yipekiya

I went to view a local car for sale advertised as a turbo targa 1988. Turns out it is a targa, turbo look Carrera. Did they make this? I am assuming someone did a conversion on it. Now that we know they made one what is it worth 80,000 miles Whtie on red leather, with sport seats.

real550A

Yes, there are some Factory Turbo Look '88 Targas. I don't have the numbers here at work, but they're few and far between.

TC_SJ

Here is the Turbo Look List

Jay H

Yip:

The Turbo Look Carrera uses the normally aspirated 3.2 liter motor from the narrow body Carrera with no performance changes, but then used the wide body Turbo body with the Turbo suspension and brakes.

If you can find the option codes sticker (usually located on the underside of the front trunk and in the owners manual ), you'll want to confirm that there is an option code M491 listed, which is the factory's option number for the Turbo look Carreras.

It's be written in several Porsche books that the Turbo look cars could be priced with a 10% premium over a similar narrow body car. But, since these cars are aging and it's very hard to find two cars of the same age that are in the same condition, each car's condition will really determine the selling price.

Hope this helps,

Jay
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AHEDAU

Hi Jay,

I think you'd agree those books are dated...

I would say 10% is way off. If a normal car was worth $20K, you'd have to ad a lot more than $2K for a factory wide body IMO...25% wouldn't be unreasonable (to start).

Jay H

AHEDAU: I'll agree most printed material on 911's is dated. I guess my point was that these cars are aging a lot and it's really hard to find two 911's for sale that are almost identical in condition, mileage, age, etc.

Finding a premium percentage to apply to most cars for the M491 option might be harder and harder as these cars age...

TC_SJ

You can find a lot of Turbo body with turbo engine like 930, but not easy to find M491

TC_SJ

Paul491 Cadrobbi

I agree. According to PCNA records, there were fewer than 1,100 Carreras with Option M491 imported into North America through the years of 1984-1989. This is actually LESS than a one-year production run of the oft-coveted 1973 Carrera RS 2.7s! For every one M491 there were almost ten 930 Turbos imported! Because M491 Carreras were delivered factory-direct with "all the right stuff", racers easily converted many to dedicated track cars.
IMHO, there's nothing quite like having a healthy 3.2 “sheep in wolf's clothing”, eh?

Check out and join this site for some great info and posts.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...Turbo-LookCars

We're now over 120 strong. There's a lot of friendly owners and enthusiasts who are happy to answer specific questions and regularly share info on M491 Carreras for sale...