
Porsche 911 964 Turbo S 3.6 30th Anniversary Black Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Car Brand
- Porsche
- Model Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 436069171
- Year
- 1993
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Coupé
- Vehicle Class
- Factory Specials
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138121454
About the Porsche 911 964 Turbo S 3.6 30th Anniversary Black Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Porsche 964 Turbo S 3.6 reproduces one of the rarest production 911s of the early 1990s, a lightweight, higher-output factory special finished here in Black. Cast as a sealed diecast shell, it brings a genuinely limited original within reach of a display cabinet.
Porsche built the Turbo S 3.6 in extremely small numbers as a stripped-back, harder-edged version of the standard 964 Turbo, trading rear seats and sound insulation for extra power and less weight. It is the kind of homologation-adjacent oddity that rarely survives intact, let alone gets driven, which is exactly why so few collectors will ever see one in person.
A Sealed Diecast Take on a Lightweight Special
Black Paint and Panel Precision
Black is an unforgiving colour on any diecast body, since every casting flaw and every uneven panel gap shows against it far more readily than against a lighter shade. On this 964, the shutlines running the length of the doors and around the rear engine lid stay a consistent hairline width from end to end, evidence of a single sealed casting rather than a body built to accommodate opening panels. That construction choice suits the subject: the real Turbo S 3.6 was about function stripped to essentials, and a one-piece shell mirrors that same economy in miniature, holding tighter tolerances than a hinged equivalent could manage at this scale.
Wheels and Aero Detail
The wide-body Turbo silhouette depends on its rear arches and the whale-tail spoiler reading correctly, and Minichamps keeps both crisp rather than softened into the body colour. The wheels carry the period-correct design with defined spoke faces rather than a flat printed disc, and they sit properly within the arch rather than tucked too far inboard, a detail that is easy to get wrong on wide-body 911s at small scale. Chrome-effect trim on the mirrors and door handles stays sharply separated from the black paint rather than bleeding into it under close inspection. Even the badge script on the rear decklid stays legible at this scale, a small but reliable indicator of how much care went into the tooling.
The Turbo S 3.6 and the End of the Air-Cooled Turbo Era
Higher Output, Less Weight
The standard 964 Turbo already carried a reputation as one of the last raw, analogue 911 Turbos before Porsche moved to water-cooled engines later in the decade. The 3.6 S variant pushed that formula further, with a larger-displacement engine tuned for more power and a specification list built around removing weight rather than adding comfort: thinner glass, lighter bumpers, and a cabin stripped of rear seating. That combination made it noticeably quicker than the regular Turbo while looking, to a casual glance, almost identical. Enthusiasts still debate exactly how the factory arrived at the final power figure, but the car's reputation as the last truly analogue 964 special has never been in question.
A Factory Special, Not a Volume Car
Production numbers on cars like this are usually described in period lore rather than confirmed to the last unit, but every account agrees the run was tiny, built for buyers who wanted the most focused 964 Turbo available rather than the easiest to live with. That scarcity is precisely why most collectors will only ever encounter this specification through a well-made diecast replica. A 30th Anniversary designation adds a further layer of context, marking the model against Porsche's own Turbo lineage rather than describing a separate mechanical package. Whatever the precise build tally, values on the genuine article now sit well beyond what most collectors will ever spend on a single car, which is exactly the gap a considered diecast replica is built to fill.
A Factory Special Worth the Premium
Placing It on the Shelf
Factory specials like the Turbo S 3.6 sit in a different collecting category from a standard-production 911: the appeal is rarity and the story of a car built for its own sake rather than for volume sales. On a shelf built around 911 history, this piece works best placed alongside other Porsche factory specials rather than lined up with ordinary Carrera and Turbo variants, since the contrast is the point. Expect to pay more than for a mainstream 964 Turbo diecast, and treat that premium as reasonable: this is a limited, historically specific version of the car, not simply a colour or trim variation, and diecast pricing at this tier tends to track that distinction fairly closely.















