996scott

ok, so coming from a 993 and 996 where "S" always meant a wide body, I know understand that this is not the case for the 997.2? So is this correct?

C2=narrow body
C2S=narrow body
C4=narrow body
C4S=narrow body
GT3=narrow body
GTS=wide body
Turbo=wide body

CosmosC4S

In your list, only the Turbo, C4S and GTS are wide body. That includes the 996's

Ten Years

AWD Carreras (C4), S and non-S, are both wide body cars. Also a few others:

Turbo/Turbo S = Wide Body
C4S/C4 = Wide Body
GTS/4GTS = Wide Body
GT3 RS = Wide Body
GT2/GT2 RS = Wide Body
Sport Classic = Wide Body
Speedster = Wide Body

Edit: Forgot to mention the wide body Targa 4/4S.

*Ah, I see it's also been mentioned below.

nwGTS

CosmoC4S is correct but forgot that also the C4 is widebody.
This list is exhaustive (i think):

C2/C2S/C2(S) Cabrio = narrow body
C4S/C4/C4(S) Targa/C4(S) Cabrio = Wide Body
GTS/4GTS/GTS Cabrio/4GTS Cabrio = Wide Body
GT3 = narrow body
GT3 RS(4.0) = Wide Body
GT3 Cup = Wide Body
GT2/GT2 RS = Wide Body
Sport Classic = Wide Body
Speedster = Wide Body
Turbo/Turbo S/Turbo Cabrio(S) = Wide Body

Dennis C

I think that's where the confusion comes in, especially if you're familiar with the 996 bodies. In that series, the C4 is a narrow body and the C4S is a wide body.

Hats off to the Porsche marketing group! It only becomes more confusing now that most of the 911 range are turbos.

ElectricChair

C2=narrow body
C2S=narrow body
C4=wide body
C4S=wide body
GT3=narrow body
GTS=wide body
Turbo=wide body

996scott

ok thanks for clearing things up.

CosmosC4S

I always thought a 996 C4 was not a wide body. I'm confused now, and may be wrong, could someone who knows this for sure please confirm?

Oh yes, and I forgot the GT2 is also wide body.
And the C4S shares the brakes and suspension, besides the body, of the 996 Turbo. (minus the wing and side air-scoops)

ElectricChair

As far as I know:
996 C4 = narrow body
996 C4S - wide body

Dennis C

This is correct. The 996 C4 is a narrow body.

nwGTS

He's asking about 997. My list above is exhaustive and accurate for all 997 models.

ElectricChair

CosmosC4S asked about 996.

Ten Years

Well, there's also the 997 Black Edition, which was a NB car.

chuck911

Agree, it only becomes more confusing now that most of the 911 range are turbo'd but only two are Turbo's. At least, until they make the next GT2, which will not be a Turbo, despite being turbo'd.

Porsche marketing:

Petza914

I think there is also a difference between 997 and 991 for some of the models, in case anyone is curious about all the water-cooled variants.

What you'll find though is that it's the narrow body cars that are more exclusive as there are fewer NB cars now than wide body, which is a complete 180 from the old air-cooled cars (pre-993) when widebodies were more exclusive