Vehicle Story
The sports car that would come to captivate the world was first revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show on 12 September 1963. Initially designated as the Porsche 901, the new model’s appearance at the Paris Salon, the following September, irked those at Peugeot who had laid claim to model designations with a zero in the middle. Ferry Porsche duly switched the title to 911 – after just 55 901s had allegedly been made and the rest, as they say, is history.
The first of the major revisions to the 911 formula came in 1974 with the introduction of the G series. The main alteration was a set of heightened bumpers, with integrated licence plate lighting and ‘bellows’, to meet more stringent US safety legislation. The G series, as this revised 911 was known, would go on to be the longest era of 911s to date, eventually being replaced by the 964 in 1989 (with a slight production overlap). Notable G series models include the first factory Cabriolet, introduced in 1982, and the fearsome Turbo that joined the range from 1975.