The new 911 Ever ahead Contents Sports car fascination 2 Design 10 Principle 22 Drive 34 Chassis 50 Safety and environment 62 Comfort 70 Personalization 92 Technical data 138 Sports car fascination 5 “ In the beginning I looked around and could not find quite the car I dreamed of. So I decided to build it myself.” Ferry Porsche A big dream has to be fought for. And so This attitude is in every Porsche that To us, it’s never been about extra does a bold vision. The next victory? we’ve created since 1948. It’s there in the horsepower alone, but about more ideas Rarely does it simply fall into our lap. smallest part and in every race we’ve per horsepower. It’s about engines that Often though, there are innate factors won. It’s also foundational to every idea. are more efficient, not bigger. It’s about a we must fight against: physics, That’s because our engineers are not design that follows principles, not trends. conventions and rigid patterns of thinking. satisfied with 100 percent. It’s because It’s about sports cars that can be driven they fight. They fight for that one crucial day in and day out. Whatever we fight for or against, nothing percentage point more. For the one is achieved without passion, grit and second that means the difference between It’s only when all these things come determination. Ferry Porsche gave triumph and despair. For the Dr. Ing. in our together that we can talk of Intelligent everything for the sports car of his company name and for the chance to stir Performance — the core of the Porsche dreams. His dream came true. Not the passion for the sports car time and brand and its future. This is what we are because he hesitated, dwelled, or got time again. fighting for. Just as we did on day one. lucky. Because he went that extra mile. We are fighting for a dream that will forever be in our hearts. Sports car fascination 7 We like to start from the front In the lead The new 911 Yet again, everything comes back into All the racing victories. The dreams. That is our tradition. And our future. We play. It’s about a new benchmark. A sports Our fans. Thousands of ideas. We hold will give it our all. For the best 911 of all car that has only ever existed once in this them in our hearts. time: the new 911. form. That has been a source of fascination for generations. And is firmly But we start from scratch. And we will anchored in our heart and soul. It’s about give everything we’ve got. We will go on the future of the 911. the attack, to get even better. And we will fight, to defend our lead. With one single We are always looking forward. Not goal: to create the next 911, one that can sideways, never back. We don’t want to do more, deliver more, and consume less rest on our laurels, no matter how than ever before. A sports car as beautiful illustrious they may be. now as it was on day one. 911 Carrera 911 Carrera Cabriolet 911 Targa 4 911 Carrera S 911 Carrera S Cabriolet 911 Targa 4S 911 Carrera 4 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet 911 Carrera 4S 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet There’s a good reason for looking forward again And many a compelling argument The highlights of the new 911 Sport: fit for the racetrack Connect Plus: web-connected Optional mode switch on the optional Always on-board: innovative infotainment multifunctional GT Sport steering wheel for center with online navigation, four driving modes — plus Sport Response Apple CarPlay™, and apps specific button for maximum responsiveness. to Porsche. Balance: reinforced Lane Change Assist (LCA) and further reinforced brake system — greater driving pleasure as well as greater safety. Stress-relief: daily Optional new lift system — for increased ground clearance. Standard adaptive dampers on all vehicles — for greater comfort during everyday driving. Sports car fascination 9 Appreciate a compelling argument — and love a good film? Scan code or go to www.porsche.com/911 and start the video. Design: sharpened Power and efficiency: increased Sound: more 911 New front and rear design with New twin-turbo engines for more power, Optional new Sport exhaust system with four-point LED daytime running lights, considerably more torque, high rpm limit, central tailpipes announces where the three-dimensional taillights and and lower consumption. 911 feels at home: on the racetrack. four-point brake lights. Driving dynamics: tremendous Optional new rear axle steering improves driving stability and agility. Control: in every season Enhanced Porsche Traction Management (PTM) — for well-balanced handling and optimal traction with all-wheel drive system. Design Design 13 An innovation is a tradition Forever being sharpened to look brand new Design The design of the 911 shows where we An icon? Certainly — but only because we The front has been reshaped for an even come from and where our roots are. But continue its development. Our designers sportier look. The air intakes are larger, it also shows the direction of our thinking focused on making the new 911 appear the design is even more succinct. In the and how we see the future. even more precise, and by doing so they side air intakes, new active air intake created the blueprint for its future. With flaps control aerodynamics and cooling The design language, proportions, and a new lighting design and characteristic systems as required. contouring follow the 911 tradition: with four-point LED daytime running lights, side mirrors that are higher than the front which have now been incorporated into In summary: the new 911 shows plenty lid; with headlights that are bulging and the Bi-Xenon™ headlights. With direction of bite from the front. And the future has round; with a roof line that slopes down indicators that are even slimmer than they whetted its appetite. towards the rear over tapering side were before. For a Porsche that is windows. The overall appearance is low, recognizably a 911, even from a distance. wide, and sleek. Sports car proportions that originated on the racetrack. Design 15 The rear encapsulates the heart of the Conspicuous, in the best sense of the The design of the single-tube tailpipes in 911: the engine. This is where it has been word, is how to describe the prominent, stainless steel — two-tract on the S models beating since 1963. With the introduction three-dimensional LED taillights. They — is new. Inspired by the 911 GT3: the of the new drive configuration, it beats create a sculptural look, also typical of centrally positioned tailpipes of the harder than ever before. Some parameter the 918 Spyder. A design for tomorrow, optional Sport exhaust system. For tweaking was therefore required, including combined with engineering for a new era. harmony of form, function, and sound. in the design. A hallmark of the all-wheel drive models is Sharp, sporty, and timeless. The First, then, let us explain the function before the seamless light strip on the rear. For contouring of the rear is even more clearly we come to the form. A combustion engine the new 911 models, it has been further defined, making it look wider, brawnier without air cannot do any work at all. That’s refined. It is narrower and appears to seep and more heavily built. That’s our physics. A Porsche engine needs a lot of into the taillight units on either side, with approach to the theory of evolution. air to breathe. That’s motorsport. And the an illumination that has never been so turbocharged drive layout of the new homogeneous — qualities that accentuate 911 Carrera and 911 Targa 4 models inhales the 1.7 inches wider rear of the all-wheel more than ever, thanks to the longitudinally drive body. arranged slats of the rear lid grille. Design 17 Design of the 911 Targa and added driving stability, reflected also in the thrust, great agility, and anticipation 911 Cabriolet design, the body is 1.7 inches wider — an aplenty on every inch of asphalt. A legend of the 911 range, a classic, a impression accentuated by the seamless sports car dream — the Targa always will light strip on the rear end. What does that have to do with design? have a special place at Porsche. The Targa A great deal, because not only does the gained its reputation as a design icon Roof closed, the new 911 Targa displays innovative fabric roof capture the elegance thanks to its style-defining Targa bar. With the profile of its 911 counterpart, whilst of a 911 Coupe silhouette, the low drag the innovative fully automatic roof system offering the comfort of a coupe. Open the coefficient and use of lightweight materials now in its seventh generation, our roof and the 911 Targa comes into its own: also mean that the 911 Cabriolet models engineers have seen the Targa idea mature a style icon that transcends fashions, rich come uncannily close to matching the into a technical masterpiece. in tradition — even richer in future. performance of a closed-top 911. Form and function once again working as one. The Targa bar, adorned with the Targa logo The new 911 Cabriolet models have also In a particularly aesthetic way. underneath the side louvers, and the always been characterized by open virtues. gracefully rounded rear window bestow the Made for civilized cruising on the coastal new 911 Targa 4 models with a timeless road, but also for some sporty corner elegance.