2001 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Cabriolet (996) Nicely optioned 3.4 litre six-speed manual example boasting split rim wheels, factory hard top and just 32,500 miles covered - Investment Alert! Supplied new by Merlin Cambria Porsche of Cardiff in January 2001 this pre-facelift 996 generation of 911 comes to us in desirable Carrera 2 Cabriolet guise and is finished in Orient Red Metallic (L8A3) which is a rare colour (special order coming from the Porsche Exclusive Programme, option 09991 on the options list) and sits upon 18” staggered fitment split-rim Porsche Sport design alloy wheels (XRL) shod in Pirelli P-Zero tyres on the rear and Continentals on the front.

Slung out back, we find the 3.4-litre flat-six engine which develops 296bhp and drives the rear wheels here via desirable six-speed manual transmission, the engine sounding particularly good courtesy of the Sports exhaust (or back box, unclear) and looking extra sharp with the fitment of the rear spoiler which may also have been pa...