Porsche equipment codes
Standard equipment build codes, option codes and Exclusive options
Please note: paint and interior color codes are not covered with this research work
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.
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
911
MY1970-1980
MY1981
MY1982
MY1983
MY1984
MY1985
MY1986
MY1987
MY1988
MY1989
964: MY1989-1990 MY1991-1994
993: MY1994-1995 MY1996-1998
996: MY1998-2001 MY2002 MY2003-2005
997.1: MY2005-2007 MY2008 MY2009
997.2: MY2009 MY2010-2013
991.1: MY2012-2016
991.2: MY2017-2019
992: MY2020-...
914
918 Spyder
924
MY1976-1980 MY1981 MY1982 MY1983 MY1984 MY1985 MY1986 MY1987 MY1988
928
MY1978-1981 MY1982 MY1983 MY1984 MY1985 MY1986 MY1987 MY1988 MY1989-1991 MY1992-1995
944
MY1982-1983 MY1984 MY1985 MY1986 MY1987 MY1988 MY1989-1991
959
968
Boxster
986:
MY1997
MY1998
MY1999
MY2000
MY2001
MY2002
MY2003
MY2004
987.1:
MY2005
MY2006
MY2007
MY2008
987.2:
MY2009 MY2010-2012
981: MY2012-2016
Cayenne
MY2003-2006 There was no Model Year 2007 for Cayenne
MY2008-2010
MY2011-2018
MY2018-...
Cayman
987.1:
MY2006-2007
MY2008
987.2:
MY2009 MY2010-2013
981: MY2014-2016
Carrera GT
Macan
95B: MY2015-2021
Panamera
970: MY2010-2016
971: MY2017-...