Porsche built a 968 Turbo RS race car and almost nobody wanted one — privateer teams preferred the 911 Carrera RS instead, so only 4 were ever made.
Lead trim: M44/12 3.0 L 16-valve VarioCam (240 PS) · up to 301 hp
Porsche 968968 · 1991–1995
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FactPorsche built a 968 Turbo RS race car and almost nobody wanted one — privateer teams preferred the 911 Carrera RS instead, so only 4 were ever made.
The final evolution of the front-engined water-cooled line begun with the 924, replacing the 944 as Porsche's entry-level model in 1991 with a new design language (designer Harm Lagaay), coupé and cabriolet bodies and Porsche's last new front-engined car until the Cayenne of 2003. Its 3.0 L 104 × 88 mm four-cylinder (fourth-largest four-cylinder petrol engine offered in a production car then) made 240 PS (237 hp) at 6,200 rpm and 305 N⋅m (225 lb-ft) at 4,100 rpm with an 11.0:1 compression ratio and the new VarioCam variable timing, a dual-mass flywheel, a six-speed manual and an optional four-speed Tiptronic. The rare 968 Turbo S used the 3.0 L 8-valve SOHC turbo (944 Turbo S head) at 305 PS (301 hp) at 5,600 rpm and 500 N⋅m (369 lb-ft) at 3,000 rpm, weighed 70 kg less with NACA hood scoops, was tested at 4.7 s to 60 mph and 175 mph in 1993, and only 14 were built, all for continental Europe. The Turbo RS race version (1992–94) had 342 or 355 PS.
Collectors Spotted in the Porsche 968 Lineage
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M44/12 3.0 L 16-valve VarioCam (240 PS) | 1991–1995 | 3.0 L Inline-4 | 237 hp | 225 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| Turbo S M44/60 3.0 L 8-valve SOHC turbo (305 PS, 14 built) | 1993–1994 | 3.0 L Inline-4 | 301 hp | 369 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The 968's nose wasn't an original design — Porsche borrowed the look from the 928, then liked it enough to reuse the same frontal styling two years later on the air-cooled 911 (993).
Porsche built a 968 Turbo RS race car and almost nobody wanted one — privateer teams preferred the 911 Carrera RS instead, so only 4 were ever made.
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