1989 PORSCHE 911 Carrera 2 Cabriolet (964) 3.6

Vehicle Overview

A convertible sports-car is, mostly, a Grand Turismo vehicle, addressed to the customers who enjoy driving under the open sky. And the Carrera 2 Cabriolet was just like that.

By removing the roof from a car, a unibody vehicle became heavier due to reinforcements added under the skin. In the past, when the vehicles were built on a steel ladder chassis, that was not a problem. An open-top sports-car might not be as sporty as its coupe-version, but it adds more pleasure for both the driver and its passenger.

The Carrera 2 Cabriolet kept most of the body panels as it could from the Carrera 2 coupe. Due to the small size of the car, the retractable canvas-top couldn’t be hidden and remained exposed behind the cockpit. There was no power close or open the top, just an old-fashion manual mode.

Inside, the manufacturer installed four seats mainly for taxation and insurance reasons, since there was hardly any room in the back for a person. The leather seats were standard fit and so was the air conditioning or the stereo. It featured the same five-dials classic Porsche instrument cluster, with a black background.

For the engine, Porsche offered the flat-six, unit. It offered 260 hp and it was fitted with the latest development systems that mare possible such a high specific output for that era. It was mated either to a 5-speed manual, or a 4-speed automatic with manual override to change gears named Tiptronic. The new suspension moved from torsion bars to struts, which improved the car’s handling.