60 Years of Porsche 911

Driving in its most beautiful form

Six decades of the Porsche 911.

The idea of the Porsche 911

As the successor to the Porsche 356, the 901 had big shoes to fill when it was launched in 1963.

50 Years of Porsche 911 (G-Series)

Porsche had been producing the first-generation 911 for 10 years when, in 1973, the engineers in Stuttgart radically revamped the sports car

30 Years of Porsche 911 (993)

The 993 was the fourth iteration of the 911 sports car to hit the road.

First generation Porsche 911 (original 911), 1963-1973

Engines

For a time, Porsche offered the 911 as a six-cylinder boxer with varying power outputs, as well as the 912 with its four-cylinder boxer – an offering designed to appeal to 356 customers.

Bodystyles

In terms of bodystyles, the original Porsche 911 was offered as a Coupé or, from 1967, as the Targa convertible.

In the model years from 1963 to 1972, Porsche engineers developed innovations such as the three-part safety steering system, internally vented disc brakes, front and rear spoilers, the removable folding roof of the Targa and a folding plastic rear window.

Design and model variants

With the 911, designer Ferdinand Alexander Porsche created an icon.

Second generation 911 (G-Series), 1973-1989

Second generation Porsche 911

After 10 years, Porsche revised the 911 from the ground up, without watering down the silhouette or the design.

Engines

Porsche initially opted for the six-cylinder boxer with 2.7 litres of displacement and Bosch K-Jetronic mechanical fuel injection.

Bodystyles

Porsche offered 2+2-seater models in the form of the Coupé, Targa (from 1973), Cabriolet (from 1983) and Speedster (from 1988).

Innovations

In the 911 G-Series, Porsche fitted a turbocharger in the 911 for the first time in 1974.

Design and model variants

The tunnel-shaped wings and integrated headlights and the flat bonnet continued to be the definitive style elements in the second-generation 911.

Third generation Porsche 911 (964), 1988-1994

Third generation Porsche 911

After 16 years, Porsche fundamentally modernised the 911.

Engines

For the 964, Porsche developed a new 3.6-litre six-cylinder boxer engine.

Bodystyles and innovations

As with its predecessor, Porsche offered the car in Coupé, Targa, and Cabriolet variants and, from the 1993 model year, a Speedster version, which featured a chopped-down front windscreen.

Design and model variants

In redesigning the body, Porsche designers had no desire to compromise.

Fourth generation Porsche 911 (993), 1993-1998

Fourth generation Porsche 911

In autumn 1993, Porsche unveiled the 993, the fourth generation of the 911, at the IAA.

Engines

The power outputs of the six-cylinder boxer engines in this generations ranged from 272 PS in the Carrera versions to 450 PS in the 911 Turbo S of model year 1998 and the 911 Turbo fitted with a performance pack.

Bodystyles and innovations

Along with the Coupé and the Cabriolet (from early 1994), from 1996 Porsche once again sold a Targa version of the 993.

Design and model variants

The 993 was seen as a pinnacle of the air-cooled era and the last of its kind.

Fifth generation Porsche 911 (996), 1997-2005

Fifth generation Porsche 911

With the presentation of the 996 in 1997, Porsche was entering new territory.

Engines

Porsche engineers developed a completely new engine for the 996.

Bodystyles and innovations

Despite, or perhaps because of, the completely new design, Porsche continued to offer the 911 in the familiar Coupé, Cabriolet and, from 2002, Targa versions.