The release of the 911 Turbo was a seminal moment for Porsche and for the 911 in general. The 911 had been a well-regarded performance car produced by a marque that had begun to establish a racing history that was closely tied to the cars it produced for consumers. The Turbo was to take each of those aspects of Porsche’s identity and crank it up a few notches. The original goal was to produce a turbocharged version of the 911 to meet homologation requirements. Presumably, the resulting car would be more akin to the modern-day GT: a stripped out and lightened rear-drive Turbo with a track-oriented focus. After rules changes rendered that homologation unnecessary Porsche’s intentions for the Turbo shifted. No longer would it be a track-focused car, but rather it would now serve to showcase the refinement and luxury that the marque was capable of packaging within its highest performance machine. Thus was born the 911 Turbo that has become so familiar to us to this day. For the initial production years the Turbo relied upon a turbocharged 3.0 liter flat-six and the car we see here comes from that early period: a Silver 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera, located in Texas, with Red leather interior and 68K miles on it.
