Porsche 930 = Turbos only?

[land sea air]

I always thought that Porsche's Model designations for the 911 were as follows;
911- original model
930- second generation, including first turbo models
964- third generation, first all wheel drive models
993- fourth generation, last air cooled models
996- Fifth generation, first liquid cooled models and first twin turbo
997- Newly released current generation
Then I read somewhere that the 930 was for Turbo models only. If this is true what are the second generation non-turbos called?

 

[MistaX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_930

Second sentence says it all.

 

[land sea air]

So although it doesn't say so directly, the non-turbos still had the internal 911 designation? Strange seeing as sitting in an original '65 911 vs. a '79 would say they are very different cars... Thanks for answering though Mistax:tup:

 

[MistaX]

Yeah, they were still 911's until the 964, surprisingly.

 

[land sea air]

I too was kinda surprised at that considering even my god-brother (I guess thats what it would be called) even refers to his '79 SC as a non-turbo 930

 

[MistaX]

Everyone gets car codes mixed up, and wrong. The Skyline series is the worst, these days.

Everyone seems to forget R3x numbers can be any Skyline of that generation, not just GT-Rs

 

[land sea air]

well companies tend to take something that is simple then make exceptions for certain models that makes it confusing as hell.

Porsche's designation used to refer to the project number

Mercedes has a somewhat straightforward (though nonlinear) system but then throw curve balls like the 114/115 which are the same chassis but one is gas the other is diesel.


EDIT: most 13 year old GT R fans don't know the cars humble origins

 

[MistaX]

Car companies never intend for the car to be called by their car code anyway.

If that were the case, why not just badge cars with their codes, and skip the whole "Model Name" part.

 

[Wolfe]

Porsche usually gives turbo cars their own codes. The 964 Turbo was the 965, the 944 Turbo was the 951, etc.

Strange seeing as sitting in an original '65 911 vs. a '79 would say they are very different cars...

But they're essentially the same. Even the 964 was very similar to the 911, as was the 993. The 996 was the first "all-new" 911 since the model's introduction.