Standard equipment build codes, option codes and Exclusive options

Please note: paint and interior color codes are not covered with this research work

VIN DecoderPorsche -WP0ZZZ99Z6S738709 -2006Porsche9112 Doors Coupe3.8L RWD. The VIN number on your car can give you some very useful identifying information, such as: 1 Geographical area 2 Country 3 Car manufacturer 4 Product.


Every Porsche leaves the factory with a list of standard and optional equipment. Standard equipment is described by build codes and optional equipment by option codes. The codes are three or four character strings of numbers and letters. Back in the old days, all the codes started with an M and they were called as the M-codes. Nowadays they start with an I. Please note that the sticker in the service book or on the body never includes all the codes related to the car. It is a bit of a mystery why some codes are printed there and some are not.

Engine

It is important to understand that the code descriptions depend on the model and the model year. If you see an option code list somewhere that doesn't tell for which model and model year it is, then it is not a quality source for decoding the codes of your Porsche.

Pre-1970 (356, 550, 904, 911, 912)

718

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911

MY1970-1980MY1981MY1982MY1983MY1984MY1985MY1986MY1987MY1988MY1989
964: MY1989-1990MY1991-1994
993: MY1994-1995MY1996-1998
996: MY1998-2001MY2002MY2003-2005
997.1: MY2005-2007MY2008MY2009
997.2: MY2009MY2010-2013
991.1: MY2012-2016
991.2: MY2017-2019
992: MY2020-...

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914

918 Spyder

924

928

944

959

968

Boxster

986: MY1997MY1998MY1999MY2000MY2001MY2002MY2003MY2004
987.1: MY2005MY2006MY2007MY2008
987.2: MY2009MY2010-2012
981: MY2012-2016

Cayenne

MY2003-2006 There was no Model Year 2007 for Cayenne
MY2008-2010
MY2011-2018
MY2018-...

Cayman

987.1: MY2006-2007MY2008
987.2: MY2009MY2010-2013
981: MY2014-2016

Engine

Carrera GT

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Macan

95B: MY2015-2021

Panamera

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970: MY2010-2016
971: MY2017-...

Taycan

MY2020-...