Porsche 964 Price Guide & Auction Results

The 964 was the first genuinely new 911 since 1963 — Porsche described it at launch as roughly 85% new — and it modernized the platform in ways buyers had been asking for throughout the 1980s. Coil-spring suspension replaced the torsion bars used since the original 911, power steering and anti-lock brakes became standard, and the flat-six grew to 3.6 liters making 247 horsepower. Most significantly, the 964 introduced the Carrera 4, Porsche's first all-wheel-drive 911, alongside the rear-drive Carrera 2 — badging that has stuck around the lineup ever since.

The 964 also brought two changes that reshaped 911 ownership for a generation of buyers: an available Tiptronic automatic transmission, which opened the car to drivers who wanted a 911 without three pedals, and a real factory convertible top mechanism refined from the 3.2's cabriolet. A wide range of variants followed the base Carrera 2/4, including the naturally-aspirated, track-focused Carrera RS (largely a European and grey-market car in the U.S.), the 964 Turbo (initially carrying over the 930's 3.3-liter engine before a 3.6-liter Turbo arrived for 1993–94), and the limited-run 964 Turbo S and America Roadster.