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This 1996 Porsche 911 Carrera RS presents in Black over a Black interior, showing 66,364 miles from new, accompanied by extensive service records documenting its history in France. The 993-generation Carrera RS occupies a position at the apex of the air-cooled 911 hierarchy — a homologation-derived, track-focused variant of what the collector market has already determined to be the finest expression of Porsche's original rear-engined architecture, and one whose combination of reduced weight, uprated suspension, and the RS lineage's unbroken connection to Porsche's competition history has made honest, documented examples among the most sought-after air-cooled Porsches in existence.
Power comes from Porsche's 3.8-liter naturally aspirated flat-six producing 300 horsepower, paired with a six-speed manual transmission and rear-wheel drive. The Carrera RS's engine is a development of the standard 993 Carrera unit, breathing through revised inlet tracts and producing its output with the throttle response and mechanical directness that define the air-cooled flat-six at its best — a character that the water-cooled 996 that replaced it could not replicate and that subsequent generations have not recovered. The RS suspension tune — lower, stiffer, with revised geometry — transforms the 993's already accomplished chassis into something considerably more pointed, producing a car whose behavior at the limit is predictable, communicative, and deeply rewarding in a manner that separates it from the broader 993 range.
The Carrera RS body incorporates the ducktail rear spoiler, wider rear haunches, and deleted rear seats that identify the model's lightweight, track-oriented intent from any angle. In Black over Black, this example presents with a visual severity appropriate to the RS designation — a color combination that foregoes the more commonly seen Guards Red and Grand Prix White RS examples in favor of a finish that emphasizes the body's sculptural quality and the ducktail's purposeful geometry without distraction.
The service history accumulated represents a meaningful documentation asset for a 993 RS of this age — a continuous maintenance record from a country with an established Porsche ownership culture, providing the kind of provenance continuity that the collector market for significant air-cooled cars increasingly requires. At 66,364 miles, the mileage is consistent with a car that has been driven with engagement rather than hoarded, and the records substantiate that use with the detail necessary to answer any question about the car's mechanical history. For a buyer seeking a documented, correctly presented 993 Carrera RS in a specification that the market will continue to recognize, this example requires no qualification.
