Porsche 911 - Prj. 991 - (Spy)

[calatrava]

ma che bel sedere..

Già me la immagino in versione "targa"...........

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insideline.com

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autoscoops

Olè !

[superkappa125]

Lavoro impeccabile, interni davvero splendidi. Se il culo esce come penso si ritorna ai fasti stilistici di 993 (mancherebbe solo la compattezza dell'antenata).

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Leaked: 2012 Porsche 911 Specs Hit the Web Early

By Mike Magrath | June 29, 2011

This internet is tricky business when it comes to things like embargos. It's all well and good that you've got something set for your August issue (publishes around early July) that matches the pre-set date. It's when you've got downloadable content that things get tricky. Just ask Car and Driver who just smashed through an embargo with their downloadable August issue. The embargo? 2012 Porsche 911.

And leave it to TeamSpeed.com to not only find the article and rip it to their website ASAP. Bless those boys. The article in question gives us almost all we need to know on the next gen 911 like horsepower: The 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S will have 400 hp from a 3.8 while the Carrera will have 350 and share the same 3.4-liter engine as the Boxster S. The two transmissions offered will be a seven-speed PDK and a seven-speed manual with launch control being available on both. 0-60 takes 4.5 seconds according to Porsche in part thanks to the car being 55 pounds lighter than the 997.

The car is 2.5 inches longer than before with a 4 inch longer wheelbase to accommodate a hybrid drivetrain starting with the 2016 model refresh. Front and rear overhangs are 1.3 and 0.5 inches shorter and with the sport suspension, the car sits 0.7 inches lower.

The car will also feature an electronic parking brake (boooo), full-length sunroof, 19-inch wheels on the Carrera / 20s on the Carrera S.

An odd thing that struck is from the review posted was this "Of course, this new 911 comes with separate buttons for damper adjustment and dynamic driving modes, as well as the special "journalist button" to fully deactivate stability control, or as Porsche calls it, PSM (Porsche Stability Management). The system stays idle as long as the driver doesn't touch the brake pedal, at which point PSM kicks in again."

That means you can't really drive this car on a track without the interference of PASM. Sure you'll go off less frequently, but shouldn't a Porsche, of all cars, have a fully defeatable nanny?

InsideLine Leaked: 2012 Porsche 911 Specs Hit the Web Early

[Beckervdo]

qui tutto l'articolo e foto

http://www.insideline.com/porsche/91...rsche-911.html

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An all new Porsche 911 will be revealed later this year – and Autocar joined the development team in South Africa to sample the car.

The new 911, codename 991, is only the third all new design in the car’s incomparable 48 year history. The first of the three most critical departures between it and its forebears is that this is the first 911 to be built chiefly from aluminium.

The second difference is that the wheelbase has been extended by a substantial (but currently secret) amount. Two-thirds of the extra space between the wheels is located behind the driver, although it remains a fundamentally two-seat car. Project manager August Achleitner insists the car’s character and agility have not been compromised.

But if fiddling with a 911’s wheelbase is courting controversy, changing the way it steers might be seen by purists as punching it in the face. The third reason this 911 is like no other before is that hydraulic power steering has been dropped for an electro-mechanical system.

Achleitner insists: ‘If you drove this car you would never know it did not have hydraulic steering. Believe me, I know how important this is.”

The 991 is lighter than the car it replaces by dozens of kilos, despite bigger, heavier wheels, tyres and brakes and more robust crash structures. It’s also very slightly lower.

But some things have not changed so much. While there is not a single interchangeable part in the suspension, the architectural concept remains the same. You’ll find struts at the front and a multi-link arrangement at the back. Relative spring rates have been slightly increased while the damping has been backed off a little, in pursuit of better small bump isolation. The front track has been widened by a similar amount to that which helped transform the dynamic behaviour of the current 997 GT3 RS.

Only the powertrain remains familiar, and even here there have been big changes. While the ‘S’ continues to displace 3.8-litres, the standard car’s capacity has been reduced to 3.4-litres. In fact its bore and stroke are identical to those of a Boxster S, though different cams and a new exhaust provide more power – 350bhp at the moment, though homologation has yet to be completed. The power of the 3.8 rises to 400bhp and the rev limit of both engines increases by 200rpm to 7800rpm.

The PDK double clutch auto has been sharpened up again but it is the manual that might be introduced that breaks new ground. In effect it is a manually controlled single clutch version of PDK which means, for the first time in any manual production car I can think of, seven forward speeds. In fact the first six ratios are identical to the auto, though a slightly shorter, more sporting top gear is fitted.

The ramifications go far beyond the extra cog. This means the old gearbox is no more, so Porsche’s Motorsport colleagues working on the next generation of GT3s down in Weissach have nothing to strap to the old race-based flat six that’s powered all their cars since 1999. So this noble motor has been retired, presumably to be replaced by the somewhat simpler, cheaper, more modern and unrelated direct injection engine used by all other 911s. Quite what will be done to it for the new GT3 remains to be seen.

I jump into the passenger seat of the 3.8-litre ‘S’ and exhort Herr Achleitner to drive me back down the mountain as fast as he possibly can. A quick glance around the interior reveals Panamera style and switches, providing a substantial step up in both quality and efficacy from the 997; then he’s off.

More power and less weight means the old Carrera S’s 0-62mph time of 4.7sec is going to be toast. Porsche hasn’t done the numbers yet, but my money is on 4.5sec for the S and 4.8sec for the 3.4-litre car.

What I notice is the disconnect between the savagery with which the car attacks each corner and the almost complete tranquillity in the cockpit. What struck me most was how easy it appeared to drive the car on the limit, and how unflappable was its composure.

It seems to move the game on even from the lofty heights achieved by the 997, but if you’re looking for me to deliver a definitive verdict from the passenger seat, you’re asking the wrong bloke. It was a masterly performance, enough to make me desperate to find out more about what is, clearly, an extraordinary car and, I have little doubt, a great Porsche.

But is it still a 911? If it is, my sense is that it will be a rather different one – even more capable, usable, spacious, comfortable and quiet. But whether this has been achieved at the expense of some of that magical 997 ability to make you feel hardwired into the road surface, it is simply impossible to say without a steering wheel in your hands.

autocar.co.uk

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Siccome non ho il tempo di tradurre, potete dir in breve cosa ne pensano?

Intanto modifico i vari titoli, aggiustando il nome del progetto.

[Uomo dell'Ovest]

Allora, brevemente:

-è la prima in alluminio

-c'è più spazio

-è più leggera

-sterzo elettromeccanico (l'uomo porsche dice che non ci si accorgerà della differenza perchè "sappiamo quanto sia importante questo aspetto in una porsche")

-Schema sospensivo uguale al precedente

-La base scende a 3.4 (350cv), la S è a 3.8 (400cv)

-L'abitacolo sembra ben isolato anche al limite

-Non sa come va veramente perchè non guida lui, ma da quanto vede sembra facile al limite.

In definitiva ha riscontrato che è molto più silenziosa, comoda e vivibile della precedente, pur sembrando più veloce.

[superkappa125]

http://cdn.images.autocar.co.uk/FFFFFF/Car/Porsche/Concepts/Porsche-Concepts-3061111104009351600x1060.jpg

Ma che splendore!

Però che odio le foto spia ufficiali.

[calatrava]

La prima 911 che mi piace. Belle chiappe!