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Used Porsche 911 Buyer's Guide
As the owner of Midwest Performance Cars, Inc. I spend a good portion of each day discussing with clients and potential clients the ins and outs of selecting a used 911. This is actually one of the things that I enjoy the most about my job. I thought it might be helpful to put some ideas down on the website to give people a place to start. 
The Porsche story starts in the late 1940's, as automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche builds the 356/1 Roadster. The sports car was in part spawned from his Volkswagen Beetle project, thus sharing the familiar 'bug-eyes', rear engine, horizontally opposed cylinder configuration, and air cooling. The early 356's began production with the 356 Gmund, in, well, the town of Gmund, Austria.
Porsche began one of its many traditions with the 356, namely keeping a fundamental model and subtly changing it, while also offering many choices. The 356 came as a Coupe, Cabriolet, Roadster, Roadster Hardtop, and Speedster, as well as having numerous engine choices. The car evolved into the 356 A, then 356 B, and finally 356 C. After almost 20 years of only 356 production (aside from race cars such as the legendary 550 Spyder) Porsche introduced what was to be its defining car, the 911.
In the early 70's, the 914 was introduced, a small open top sports car, which was developed in partnership with VW (Volkswagen). The car was successful commercially, yet the 911 was still the company's main seller, which was then known as the 911 SC. Porsche was worried that the 911 might not be able to sustain the company, so they introduced the 928 as its eventual replacement, a V8 'grand tourer,' with more luxury and less sport. Although the 928 was long lived and went through its evolutions, it never did replace the 911. At around that time, the 924 also appeared, a 4-cylinder car built in conjunction with VW (as with the 914 a few years earlier). The 924 grew into the 944, another front engined 4-cylinder car, which itself eventually evolved in the 968. The 924 and 944 has Turbo versions, internally known as the 931 and 951, respectively, while the 944 and 968 offered Convertible versions as well.
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