It is well acknowledged, ifnot documented, that the 1999-2004 Porsche Carrera 911 (or 996) is the uglystep-child of the 911 family. Having been born right after thepampered darling, the 993, the muchbelittled 996 was intended as a leap forward in luxury andperformance a Porsche for the new age.

In my opinion, Porscheaccomplished that leap with great clarity but we'll get to [...]

Just a couple ofimportant things that you ought to know when thinking about buyinga 993 (or have just purchased one), especially if you've neverowned an air-cooled Porsche911 before.

"993" is the common nomenclature for 911s builtbetween 1995 and 1998. 993 was Porsche's in-houseproject codename. Similarly, 996 refers to 911s built between [...]