In 2006, Dr. Ing. H.c. Porsche will extend it’s current product line with the addition of a new 911 Turbo, the 6th generation of the 911 series. This top-of-the-range model will have its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show on Feb twenty-eight, 2006 and as from June 24, 2006 it will be available in German dealerships.
The 911 Turbo ( type 997 ) has a few improvements. It has an output of 480 bhp at 6,000 revs per minute, a 3.6 litre engine, a rated torque of 620 Nm and a maximum torque available between 1,950 and 5,000 rpm. All these numbers are interpreted into driving performance, as the 911 Turbo with six-speed manual transmission only desires 3.9 seconds to get from nil to a hundred km/h. The coupe reaches 200 km/h in 12.8 seconds. Notwithstanding these performance statistics, Porsche developers succeeded to keep the averageconsumption to 12.8 liters per100 km.
For those that need even more speed, the 911 Turbo offers the optionally Tiptronic S automated transmission. This way, it can reach 100 km/h from a standing start in just 3.7 seconds and two hundred km/h in a trifling 12.2 seconds. Both manual and automated transmissions have a top speed of 310 km/k. Available for the 1st time, the optional’Sport Chrono Package Turbo’ enhances the car’s flexibility further.
The Porsche 911 Turbo features a re-designed all-wheel drive with an electronically controlled multi-disc clutch. The result will be the transfer of the available power to the road. That is due to the fact that, dependingon the driving conditions, this system will establish the best torque distribution to guarantee the best-possible drive. Also, Porsche Traction Management ( PTM ) ensures variable power distribution to the two driven axles. This suggests that on the road the 911Turbo will prove outstanding traction in the rain or snow, high agility on narrow country roads and perfect active safety even at high speeds.
The new 911 Turbo’s driving performance is duly tempered by its brake system, which comprises monobloc fixed-caliper disc brakes with 6 pistons at the front spindle and 4 at the rear. The diameter of the internallyventilated and punctured brake discs at the front and rear wheels is 350 millimeters. An optimized ceramic brake system that Porsche offers is Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake ( PCCB ). This hi-tech system reduces with seventeen kilograms the standard brake system and provides anexcellent fading stability.
The major bodywork change of the 911 Turbo is the modified front end with its particular, tautly drawn cooling air inlets. Combined with the standard oval bi-xenon headlights, it’ll outline the new unmistakable image. From the rear perspective too, the Turbo will appear more powerful. This is duefirst and foremost to its tail end, twenty-two millimeters wider than that of the previous model, to which the re-designed wing spoiler component has been aligned.
Secondly, the lateral air inlets behind the doors have been redrawn and now they offer a more efficient supply of cooling air to the charge-air intercoolers.
The basic price for the 911 Turbo is 115,000 euros. In the States, from July eight, 2006, the automobile will be available at $122,000 ( excluding taxes ).
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