Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 is one of the most renowned 2 door coupes, whose production started in Germany. The vehicle had sporty style, and was featured with a rear engine and a rear suspension. A swing axle incorporated in Porsche 356 was also seen on the 911.

The Porsche 911 was provided with several more enhancements like interior controls, power-trains, and other goodies featured on the other high-performance Porsche models. The Porsche 911 turbo engine pumps out serious power levels of 500 HP.

Porsche 911 Classic (1963–1989)

The Porsche 911 was manufactured and developed in a larger and more powerful version than its previous version Porsche 356, which was the first model in lineup. The earlier version of Porsche 911 had a flat-6 engine that delivered 128 hp.

It had small rear seats with total number of four seats, making it 2+2 seater rather than a full fledged four seater, and it had 5-speed manual transmission option.

Porsche 964 Series (1989–1993)

Sharing the concepts of the Porsche 959, there were large number of enhancements in the Porsche 964. The Porsche 964 was also marketed as Carrera 4. The drag coefficient of the vehicle was brought down to 0.32, and the chassis was redesigned with features like ABS brakes, Coil springs and power steering. The size of the engine was enhanced to 3600 cc.

Porsche 964 Turbo (1990–1993)

The turbo version of Porsche was introduced in the year 1990. The Porsche 964 Turbo had a 3.3 Liter engine, which could generate 320 PS.

Porsche 996 Series (1998–2005)

The Porsche air-cooled 911 model was replaced by a water-cooled model; the Porsche 996. Its body shell was redesigned, and it had remarkably sharp styling cues, and fascinating design, not to mention its lightening fast acceleration, and vicious pick up.

996 Turbo version (2000–2004)

In the year 2000, Porsche manufactured the Turbo version of the Porsche 996. The turbo engine is acquired from 911 GT1 engine. The Porsche 996 and turbo version of 996 have the all wheel drive option. With the optional X50 package, it could speed up from 0-62 mph in 3.8 seconds and the additional X50 package equipped version was famous as Turbo S coupe. The turbo version of this particular model could hit the top speed of 189 mph.

Porsche 997 Series

In the year 2005, the Porsche 911 was greatly redesigned using the shared concept of Porsche 996. The Porsche 997 was manufactured with the basic concepts of Porsche 996, but technical concepts were almost identical as that of the predecessor.

Porsche 997 GT3

The Porsche 997 GT3 was introduced during Feb, 2006. The acceleration of the Porsche 997 GT3 was fascinating, allowing it to reach 100km per hour in 4.1 seconds, and it could achieve maximum speed of 310 km per hour.

Porsche 997 GT3-RS

The Porsche 997 GT3-RS was debuted in the year 2006. The 997 GT3-RS model was released as a homologation version. The drive train of Porsche 997 GT3-RS is purely based up on the 911 GT3. The 911 GT3 is built on the chassis and body of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4 and its turbo versions.

Safety Features

The current version, 2010 Porsche 911 is manufactured with antilock-braking system, stability control and traction control, side airbags at the front, and also side curtain bags. The brakes on the turbo version and GT3 are even better and offer you an outstanding performance.

In brake testing, the 911 Carrera 4S came to a pit-stop from 60 mph within a distance of 104 feet. The bigger brakes on the GT3 and Turbo could theoretically be even better. Given this excellent performance, you’d only need the optional ceramic composite brakes, if you frequent high-performance driving events.