95 NC 993

Was aventurine green offered for all the 993 model years? They seem so few and far between that I was wondering if it was offered in just certain years. I always get nice comments on my '95 and wondered why so few out there. I know green is not a real popular color but this really isn't much of a green, really a gray-green depending on the light outside. Anyone have any production numbers on how many in this color?

No HTwo O

Great color (from another thread)!

cmat

Here's a color chart from 1997. Looks like it was not available then except as a special order.

Keadog

It was the color of the '95 993 at the Cleveland Auto show back then. Looked great.

JM993

95 and 96 only.

EckFe1

Hmmm... mine's a 97 cab with that color, classic grey interior and grey top.

95 NC 993

Interesting, maybe one of those special orders that cmat mentioned.

By the way, thanks for posting that color chart cmat. I guess there are no color production numbers available or someone would have chimed in.

Bham993

Interesting that there's a leather and carpet color "Boxster red". I guess they had that name kicking around for a while before sticking it on a car.

M. Schneider

IIRC... I'd ordered my 1998 coupe in late May, 1997 and swear to this day to have had the ability to know each and every option, both by discription and designation. Drove myself and wife nuts! "Ok, ok...order the Freak'in Porsche already!!" ~ Ingrid Schneider, May 1997.

The available paint scheme's , IIRC, were the basics, Red, White, Black, Yellow, etc., then the tier one optional paints such as my Arctic silver, Arena Red, Black Metallic, etc and then the tier two paint options of which there were a few, Aventurine Green Metallic being one. After that it was paint-to-sample. I'm not accerting gospel - but I do recall the 993s paint possiblities this way. I'm just saying.....

Loudan

I was told that it was special order only - i have only seen with Grey interior - picture of car at DE this past Fall.

M. Schneider

There was a Aventurine Green metallic MY96 993 coupe on the Warner Bros lot around the time of the Seinfeld show taping, though it wasn't Jerry's car,,, or one of the many J. S. Porsche cars.
Anyway this Aventurine Green 993 had black full leather with deviated sliver stitching, that and HB sport seats... NICE. understated.

moots

Anyone know what the upcharge was for this color, I had heard $5000 which sound crazy, but most porsche option prices sound a bit crazy to me.

M. Schneider

The cost for 993 series tier one paint option was $750.00 and tier two optional paint was $3150.00, which Aventurine Green was.
I'm almost certain... having ordered optional metallic paint, tier one at $750.00 <Arctic silver>

Someone will chime in with chapter and verse... but I'm not far off.

Stuttgart996

Is this aventurine green?

ginch

no