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G-Model & 930 Turbo (G-SERIES) — hero photograph

G-SERIES1973–1989

G-Model & 930 Turbo

Impact bumpers, turbochargers and sixteen years

Porsche began series production of the second-generation 911 in August 1973 for the 1974 model year. The rework added telescopic impact bumpers that met the US 5-mph crash rule, a full-width rear light band, a longer and more comfortable body (4,291 mm) and — for the first time across the range — the 2.7-litre flat-six that had previously been reserved for the Carrera RS 2.7. The launch landed in the middle of the 1973 oil crisis, yet the car became the best-selling 911 to that point.

Over sixteen years the range grew in two directions at once. The normally aspirated cars stepped from 2.7 to 3.0 litres in 1976, to the 180–204 PS 911 SC (1978–83) and finally to the 231 PS Carrera 3.2 (1984–89, with the G50 gearbox from 1987). At the top, the 930 Turbo arrived in 1975 with 260 PS, grew to 3.3 litres and 300 PS with the first production intercooler in 1978, and spawned the Sonderwunsch Flachbau slantnose, the 330 PS Werksleistungssteigerung kit, the 1989 Turbo S and the UK-only Turbo LE.

All 19 variants

Generation summary figures

Production

198,4961973–1989)

Model years

16 — 1974 through 1989

Body styles

Coupé · Targa · Cabriolet · Speedster

Engines

2.7 / 3.0 / 3.2 / 3.3 L flat-six

Top speed

275171 mph) — 330 PS Flachbau

First 911 Turbo

1975 — 930, 260 PS (191 kW)

The range

19 variants

G-SERIES · every entry linked

Watch

4 films on the G-SERIES

Curated from the 19 variants of the G-SERIES. Nothing is downloaded from YouTube — each player is an embed that only loads when you press play.

  • Generation · Petrolicious

    This Porsche 930 Turbo Is A Widowmaker

    period-correct 930 launch era, and the nickname explained

  • Generation · Hagerty

    Porsche 930 Turbo | The Big Thing with Magnus Walker - Ep. 03

    Magnus Walker on what the 930 did for Porsche and the badge

  • Generation · Harry's garage

    Porsche 911 turbo drive and review. The legendary '80s Porsche 930

    long road-and-track appraisal of the '80s 930

  • Generation · Roadster Life

    The End Of An Era: 1984 - 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2

    the final air-cooled G-series run out to 1989

What the sources do not settle (6)

  • Generation production total: 198,496 (Porsche Newsroom '50 years' and 'seven generations part 2') vs 196,397 (Porsche Newsroom 60-Years press kit datasheet). Both are cited; unresolved.
  • 'G-Series' technically denotes only the 1974 model year — H, J, K and later programme codes followed — but the range is marketed as the G-model from 1973/74 to 1989.
  • 911 Cabriolet timeline: prototype at the IAA 1981, series version at Geneva in March 1982, customer deliveries from August 1982 for model year 1983 (Porsche Newsroom). Sources often compress this to 'from 1982'.
  • Per-variant torque figures for the 2.7-litre and Carrera 3.0 cars are given without engine speed — factory rpm was not published in the sources used.
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