WHAT THE PRESS SAID

‘There is only one way to describe the way the CS rockets off the line: sensational. Drop the clutch at just under 5000rpm, the rear squats, the front lifts, the rear wheels howl as they leave 10ft of rubber on the Tarmac and you reach 30mph in 1.9sec, with 60mph coming up in 5.2sec in second. Under full throttle, it bellows like a competition car. Magnificent.’ Autocar, 911 Carrera Club Sport 3.2 vs 944 Turbo SE road test, 11th May, 1988 ‘Undamped by any absorbing material, a unique and characteristic medley of sounds echoes around the cockpit. Underlaying it all is the flat chugging of the air-cooled six, spiced with whirring gears, swishing bearings, and the "clunk-clunk" of the gearchange mechanism, but often drowning all else out is the reverberant thumping of the tyres. Road joints crack like rifle shots, cats eyes echo like machine gun fire as the hard dampers punch every move of the alloy rims into the shell.’ Motor Sport, 911 Carrera Club Sport road test, April 1988

What Porsche said

‘A Club Sport version of the Carrera Coupe is now offered for the true enthusiast driver which is fitted with stiffer sport suspension and is some 50kg lighter. The weight saving has been gained by eliminating the PVC undercoating, the integral front fog lamps, many creature comforts including the rear seats, in-car entertainment, sound insulation and the electric adjustment on the front seats and windows.’