2012 Porsche 911 CARRERA S CABRIOLET New edition

With the Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is doubling the driving fun to be had from the new 911 Carrera by placing a Cabriolet alongside the Coupé. The debut of the brand new technology of the sports car traditional is being followed only a few months later by the open-prime fashions of the 911 Carrera and 911 Carrera S in the new 911 design.

What the Coupé began with the brand new aluminium-metal body, the Cabriolet continues with the all-new, unique hood: In consequence, the standard 911 roof line is initially retained in its entirety. Even when closed up, the Cabriolet cuts a high-quality figure. Intelligent light-weight design, even together with the usage of magnesium within the hood, ensures less weight and more sportiness, lower gasoline consumption and larger comfort. With the open-prime 911s as effectively, Porsche has managed to reverse the weight spiral and make the new Cabrio models significantly lighter than its predecessors.

Every of the two new Cabriolets has the identical engine as its Carrera Coupé equivalent. The rear of the 911 Carrera Cabrio houses a 3.4-litre flat engine producing 350 hp (257 kW) of energy driving the rear wheels via a seven-gear manual transmission. The open-high Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet comes with a 3.8-litre six-cylinder engine growing four hundred hp (294 kW) and also a seven-gear manual transmission featured as standard. That implies that the open-high 911s as nicely are distancing themselves even further from the competition in terms of effectivity; both models devour lower than ten litres of gas per a hundred kilometres (NEDC). The Cabriolets as effectively have the Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) available as an non-obligatory extra, delivering even decrease gasoline consumption and shorter acceleration times.

With the longer wheelbase compared with the predecessor mannequin, the broader front monitor and the brand new electro-mechanical power steering, the new Cabriolets supply even sportier driving traits, better precision and agility. Relying on model, there are other normal or elective active management systems available as properly that additional enhance the driving dynamics.

The 911 Carrera Cabriolet might be launched in Germany on March three, 2012. The costs for the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet begin in Germany with a hundred,532 Euros, the Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet starts with 114,931 Euros including worth-added tax in both cases