Porsche’s next generation 911
June 7, 2008 by Karl Peskett
Porsche has released details of the next generation of 911 sports cars, including a double clutch system, and launch control.
In a press release today, Porsche states that there will be two coupes, and two cabriolets, with new 3.6 and 3.8-litre engines featuring direct injection, and the optional new double clutch gearbox – Porsche-Doppelkupplung, or PDK in Porsche-speak.
The company is claiming that fuel consumption drops to 9.8-litres/100km and CO2 is reduced by 15%.
Maximum output of the new generation 911 Carrera with its 3.6-litre engine is up by 15 kW to 254 kW; while output of the 911 Carrera S with its 3.8-litre engine is up by 22 kW to 283 kW. With this extra power, the Carrera S now offers a top speed of slightly over 300 km/h.
The Carrera with the seven-speed PDK ‘box will go from 0-100km/h in 4.5 seconds. If you want more punch, option up to the Sport Chrono Plus including Launch Control. This will do the same split in a DBS equalling 4.3 seconds.
Pricing will be announced when the new generation goes on sale in Australia on September 20.
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****** BENCH SEAT FRUGAL!! ******
One of the coolest cars on the planet.
The old saying goes “if it aint broke dont fix it”
This translates literally into german as “it’s not supposed to work, so lets engineer it until it does”.
Best all rounder and most rewarding drive there is.
Anti-Spam word carrera! Ha!
Finally a upgrade!
Awesome as usual
Those numbers are phenomenal for a 6 cylinder engine
Any change to the shape?
Nah, didn’t think so. Damn those lazy German designers, take a Beetle and jam a big engine in the back and squash it a bit :)
Why change something that’s perfect?
No modern high end sport car can touch the 911 styling wise, all they need to do is keep the shape modern by small revisions and they are fine.
Have a look at some of the other designs from competing cars…
Someone needs a humour transplant.
Porsche is the Apple of the car world, they make a few fairly oddball products (that are really good) and get a lot of attention, yet they are still a niche product.
And the Porsche fanboys are just as annoyed as the Apple fanboys when you take the piss out of their favourite car.
When a car that can do 4.3 secs 0-100 has better fuel economy than my Toyota, you know it’s good engineering.
Can’t wait to get one of these (one day).
porsche and apple the same??, supercujo you just have no idea do you. porsche just keep doing the same thing over and over (albeit its really good) and apple keep producing completely new products and reinventing their market place. these 2 companies are worlds apart in their approach to business.
oddball products? apple wins designs awards the world over. and a company that is worth over 100 billion is hardly niche.
but your right about apple fanboys, just look at how annoyed i am ;)
Agree with Booter, apple and porsche, no way have the same business model, and yes apple sell to the masses.
Great fuel economy, but with the money spent on these cars and expected to fetch from it through the price it sells, its no suprise this should be capable in this day and age.
But overall, its good to witness power and economy can happen! I think all manufacturers can do this, and mimic or better it but the REAL CHALLENGE they’ll face is keeping build costs down to make it feasible to the market they sell to.
WOW how different does it look from the old one!! i cant even tell its a 911! haha, but seriuosly though you gotta love these cars, fantastic re-sale value too ;)
Profit margins for Porsche must be enormous given that the tooling on the production lines may not differ very much from year to year.
It’s a timeless design that works on all counts although, Alborz and I, saw a Black 911 Turbo last week, and decided that was the hero car for Porsche.
So is this suppose to be 911-998 or is it a 911-997b ;)
Good to see they haven’t messed with a good thing.
Have to be stupid to buy an Apple with your own money!
Twice the money for half the computer!
SuperCujo Says:
June 7th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Someone needs a humour transplant.
Porsche is the Apple of the car world, they make a few fairly oddball products (that are really good) and get a lot of attention, yet they are still a niche product.
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Porsches are not niche products, at least compared to their competitors. A Porsche 911 is more common than any other $200,000+ sportscar on the market, and yet their resale values are very high.
“Porsches are not niche products, at least compared to their competitors. A Porsche 911 is more common than any other $200,000+ sportscar on the market, and yet their resale values are very high.”
Thats because their probably more appealing than a lambo or a ferrari…
I agree with RealCars on apples, only thing good about it is its multimedia capabilities, otherwise its good for people who are not so technical minded…
porsche resale would be so great cause you cant tell the difference from an old one to a new one maybe??
hey realcars your right, all those porsche drivers are stupid, they could have saved tons and bought a toyota that had 4 seats rather than porsches 2 seats for much less, or better yet a daewoo (cough, holden) for even less and still had 4 seats. some people are just silly arent they!
but seriously your right, when i got my apple it didnt even have a tower or all those cables, it didnt have all those piles of manuals and installation cds, it didnt take hours to setup and its OS didnt come loaded with bugs and viruses. It was just a massive screen and it worked when i pushed the power button….. i feel like im missing out on all that other stuff. do you think if i ask for my money back they might give it to me???
Nowadays Apple computers are the same price as any other brand, in some cases cheaper even. More importantly they all run windows and the same intel chips, exactly the same as any other computer would. So “technically minded” people that wish to screw around with Vista’s compatability problems can also do that if they so wish.
As with Porsche well, yeh, as everyone has said, it still looks great, and is still a great car. If i was in the market for a $200 000+ car, I’d definately get one.
spot the difference
A timeless classic. Not only a looker, but one of the most well engineered cars on the planet. Clinical german engineering, without too much passion or flair. 911, or Audi R8? I wish i had enough spare cash to make that decision!
Nice car, love to see it goes agains nissan gtr.
I don’t see many hippies driving a Porsche…..
Why are we debating Apples?
its silly and besides the point.
I love apple computers and would never ever use a PC except for spreadsheets and other microsoft apps.
But thats me and I dont really care what everyone else does and its pointles to argue.
I must say tho, that I am yet to meet someone that goes from PC to MAC and then back again
In terms of this Porsche.
I love it. Looks the same as the older one but thats why I love it.
And thats probably a reason to why the resell value is so high ; a used 911 looks pretty much the same as a new one.
I do like Porsche’s, I do, they’re what I dreamt of having as a kid, but..I dunno, can someone explain why they’re still exactly the same after all this time?
Or am I just not Porsche-savvy enough to see it?
They’re exactly the same because the body shape is iconic. It’s as recognised as Kleenex is to tissues, Hoover is to vacuums and Toyota is to boring lumps of hollow alloy with wheels.
The moment they change that, I bet you’ll be the first to say “pfft, that’s not a real Porsche.”
The changes they make are subtle differences over the years.