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Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet Silver Maisto 1:18

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Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet Silver Maisto 1:18 31660 Diecast
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Maisto's 1:18 diecast Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet in silver reproduces the first water-cooled 911 Turbo, built with a twin-turbo flat-six derived from Porsche's GT1 racing program. An accessible diecast anchor for a modern Porsche or Turbo-generation display.
Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet Silver Maisto 1:18
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Brand
Porsche
Manufacturer
Maisto
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
31660
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About the Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet Silver Maisto 1:18

TL;DR: Maisto's 1:18 diecast Porsche 911 996 Turbo Cabriolet in silver reproduces the first water-cooled 911 Turbo, built around a twin-turbo flat-six with roots in Porsche's GT1 racing program. An accessible diecast anchor for a modern Porsche or Turbo-generation shelf.

The 996 generation was where the 911 Turbo went water-cooled for the first time, a change purists argued over for years but one that let Porsche extract real power from a twin-turbo flat-six. Maisto's silver Cabriolet reproduces that pivotal Turbo generation.

Silver Diecast Over the 996's Distinctive Headlight Shape

The 996's fried-egg headlights remain one of the more divisive 911 design details among enthusiasts, and Maisto's diecast reproduces that controversial shape faithfully rather than softening it toward a later generation's look. The silver finish suits the Turbo well, letting the model's wider rear haunches and quad exhaust tips read clearly under direct light, details that mattered on the real car as visual cues separating the Turbo from a standard Carrera. The Cabriolet's folded or raised soft-top tooling adds a layer of engineering the coupe doesn't need, and the model handles that transition cleanly at this price tier, a fair result for an accessible diecast that carries real weight in hand once lifted from its case.

Why the 996 Turbo Mattered to Porsche's Lineup

Porsche built the 996 Turbo's flat-six around architecture that traced back to the GT1 race program, a genuine motorsport lineage rare among road-going turbo engines of the period, and paired it with standard all-wheel drive for serious power delivery in all conditions. That combination made the 996 Turbo a genuine step up from earlier air-cooled Turbos in outright capability, even as the switch to water cooling remained a sore point for traditionalists who valued the older engine's character. For a collector building a 911 Turbo lineage across generations, the 996 marks the clear technical turning point, water cooling in, GT1-derived power arriving alongside it.

A Bridge Piece for a Generation-Spanning Shelf

Next to an air-cooled Turbo predecessor, this 996 Cabriolet marks where the bloodline modernized, a useful bridge piece for a generation-spanning 911 Turbo shelf.

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