Back in the 1980s, wanting to make your Porsche 911 stand out was nothing new. Hand your car over to companies such as Strosek, Gemballa and Rinspeed, and they would turn it into something special, and what many owners wanted particularly was the widebody look exemplified by the Turbo. The results weren’t always tasteful, but they were distinctive, and if your budget didn’t stretch to a specialist tuner then you could opt for one of the myriad glass-fibre kits that were available at a fraction of the price.
It was a trend that didn’t go unnoticed by Porsche and in 1984 it made option ‘M491’ available. For the first time you could buy a naturally aspirated 3.2-litre Carrera and equip it with the flared wheel arches and dramatic tea-tray spoiler of the contemporary Turbo. Known as the ‘Turbo look’, it was officially designated ‘SSE’ for ‘Super Sport Equipment’ (and later just ‘Super Sport’), and it was a look that was to become hugely popular, especially in the US, where the Turbo
