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YOUR RESEARCHIs this the earliest 996 Turbo in the UK?
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Check dvla website and it was registered 1st july 2000
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Just checked dvla website and it was registered 1st July 2000
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Strangely it has an oil dipstick tube fitted but no dipstick.
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I saw this at Goodwood today and it got me wondering. Has anyone seen an earlier one than this W Reg car? Apart from the front splitter it looked in very good order. Unusual Meridian Silver too.
The only accurate info I've got is that 16 x Model Year 2000 cars and 5324 x Model Year 2001 cars were produced in total.
I assume that this is the total number of 'pre-glovebox' cars.
That probably means that only 600-1000 came to the UK. Most will be 'Y' or 51 Reg. I've seen a few 'X Reg' but this was my first 'W'.
As 'W' is pre-August 2000 I reckon that this must be one of the very first UK cars.
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2000 uk registered cars were allocated 2001 chassis numbers at porsche
When did the glove box come in ?
I guess the earliest uk one must have been wearing 911 HUL at one point .
I've always assumed that the facelift/glovebox model came in for MY 2002.
Autocar published a roadtest of a black 996T with Porsche GB's 911 HUL plate on 12th July 2000.
As this car was registered in July 2000 it was probably also one of the original 'press cars'.
You often find "press cars" have a few subtlle enhancements over normal.
They often select the best ponies to power them.
Be interesting to see how many were registered from march to August. And what the split is manual to tip.
Hmmm.....interesting.
Just banged the plate in autotrader (as a seller) and they claim its a....Porsche 911 2dr Tiptronic S
Comes up as a Turbo with mycarcheck though.
That probably just helps explain why so many cars end up in the wrong section of Autotrader. I certainly wouldn't trust their search engine as a source of reliable info'.
For the record the car was a non-glovebox manual.
My car comes up as a GT3 on mister auto, and a bifuel car on my local Autofactors.
Just shows how wrong the data can be, and on
How many left the 996 turbo does not exist at all !
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Mine is a W registration , first registered 30/6/2000. Guards red with manual box. No glovebox and 47k miles. Must be one of the very few red ones from back then.
Al
Manual to tip split
I know this is an old thread but did anyone find out the split of manual to tip cars produced for the 16 year 2000 911 turbos?
My turbo is a manual X reg registered 12/09/2000
Be interesting to know. :?:
Re: Manual to tip split
That level of detailed information is not recorded anywhere afaik
NB: Your car is a MY 2001. The 16 x MY 2000 cars were made between August 1999 and July 2000 and were probably press cars.
Oohh mine's another W July 2000, no glove box. I didn't realise it was special. Exciting :thumbs:
I always suspected it was pride of place in a showroom somewhere as it seemed to have every option ticked.
Earliest 996 Turbo
Hi I'm new on here, but was reading the thread of 'earliest 996 T'.
Mine is a 2001 spec car, but W reg - registered 6th June 2000 and now has just clocked 58,000 miles.
No glove box which would be handy, but makes it a little rarer.
I've not yet found one earlier - but perhaps someone will.
Re: Earliest 996 Turbo
:welcome: to 911uk Baz'
Yours sounds like the earliest one around. What's your VIN No?
I believe the earliest car ended in 680001.
Earliest 996 Turbo
That looks fantastic!
These are my two.
I've had the 944 S2 cab (Guards Red) for 14 years now and the 996 (Lapis Blue - manual) since 2020.
Hopefully better late than never!
I have a contender for earliest. It's one of those early, first order of 16 x 996TT's. Build date 12 September 2000. No glovebox.
The PCNA 2002 996 911 turbo coupe order form, page 2 is attached. Glovebox is a highlight for this model year.
I hope that this helps.
Cheers
F/Fwd to 29 minutes and it states that dials and vents are slightly smaller on 2001 cars and cup holders are different. I don't know whether this was just US models or RoW too. Whatever, none were significantly different over later model years.
A good mate of mine has an early one, lapis blue with GT2 spec suspension from factory, no glovebox, grey interior, W plate, registered 14th June 2000.
A build date of September 2000 makes that one a Model Year 2001 car. The VIN No. shown in your picture confirms this.
The 16 early cars were built before August 2000 and didn't have gloveboxes.
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