jeff968

eds_968 asked for statistical production details on the Polar Silver North American 968 coupes. There were too many produced to list them out individually but below are the rollup totals:

113 A8 Polar Silver NA coupes (out of 2,234)
6th most popular exterior color
3rd most popular metallic color
Color offered every year of the 968's production
25 92s
28 93s
44 94s
16 95s

Tranny
92 6 spds
21 Tiptronics

Interior breakout was (all partial leather except where noted):

58 Black interior (3 leather seats, 3 cloth)
22 Classic Gray (1 full leather, 1 leather seats)
13 Midnight Blue (1 full leather, 1 cloth)
9 Marine Blue (1 cloth)
7 light gray/classic gray
2 marble gray/midnight blue
1 light gray/cobalt
1 marble gray/black (cloth)

8 M030s (3 93s, 3 94s, 2 95s)

Jeff

notthd

Jeff
I have one of the coupes I think - how to check? And yes funny men, "if it has a rear glass hatch it's a coupe..... "LOL

Cheers, Mike

jeff968

PM me with the last 3 digits of the VIN and year and I'll let you know how it compares.
Jeff

968Geb

Here is one of the Silver M030 cars that was for sale about 1-2 years ago. One of the more desirable M030 cars in my opinion.

Damian in NJ

Cloth script sport seats, M030, and Cup 2's, gorgeous.

SDDave

Yeah, those cloth seats really are something else...

I'm thinking they wouldn't look too bad in some of today's P-Cars, either. The Boxster Spyder seems a prime candidate for something different like that.

Any idea on how many of these seats are still left/ how much they would go for? Or maybe a better question- anybody know of a source for the script and/or a place that recovers seats with it?


Dave

dougs968

To my untrained eye, eds_968 car looks strikingly like the picture that Eric posted. I was parked right next to him Saturday at the Hooters event. His car set noticeably lower to the ground than mine but, it may have been his wheels.

Doug

eds_968

thanks jeff,
you are a wealth of knowledge

Mike the Rookie

Hey Jeff968:

Sorry to jack the thread but I recently picked up a 95 Coupe, White with blue interior and have been trying to figure out if the interior is "Marine Blue" or "Midnight Blue". I would like to know so I can buy matching Lloyds mats which apparently are available in both colors.

Any idea what the color is called for 95s?


Thanks

FRporscheman

Wow, those seats!!!

odurandina

those are off the rails.....

















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jeff968

No question about it, Midnight Blue is all they used in 1995 (1994 is a different story). Your interior code is FJ (Midnight Blue, partial leather) found on the vehicle information sticker. 25 white coupes produced with a midnight blue interior.
Jeff

FRporscheman

Some exterior colors look good with many different interior colors, and it's fun to see. Like White and Black, but those are obvious. Polar Silver isn't a complgtely neutral color, and I think it looks fantastic with any interior. Too bad nobody ordered, say, Chestnut or some burgundy.

FRporscheman

According to Porsche Marketing dept., Polar Silver looks like a million bucks.

Guards Red might be the most popular color, but Polar Silver is the poster child!

jeff968

Agreed, but that Polar silver coupe with the cobalt/light gray interior would be the wildest of the coupes they made.

They made a number of wild polar silver cabs for north america including one with a flamenco red/black interior, 2 with magenta interiors, 1 with a cobalt blue interior and top, 3 with the black cashmere (a little different), and 1 with the very rare provence blue full leather interior.

Jeff