|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
|
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! 
__________________
Ed Hughes 2015 981 Cayman GTS 6 speed,Racing Yellow Past:1984 911 Targa (Ruby), 1995 993C2 (Sapphire), 1991 928S4 |
||
10-08-2002, 04:31 AM
|
|
|
Bandwidth AbUser
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: SoCal
Posts: 29,522
|
Studs Cracking?
__________________
Jim R. |
||
|
10-08-2002, 04:42 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
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 |
||
|
10-08-2002, 04:42 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: lake havasu city az
Posts: 945
|
I read somewere that it ment Super Carrera
__________________
65 911/ 301274 sold 66 911 /303509 sold 67 911/ 355032 68 911 softie sold 70 T with s trim |
||
|
10-08-2002, 04:50 AM
|
|
|
911 user
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: East of Eden, West of the Sun
Posts: 2,411
|
Quote:
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)
__________________
Where once the giants walked now Mickey Mouse is king. My other car is also a Porsche. |
||
|
10-08-2002, 04:55 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
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." --- Will Ballance '82 911SC coupe |
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:04 AM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 667
|
SUPREME CARRERA
I think they were trying to emphasis the Best of the Best.
|
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:07 AM
|
|
|
Super Jenius
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Syracuse, NY
Posts: 3,491
|
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
__________________
2003 SuperCharged Frontier ../.. 1979 930 ../.. 1989 BMW 325iX ../.. 1988 BMW M5 ../.. 1973 BMW 2002 ../..1969 Alfa Boattail Spyder ../.. 1961 Morris Mini Cooper ../..2002 Aprilia RSV Mille ../.. 1985 Moto Guzzi LMIII cafe ../.. 2005 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 |
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:12 AM
|
|
|
Not Quite Banned
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Posts: 1,222
|
From Roland Kuntz (I believe) - 'Super (or Superior) Comfort'
__________________
Thomas Owen 1972 911T 1972 911S Last edited by Thomas Owen; 10-08-2002 at 06:41 AM.. |
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:13 AM
|
|
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Stud Car
|
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:17 AM
|
|
|
Black and Blue
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Austin, TX USA - Ya'll
Posts: 2,552
|
Simply cool
__________________
Kemo 1978 911 SC Non-Sunroof Coupe, two tone Primer Black and SWEPCO Blue, Currently serving as a Track Whore 1981 911 SC Sunroof Coupe, Pacific Blue Project, Future Daily Driver |
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:19 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 667
|
Super in German is translated in English to Superior.
|
||
|
10-08-2002, 06:19 AM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Great NorthWest
Posts: 3,941
|
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
__________________
'78 Targa in Minerva Blue |
||
|
10-08-2002, 07:30 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Thank goodness that Porsche still had room for improvement with the SC, hence the birth of the CARRERA and the 3.2 in 1984!!!!
__________________
Ed Hughes 2015 981 Cayman GTS 6 speed,Racing Yellow Past:1984 911 Targa (Ruby), 1995 993C2 (Sapphire), 1991 928S4 |
||
|
10-08-2002, 07:34 AM
|
|
|
Slumlord
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Canada
Posts: 4,983
|
Sayonara Civic.
Last edited by Porsche_monkey; 10-08-2002 at 11:02 AM.. |
||
|
10-08-2002, 07:39 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
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.
|
||
|
10-08-2002, 08:23 AM
|
|
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Slow Car
Steer Clear (of this car) Scrappy Car 
|
||
|
10-08-2002, 08:38 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Quote:
Cheers, Tim ____________ 1983 SC Targa |
||
|
10-08-2002, 08:47 AM
|
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Great NorthWest
Posts: 3,941
|
Slow car steer clear of this
Sounds good to me! John
__________________
'78 Targa in Minerva Blue |
||
|
10-08-2002, 08:52 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
I thought we had decided this.
SC = snatch catcher
__________________
Bill Krause We don't wonder where we're going or remember where we've been. |
||
|
10-08-2002, 09:16 AM
|
|
1984 Porsche 911 Targa 3.4L
Sapphire
1974 Porsche 911 2.7
1981 Porsche 911 SC 3.0 L 204 HP 
1983 Porsche 911SC Targa 3000 
1979 Porsche 911SC 3.0L 
