1988 Porsche 911 Carrera

Turquoise. Factory colour, G-body 911 Carrera, late in the era — the exact specification a serious G-body buyer would order looking at a catalogue in 1988. A 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera, five-speed manual, Turquoise over Gray-Green, showing 89,107 miles.

The 1988 model year sits near the end of the G-body run — Porsche produced this platform from 1974 through 1989, when the modernised 964 replaced it. Late G-body cars combined the analog character of the platform with a decade-plus of accumulated build refinements: earlier lessons on paint, interior appointments, and drivetrain durability all landed on the last few years of production.

Turquoise on a G-body is a factory-original 1980s-era colour that does what a rare colour is supposed to do: it turns a car that would otherwise be one of many into a genuinely rare, memorable object. Paired with the Gray-Green interior — a period-correct combination — the specification reads as a considered original-order, not a repaint.

A pre-purchase inspection on a late G-body focuses on top-end oil leaks, the clutch and dual-mass hardware on a manual car, chain-tensioner service history, suspension bushings and rear-arm bearings that age with the car, and paint verification specific to the rare-colour example. On a 911 with recorded eighty-plus-thousand miles, service history at a Porsche-experienced shop tells you as much as the odometer.

Grand Prix Motorcars is an independent, Porsche-focused dealer in Portland, Oregon. We hand-pick air-cooled 911s and welcome an independent PPI on every car. Nationwide delivery, enclosed or open, from our showroom.