Porsche’s long and illustrious history contains plenty of cars that make us dribble; one of them is, without a doubt, the 1987 911 Carrera Club Sport.
Though we never had the chance to sample one, luckily Harry Metcalfe shows us around a lovely example of the classic air-cooled 911, going over the differences from the standard Carreras of the time.
First off, the 911 Carrera Club Sport comes from a time when the German car maker actually charged less (instead of more…) for one of its special lightweight performance models compared to its ‘normal’ cars because of their deleted features.
The diet of the Carrera CS included the removal of the fog lights and the rear wiper, sticker badges, manual windows, no stereo, no air conditioning and no rear seats. Porsche went as far as removing the underseal of the body in order to save a few more kilos but that also affected negatively the body warranty. The company however did allow owners to put it back, if they wanted to.
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On paper, the air-cooled 3.2-liter flat-six remained the same as the standard Carrera 3.2 models, but the engine itself was blueprinted with tighter tolerances. Porsche claimed that the engine produced an identical 231hp, but many CS examples proved on dynos that they have a bit more oomph.
Porsche didn’t sell many of them however, managing to shift around 340 cars in total. This makes the CS quite a rare car these days, and one that’s only going up in value.
The highlight of the CS is, of course, the way it drives. Metcalfe reckons that this is the best-driving air-cooled 911 and only now people have started noticing. A bold claim indeed, given the extremely talented cars that have worn Weissach’s most iconic three-digit moniker – but we have no reason to doubt the hugely experienced Mr. Metcalfe.