the birth of the CARRERA and the 3.2 in 1984!!!!

Sayonara Civic.

Now if I was Prof. Porsche and I had paid a team of copywriters loads of money to come up with a name for my lovely new car - and the best they could come up with was 'Standard Car'. Quite frankly, I think I would kick them up the arse.

Slow Car
Steer Clear (of this car)
Scrappy Car

:p

Mikkel, laufen Sie auf dünnes Eis eis!

Cheers,

Tim
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1983 SC Targa

Slow car steer clear of this <scrappy> car.

Sounds good to me!

John

I thought we had decided this.

SC = snatch catcher