Porsche Carrera 2.7 MFI — The Last of the MFI Legends
From RS to G-Series
When the legendary 1973 Carrera 2.7 RS ended production, Porsche carried its spirit forward into a new generation. For rest-of-world markets, the successor was the Carrera 2.7 MFI, equipped with the same 210 bhp Type 911/83 engine that powered the RS Touring. This was not a watered-down successor but a direct continuation—identical in weight at just 1,075 kg, raw in character, but dressed in the sharper G-series impact-bumper body and modernized interior.
Buyers could choose between the iconic ducktail or a clean tail-delete in 1974, while later years offered the option of the whale tail alongside a wingless look.
The Thrill of Mechanical Fuel Injection
What sets the Carrera 2.7 MFI apart is its Bosch Mechanical Fuel Injection (MFI) system. Throttle response is instantaneous, the sound visceral, and the feel unfiltered compared to the electronic injection systems that followed in the late ’70s and ’80s.
As Motor magazine recorded in December 1974, the MFI’s performance was electrifying: 0–60 mph in 5.5 seconds, making it one of the fastest production cars of its era. Even today, few cars deliver such a direct, mechanical driving experience.
Rare by Design
Production numbers remained small, ensuring lasting rarity:
- 1974: 1,011 coupes
- 1975: 508 coupes
- 1976: 113 Sondermodell coupes (German-only)
- Total coupes: 1,633 (close to the 1,590 Carrera RS built in 1973)
In addition, Porsche built 631 Targas from 1974–1976, including a unique batch of 20 narrow-bodied cars for the Belgian police.
Absent from America
1975 Light Yellow Carrera #911 560 0179
The Carrera 2.7 MFI was never imported to North America. Strict U.S. emissions laws required detuned CIS injection engines, stripping much of the character from the 2.7-liter motor. As a result, the true MFI cars remained “forbidden fruit”, available only to European and other overseas buyers—a distinction that continues to fuel their mystique among collectors.
The End of an Era
The 1976 Carrera 2.7 MFI marked the final road car Porsche ever produced with mechanical fuel injection. Afterward, MFI lived on only in motorsport:
- Ten 934 ½ turbocharged race cars for Group 4 and IMSA (1977)
- The iconic 935 variants that dominated Group 5 racing
- Twenty 911 SC/RS (954) rally cars built in 1984 for Group B
For the street, however, the line ended with the 2.7 MFI.
Why It Still Matters
The Carrera 2.7 MFI remains a bridge between eras: the raw purity of the RS and the more refined Carreras that followed. It was the last to carry Porsche’s racing-derived MFI technology into a road car, and one of the rarest. To drive one is to experience Porsche at its most unfiltered—lightweight, responsive, and alive in a way few cars before or since can match.