Porsche 911 Turbo Facelift Spied
More Power, Lower Consumption
By Alexander
September 18, 2007 2:41 PM
Filed Under: German, Porsche, Spy Photos
Since December 2006, when we caught the first glimpses of a facelifted Porsche 911 on Nurburgring, nearly every other Porsche 911 on Nurburgring has showed a new facelifted shape - and this time it's the 911 Turbo that's gone under the knife! While we'd like to call it a facelift, the lack of visible changes in the front makes the prototype more of a "rear lift." The 997 Turbo, pictured, features re-modelled rear lights with LEDs as well as a new bumper with altered air outlets and exhaust pipes.
The current turbocharged 3.6-liter Boxer six-cylinder engine puts out 480 hp, while the facelift is expected to produce 500 hp thanks to a new direct-injection engine. The 20 hp increase will narrow the gap between the four-wheel driven Turbo and the light-weight 530 bhp rear-wheel driven GT2 that premiered in Frankfurt last week. The facelifted 997 Turbo is also expected to have a ten percent lower fuel consumption. Enjoy the pictures!
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Porsche has cynically gouged its lapdog apologist buyers into paying EXTRA for floormats, decent interior trim and logo wheel caps.
From an aesthetic perspective, the 911 is a dinosaur and the Audi R8 is the meteor.
E.L.E. Extinction Level Event.
If Audi launches a $60something R6, bye bye Porsche!
At best, it's mere man-jewelry. I'm not knocking the power and performance. I am knocking the packaging and pricing.
Do Porsche designers just Xerox old 911 designs over and over? And how can they justify CHARGING for logo wheel caps, leather and floormats (and around 60-70 other options)?
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