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Speedster

The Speedster was introduced in 1993 as a light weight stripped out racer. With a low roof line, no rear seats, and minimalist cabin, the Speedster was indeed the enthusiasts driving machine. Everything done in the Speedster felt faster than when done in a comparable coupe. Indeed, half of this experience surely came from increased wind noise, enhanced engine "noise" intrusion and a general feeling of being closer to the road (thanks to those lovely one piece Recaro's with colour coded backings and the standard 17" Cup rims- usually also colour coded to the body).

The Speedster was made available only as a Carrera 2, with either a manual 5 speed gearbox or an optional tiptronic transmission. Note that the Singapore market only provided tiptronic Speedsters.

A low front screen that was not removable (unlike the earlier Speedsters) resulted in better tolerances for roof seals which in turn minimised leaks.

Raising and lowering the roof, whilst relatively easy, were definitely more complicated than the raising and lowering of the fully automated convertible roof. This was definitely not a job to be entertained under emergency weather conditions (a minimum time of around 2 minutes to perform any roof raising or lowering and closer to 5 minutes is to be expected). 

Unlike the 1989 Carrera 3.2 model, perhaps dissappointingly, the 964 Speedster was never made available in a wide body version (although Strosek made an absolutely beautiful wide body conversion for this car).

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Rare silver speedster. Note that the seats are not the original colour coded backed Recaro items, but appear to be the comfort option. Rims are also not original on this example.