Porsche History 911 Racing 911 |
The 911 is the iconic Porsche sports car, defying the laws of cornering Physics with its rear mounted flat-6 engine, which was originally air-cooled. While there is Porsche, it seems, there will always be a Porsche 911, although it may have little mechanical resemblance to the first 911s, apart from having a rear mounted flat-6 of course. In the 1970s and 1980s Porsche made the front engined 924, 928 and 944, but real Porschists demanded a 911.
- 1964: First 911, 1991cc flat-6, 96kW (130bhp);
it followed the general layout of the Porsche 356.
- (1964: 912, flat-4 version 1582cc, 66kW.)
- 1980s Porsche developed a 4x4 911 for rallying,
even winning the Paris-Dakar with one in
1984.
4x4 911, c1981
From 1994 all wheel drive (that is four wheel drive) became a feature of some variants of road-going 911s in an effort to tame its handling for the less able owner with a lead foot.
1997: The new 911's 3.4-litre flat-6 engine was water-cooled -- easier to reduce noise and pollution.
- 2002 Porsche 911 GT2
- Loa 4445mm, width 1830mm, height 1275mm, wheelbase 2355mm,
- weight 1440kg (unladen)
- Engine 3.6-litre, flat-6, twin turbo-charged, 4valves/cyl, dohc
- power 340kW at 5700rpm, torque 620Nm at 3500rpm,
- Transmission 6-speed manual
- Suspension indep/ indep, brakes disc/ disc
- Tyres 245/35ZR18/ 335/30ZR18
- Price $388K [$au, Feb 2002]
2002, 911 C4S with AWD
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