Highlights

High specification 996 C4S in desirable colour scheme with hard top
Very well maintained throughout life by main dealers and Autofarm
Service and brake fluid change in June 2025 by Autofarm
Just two registered keepers from new
£3,360 paint treatment and polishing in February 2025
Will be fitted with two new rear tyres prior to sale
Recent new front discs and pads and replacement battery
Sold with fresh MOT
IMS has been done and new clutch fitted

The Appeal

Of the many flavours of 996 available, enthusiasts rate the C4S amongst the best. Potent and planted, these devilishly capable cars work particularly well with the 6spd manual box, as here. It is a high specification car that adds the convertible top plus a rare match hard top to its appealing mix.

It is also that most desirable of 996s, one with impeccable service history and just two keepers, the current one since 2017. The service history shows 16 stamps, all except the most recent by main dealers in Hatfield and Swindon. The most recent service was by blue chip specialist Autofarm in June 2025 when the brake fluid was also replaced. Other work includes new front discs and pads and a battery. The current MOT runs to July 2026 with no advisories but we are told the car will be sold with a fresh MOT prior to sale.

The car’s blue metallic paintwork and Metropole Blue leather cabin are both in really good order, as are the ‘Turbo Twist’ alloys and the hard top. The electric folding roof works correctly. It is a mark of the car’s condition and the seller’s approach that it received £3,360 of paint correction, polishing and protection work in February 2025.

Well specified, very well cared for and in great condition, this is the sort of 996 you want to find.

The vendor says:

“This car has been amazing to us over the past nine years and has been used as it was meant to be with many long continental tours completed. She is a great tourer and extremely comfortable on long open roads, I can go for hours without feeling the need for a stretch. The sport seats are supreme. Great with the hood down but equally good with the hood up or the hard top fitted. The Four Wheel Drive system means you can thoroughly enjoy the open roads without any apprehension! And the sports exhaust gives you a lovely soundtrack of that flat 6. We have not scrimped on keeping this example in top condition for extensive use. So has been back to the right people when anything needed doing.”

Key Information

Mileage: 122,313 miles (OPC service history supports the reading, not warranted)
Country of registration: United Kingdom
Technical inspection status: MOT valid until July 2026, sold with new MOT
Technical specs: 3,596cc flat-six, six-speed manual, four-wheel drive
Paperwork: Certificate of Authenticity, handbooks and wallet, OPC service history, V5C, 2 keys

Service history (further details in photos):

06/25 - 116,114 miles - Autofarm
10/23 - 110,007 miles - Porsche Swindon
06/22 - 103,252 miles - Porsche Swindon
03/21 - 99,075 miles - Porsche Swindon
07/20 - 92,026 miles - Porsche Swindon
04.19 - 83,986 miles - Porsche Swindon
04/18 - 78,899 miles - Porsche Hatfield
04/17 - 72,353 miles - Porsche Hatfield
10/15 - 69,506 miles - Porsche Hatfield
10/14 - 65,413 miles - Porsche Hatfield
11/13 - 61,242 miles - Porsche Hatfield
11/12 - 56,574 miles - Porsche Hatfield
11/10 - 45,348 miles - Porsche Hatfield
08/09 - 37,677 miles - Porsche Hatfield
11/07 - 26,996 miles - Porsche Hatfield
01/06 - 13,879 miles - Porsche Hatfield

The Detail

Smart dark blue metallic paintwork with recent remedial work and polishing totalling £3,360
Bodywork in good order with no structural advisories on MOT
Matching hard top presents well and is reported to work correctly
Folding electric roof in good working order
Well kept ‘Turbo Twist’ alloys in very good condition with Continental tyres
Fully serviced and reported to start immediately with service history as above
New battery fitted in 2026
New front discs and pads fitted in late 2025
Relatively new front suspension we are told
Genuine Porsche switchable sports exhaust fitted by OPC Swindon, replacing the original
Two new rear tyres and a fresh MOT to be provided by the seller prior to sale
Paintwork reported to be in very good order, always kept clean and polished
Alloy wheels described as in good order for the age
Front splitter has some scrapes from speed bumps
Front air dam under the splitter is slightly bowed, causing occasional scraping on speed bumps
Underside otherwise reported to be as it should be
Metropole blue leather interior with black over carpets in good order
Vendor reports the heated sports hardback seats show very little wear for the mileage, regularly treated with leather conditioner
Bose sound system with recently added PCCM+
Bi-xenon self-levelling headlights
Aluminium look package and rear park assist fitted
Air conditioning reported to work as it should
The vendor states all switches and buttons work as they should
Always garaged under a cover and kept on a trickle charger

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