EU Market Find: Ex-Factory Porsche 993 Targa in Blue Turquoise plus MT6 in Belgium

What: 1996 Porsche 911 Targa
Color: Blue Turquoise (blautuerkis; non-metallic UNI; J1; Porsche)
VIN: N/A
Mileage: 131,000 km (81,400 miles)
Price at Time of this Writing: €114,993
CarFax: N/A
Window Sticker: N/A
Location: Schoten, Belgium
Dealer listing: Link

Why we love it:
In the lexicon of air-cooled Porsche 911s, the 993 Targa is both obscure and hard to find. By the final air-cooled type 993 generation, Porsche had ditched the full-width open top with roll hoop-style design it had pioneered throughout F-body, G-body and 964 generations, replacing them with a more livable (and heavier) glass panorama-style panel that slide back underneath the rear window glass. It’s a design that would stick around through 996 and 997 generations. During the 993 generation, it wasn’t terribly popular, making it a rare find today. Now add a very rare paint color and you have a very unique find indeed.

The hue is Blue Turquoise, paired over Classic Grey (Code TT) leather for a beautiful appearance. It’s also got a manual 6-speed. Given most of the ones we’ve seen have Tiptronic automatic transmissions, we’d wager this makes it even more rare and desirable.

This particular car shows as having been delivered first to Porsche AG as a company car of some sort. Maintenance history, performed exclusively at Porsche facilities, show the carefully logged history of the car.

– 29 km: Delivery by Porsche Stuttgart
– 17,412 km: Maintenance by Porsche AG
– 39.314 km: Maintenance by Porsche AG
– 57,180 km: Maintenance by Porsche AG
– 84.978 km: Maintenance by Porsche Centrum Levallois, France (Invoice available)
– 108,994 km: Maintenance by Porsche Centrum Levallois, France (Invoice available)
– 126,859 km: Maintenance by Porsche Centrum Antwerpen (Invoice available)