One to Buy: 753km from new 1986 Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera M491 'Turbo Look'
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Owing to the proliferation of high end tuning houses that had begun to offer all manner of products not available direct from Porsche, the Stuttgart firm decided to expand its range for the 1986 and 1987 model years.
In addition to the legendary Flachbau conversion which became an officially recognised option, Porsche introduced Targa and Cabriolet versions of the 911 Turbo (930). For those customers that wanted all the Turbo’s uprated equipment but without the more complex forced induction engine, the M491 option (sometimes dubbed ‘Turbo Look’ or ‘Super Sport Equipment’) was also brought in as an expensive addition.
Available on the 911 3.2 Carrera from September 1985 for the ‘86 model year, the M491 package came with the bodywork, spoilers, suspension, brakes and wheels of the turbocharged 930, but with normally aspirated 3.2-litre running gear.
Set to go under the hammer with RM Sotheby’s at their December 2nd auction in Houston is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular and lowest mileage M491-optioned 911 Carreras in existence.
A home market derivative originally supplied via Paul Greier Porsche of Neumünster, chassis ‘103518’ was ordered in Grand Prix White with fabulous Can Can Red upholstery. Purchased new by Hansjüergen Apel on July 23rd 1986, chassis ‘103518’ was one of just 251 M491-optioned cars constructed during the 1986 model year and has gone on to live an unusually cosseted existence.
Showing just 753km from new, it was acquired by the consigning White Collection in 2015, since which time it has been started and run to operating temperature monthly. Chassis ‘103518’ surely represents an almost unrepeatable opportunity to acquire a European-specification M491-optioned 911 Carrera Coupe with little more than delivery mileage from new.
