No Lag

Yeap.

jeff968

Cool car No Lag, amazing they had swelled to $43K by 1991. What a deal the new 1992 968 was at a bargain $39,850!

Interesting that you have a different black paint code then the 968 which is A1 and just called Black.

UDPride

I received the build sheet for No Lag's car and we finally have our answer. His sheet lists both the Radio Reno and Stuttgart precisely like the build sheet on the car I am working on. Yet No Lag's window sticker only lists Radio Reno. So, a few 1991 944S2s were indeed officially outfitted with Stuttgart head units as a no-cost substitution, but there was no indication of this on the original Monroney. This does not surprise me. Reno's were long in the tooth by 1991 and as supply dwindled, Porsche likely did not want to order more outdated Renos (they might not have even been able to get any more as they may have been discontinued from Blaupunkt). So to conserve what few Renos they had on the shelf to ensure they didnt run out before 1991 944S2 production ran out, they started putting some Stuttgarts into the cars -- which were plentiful because it was the standard no-cost radio going into the 911 at the time. My best intuition is this substitution was random from the factory and not spearheaded by the customer. That's why both Reno and Stuttgart are on the build sheet. But this is just speculation.

As for Jeff's pickle of figuring out how eleven 968s from 1992 got stuck with the Stuttgart, I think that still remains unresolved. Unlike the Reno and Stuttgart which shared the 158 option code and were more or less equals in the eyes of Porsche, the 331 CR-11 (std) and 691 CD-1 upgrade option are different animals altogether and so they had different option codes. Porsche should have had plenty of both. We know on the 1991 944S2 however when the Stuttgart was thrown in, nothing changed on the window sticker in terms of the standard radio syntax. Without any further intel, one might presume Porsche handled the 1992 968s with the Stuttgart in the same manner and just kept the syntax "AM/FM Cassette Radio-968 Coupe" (P05) for the coupes with Stutts, and likewise "Radio with Cassette Player" for the cabriolets (P07). But thats just an assumption.

NoLag - PM me your email and I will send you the build sheet PDF.

Thanks for the help and observation from everyone on what is nerd-out deep weeds Porsche history.

jeff968

Great work Chris. Eventually, 1 of those 11 will register (we have over 500 968s registered) and then hopefully we'll have some more info on the subject.