Porsche 911 Carrera

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Porsche has confirmed the details of its 48-year old sports coupe today ahead of its very real and very official world premiere at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show; a coupe that’s lower, wider at the front and 100mm longer than its predecessor.

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The base 911 gets a 3.4-litre flat-six with 350bhp that, equipped with Porsche’s double-clutch PDK ‘box, sprints from 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds. That’s precisely 0.1 seconds quicker than before. The Carrera S gets the ‘familiar’ 3.8-litre boxer engine with 400bhp, and mated to the PDK gearbox hits 62mph in 4.3 seconds. Both times drop even more with the optional Sport Chrono Pack: 4.4s for the Carrera, 4.1s for the S.

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An all-new, lightweight aluminium-steel composite body means the new 911 weighs 45kg less than the outgoing 997 model, while a wider, variably extending rear spoiler has reduced the lift. Porsche has also introduced Dynamic Chassis Control onto the S, which limits body roll through extreme cornering allowing “even faster times on racing circuits”.

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