Porsche 911 II (930) Turbo

The Porsche 911 II (930) Turbo is a vehicle manufactured by Porsche in.

Overview
Originally intended to meet homologation requirements for Group 4, the 911 Turbo was Porsche's first turbocharged 911, featuring wider fenders and its signature "whale tail" design to aid engine cooling that differentiates it from standard 911s of the era.

Silverhand's Porsche
The Porsche 911 Turbo is the signature customized vehicle of legendary rockerboy Johnny Silverhand, lead singer of Samurai. This specific Porsche was manufactured in 1977. When Johnny got his hands on it many years later, he tuned the vehicle and customized it to represent his band.

In the following years, Johnny would cruise through Night City with it. It was also the car Johnny drove while dating Rogue Amendiares when they were younger. She has good memories of that time.

After Johnny's death in 2023, a former pararescue firefighter known as Samantha Stevens recovered Silverhand's car. She kept hidden in her garage for more than a decade, preserving the vehicle in its pristine state by keeping it in cold storage. Unfortunately, Samantha died of cancer in 2038 or not long after. This was due to her having accessed the Hot Zone shortly after the nuke went off.

At some point later, Adam Smasher acquired the rockerboy's possessions from Samantha's place, including the car, which ended locked up inside a cargo container on the Ebunike Docks of Night City until 2077. It was then when V and Rogue assaulted the docks to find information about Smasher, though they ended up finding Jeremiah Grayson instead - Smasher's "right hand". He had the keys to the car, and after obtaining them, V opened the container and got their hands on the 911 Turbo, to the surprise and enjoyment of Johnny. Rogue was also surprised to see the car if V managed to convince her to have a date with Johnny's engram.

Acquisition
The Porsche 911 Turbo can be obtained during the Chippin' In quest, right after the fight against Jeremiah Grayson. You can either spare him so he gives you the keys to the car, or take them from his body if you decide to kill him. Afterwards go to the ladder on the starboard of the ship, and activate the button you'll find up there. One of the containers will be lifted down. Just go there, open the container doors and take the car.

Development
An unpublished story by Mike Pondsmith called "The Punk and the Parking Space" serves as a backstory to the car and its first appearance in the Never Fade Away adventure. The car was originally owned by Toshiro Harada, an Arasaka executive who Johnny had a dispute over a parking spot. In the end, Johnny shot out the tires of the executive's car. A few years afterwards, Johnny stole that same car, eventually deciding to keep it. Due to Toshiro being the one who captured Alt Cunningham, it ended up as being something personal for Johnny.

Before choosing the Porsche, Mike had considered the Sunbeam Tiger. He had owned four of them and was familiar with the vehicle. Ultimately though, Pondsmith decided not to do so after theorizing the car was not very recognizable by the 1980s.

Design
The developers of CD Projekt RED worked alongside with Porsche to accurately recreate the car in Cyberpunk 2077 as well as the changes made to fit the in-game world. The changes from the real-world model include LiDAR for self-driving capabilities, cameras instead of mirrors, self-changing transmission, various drive modes (almost directly lifted from current-day Porsche models), and the ability to run on biofuel.

Porsche themselves also made a one-off real-world recreation of the car that was on display at the Porsche Museum from October 15 to 22, 2020; while it did not feature any of the futuristic changes, it does have the livery that dons Silverhand's car in the game.

Trivia

 * On the passenger side of the dashboard, there is a metal plaque that bears the signature of Jakub Przybolewski, the Senior Vehicle Artist at CD Projekt RED.
 * In 2022, CD Projekt RED collaborated with Hot Wheels to manufacture a scale model car of the Porsche 911.
 * In Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto Online, a livery that bears a resemblance to the 911 Turbo, named "Rock N' Roll Legends", is available for the Pfister Comet S2 (based on the Porsche 992) and its Cabrio variant.