Porsche 968 Club Sport | Spotted

It’s a close run thing, but probably Porsche is still the best out there at making road racer sports cars. The kind of things that are as thrilling on the circuit as they are the street, that are built tough enough to endure years of track days, and which are approachable enough for all abilities. That’s part of the reason why the new ones cause such a commotion. That and the fresh PTS options, of course. 

Having made the cars for so long has helped Porsche hone its craft. The Renn Sport badge has been on the back of 911s since the ’70s, and the GT3 one since the last century. Despite all that’s changed in those years, Porsche sports cars with those badges can always be relied on to deliver. Make them Club Sport spec on top and you’re definitely onto a winner; as the name suggests, Club Sport Porsches were originally designed with amateur competition in mind. These days, there probably won’t be many GT3s at the local hillclimb, but the stripped-out, race-ready Porsches have always made for some of the most exhilarating sports cars. 

The 968 CS is most certainly one of them. While it hails from a time when Porsche was in the doldrums somewhat, and created to rejuvenate a transaxle range that was long in the tooth by the early ’90s, that didn’t stop the Club Sport being raved about. Lighter, firmer, fitter and louder than a very impressive standard 968, it proved that a fantastic Porsche Club Sport didn’t have to be a 911. 

Indeed it became much loved by track day goers, balanced in a way that rear-engined Porsches of the time could never be and supremely durable. Back when there wasn’t quite such a fuss about collecting rare, track-focused Porsches, nothing could match a well-sorted 968 Club Sport (or the slightly less extreme Sport) as far as affordable track day fun was concerned. 

But we all know how it goes for cars that are brilliant to drive and not tremendously expensive. They get crashed, they get modified, they get driven to the end of their usable lives or perhaps even made into race cars. They seldom survive in the state that made them so loved in the first place. Which makes this 968 all the more special, because it’s a full house of Club Sport bingo: Speed Yellow with colour-matched wheels and seats, Lightweight spec, the sport chassis and limited-slip diff from new, few owners and low mileage from new. It’s actually been on display at the NEC and the Nurburgring as a prime example of the breed. 

It’s a very hard thing to find any fault with, and that doesn’t happen often with old Porsches. The only modification from standard is the newer stereo (a Porsche item, naturally), and everything this 968 has ever needed has been done at Porsche, including a £30k restoration a decade ago. The service history is genuinely astonishing, showing almost 30 years of visits to main dealers.  So now it presents as one of the best Club Sport still around, and actually one of the nicest ’90s Porsche we’ve seen in a while. There’d be no reason not to find out what all the fuss is about, either, with a valid MOT and recent cambelt change. Nothing would stand out in a sea of silly Porsches quite like one with a 3.0-litre four-cylinder in the front. Although £65k is probably the most a Porsche 968 has ever been for sale at, this is surely the most desirable one has ever looked as well. And good luck buying any kind of Club Sport 911 for that money…

Engine: 2,990cc, four-cyl
Transmission: 6-speed manual, rear-wheel drive
Power (hp): 240@6,200rpm
Torque (lb ft): 225@4,100rpm
MPG: c. 30
CO2: N/A
Recorded mileage: 44,814
Year registered: 1994
Price new: £28,975 (1993)
Yours for: £64,990