Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet On Sale Now !

Who wants to drive a convertible in these days, must either be tough, or take a trip to the deep South. Not even the European Mediterranean coast offers the right weather. Porsche therefore decided for the presentation of the Porsche 911 Carrera cabriolet for the trip to the Canary Islands, and even there we found snow if also little and 1600 metres above sea level.

We had our Porsche 911 Carrera S cabriolet openly climbed. On the way the idea came up even at ambient temperatures around five degrees on the crest never to close the roof now. The microclimate between wind and side Windows, as well as the moving electrically in two seconds wind deflector gave to us no reason. We owe him the experience to spend much time without point of view in a dense cloud openly and on narrow, winding roads.

When warmer weather and see better, we had seen the roof closed. Its form exactly follows the roof line of the Coupe, and by no means leaves the impression of a restoration for bad weather. The roof due to its blend of mohair and fixed-roof its shape and many of his qualities. It insulates the sounds amazingly good, extends up to 50 km/h in 13 seconds at speeds and disappears into the well-known Z-fold in a rear end that seems so powerful and so perfectly styled as the design team have never had something else in mind as the Porsche 911 Carrera convertible.

Porsche 911 Carrera is good quality of work of company designers and aerodynamics pioneer with 0.30 for a car of this class he also speaks unusually low drag coefficient. The rear spoiler, which is to provide downforce to the rear axle is one of aerodynamics. Convertibles behaves he with the open roof differently than in the Coupe and takes a different extension height and angle depending on vehicle configuration.

In the tight curves with some poor road surface the spoiler had nothing to do, because he drives out from 120 km/h. For this we could question dedicate ourselves, whether up to 60 kilograms lighter new was stiff, as well as the old. Porsche says ‘ yes ‘. The stiffness has improved by 18 percent. We believe’s like; the convertible is literally like a Board.

Even at the normal driving program, the convertible on bad road does not become a gentle skid. Short bumps reminiscent of the genes of the sports car. Driving modes sport or sports plus one experiences then the rassereinen sports car. Is the convertible differs not from the Coupe, as well as in the engines. The Porsche 911 Carrera convertible works for the new, but familiar 3, 4-liter Boxer engine with 257 kW / 350 HP in the Carrera S 3, 8-litre Boxer with 294 kW / 400 HP.

For that you get around 14 000 Euro price difference so 50 HP more, to higher with 440 nm (nm) to 50 nm of torque, 20-inch wheels instead of 19-incher, better at 299 km/h instead of 284 km/h top speed and with one to three tenths faster standard Sprint from 0 to 100 km/h 4.5 seconds. Consumption is 8.9 liters on 100 km half a litre more than the 3.4 litre on average (according to EU standard) all with the seven-speed Porsche clutch transmission (PDK).

Colleagues a heated debate ensued after the long first test tour, if the driving experience and the letter S on the rear a small car worth the price, but even the smaller wonderfully turn up 3, 4 liter engine and allows driving at a high level. So: I found, if one drives open with 60 km/h in a tunnel and then press through the accelerator, then roars the S but more impressively.

Porsche 911 Carrera  S Cabriolet convertible with PDK  Specifications  data:

Length x width x height (m): 4.49 x 1.81 x 1.29

Engine: Six-cylinder Boxer, 3800 CC, naturally-aspirated engine, direct injection

Power: 294 kW / 400 HP at 7400 RPM

Maximum torque: 440 NM at 5600 RPM

Average consumption (according to EU standard): 4.5 litres

CO2 emissions: 210 g / km (Euro 5)

Maximum speed: 299 km/h

Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 4.5 sec.

Empty weight/payload: 1485 kg / 420 kg

Drag coefficient: 0.30

Trunk: 135 litres

Wheels / tires: front 8.5 J x 20, 245/35 ZR 20; rear 11 J x 20, 295/30 ZR 20

Turning circle: 11.1 m

Base price: 114 931 euro

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