The basic
price in euro for the Turbo Cabriolet is EUR 126,600
Der Euro-Grundpreis für das 911 Turbo Cabriolet
beträgt 126.600 Euro |
The New 911 Turbo Cabriolet
In its own highly
distinctive manner, the new 911 Turbo Cabriolet combines the driving
characteristics of a high-performance sports car with all the benefits of
open-air motoring pleasure.
The top-of-the-range open-air model in the 911 series is the
only car in its class to feature a six-cylinder power unit with the most
advanced biturbo technology offering the significant advantage of supreme
power on minimum weight. The result, clearly, is truly shattering acceleration
and stopping power. And at the same time the 911 Turbo Cabriolet guarantees
an exceptional standard of agility on the road. Expressing all this in figures,
you are looking at 480 horsepower sufficient for acceleration to 100 km/h
in just 3.8 seconds and a top speed of 310 km/h or 192 mph. Use of extremely
temperature-resistant materials makes this the first turbocharged power unit
from Porsche to feature exhaust gas turbochargers with variable turbine geometry
(VTG) in combination with gasoline engine technology. The result is truly
outstanding torque and engine power, with the 3.6-litre flat-six churning
out maximum power of 480 bhp (353 kW) and peak torque of 620 Newton-metres
or 457 lb-ft all the way from 1950 to 5000 rpm. In conjunction with the optional
Sports Chrono Package Turbo, this also means an Over-boost function for maximum
acceleration and pulling force, peak torque increasing briefly in the process
to an even more significant 680 Newton-metres or 501 lb-ft. In standard trim
this supreme power goes to the wheels of the car through a manual six-speed
gearbox, while five-speed Tiptronic S automatic transmission is available
as an option. |
All-wheel drive and
electronically controlled dampers
Electronically controlled PTM Porsche Traction Management all-wheel
drive and PASM Porsche Active Suspension Management both contribute to the
outstanding driving dynamics and performance of the top-of-the-range open-air
model in the 911 series. The PTM suspension management and control system
combines the rear-engine characteristics so typical of a Porsche with even
greater driving stability, traction, and agile handling at all times. To
provide this superiority, PTM feeds exactly the right engine power and torque
most appro-priate at all times through a variably controllable multiple-plate
clutch to the front and rear wheels, making this the first open-air sports
car from Porsche with electronically controlled all-wheel drive. A further
standard feature on the 911 Turbo Cabriolet is PASM Porsche Active Suspension
Management, serving to adjust the damping system actively to the needs and
requirements of an open car. PASM offers the driver the choice of two basic
programs - a Normal and a Sports mode. And to ensure optimum conditions in
the top-of-the-range open-air 911, Porsche's engineers have enhanced the
system to an even higher level ensuring a supreme standard of active safety
in conjunction with PTM all-wheel drive and PSM Porsche Stability Management. |
High-performance brakes
available as an option with ceramic discs
Like all models built by Porsche, the new 911 Turbo Cabriolet has received
special attention also to ensure a truly outstanding brake system with supreme
brake power. Upfront six-piston fixed-calliper brakes incorporate innervented
brake discs measuring 350 millimetres or 13.78" in diameter to quickly and
efficiently slow down the Cabriolet capable of a top speed of up to 310 km/h
or 192 mph. The brake discs at the rear also measure 350 milli-metres or
13.78" in diameter and incorporate four-piston fixed callipers. Like all
models within the 911 range, the new open-air 911 Turbo is available as an
option with PCCB Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes. Now upgraded to an even
higher standard and with brake discs measuring 380 millimetres or 14.96"
in diameter at the front, this brake system offers an even faster response
to the brake pedal, supreme anti-fading qualities, and absolutely no corrosion.
A further advantage, finally, is that PCCB brakes are about 50 per cent lighter
than brakes incorporating grey-cast-iron brake discs.
Stiff and safe bodyshell
The open-air 911 Turbo ranks right at the top worldwide not only in its drag
coefficient of just 0.31, but also in its aerodynamic balance. For this is
the first open-air model where Porsche's engineers have succeeded in achieving
the same very low lift coefficients as on the Coupé whenever the roof
is closed. Benefitting also from the split wing at the rear moving out
automatically by 65 millimetres or 2.56" as of a speed of approximately 120
km/h or 75 mph, the Porsche 911 Turbo, as a result, is the only production
convertible in the world to benefit from aerodynamic downforces on the rear
axle. Supreme performance also demands the utmost in body stiffness of an
open-air sports car. Precisely this is why the 911 Turbo Cabriolet, in its
structure, is able to withstand all dynamic driving loads and maintain more
than ample reserves in the process. With its torsional stiff-ness of more
than 9,000 Newton-metres/degree, the 911 Turbo Cabrio comes right at the
top in the highest and most outstanding group of open 2+2-seaters. And like
the Coupé, the 911 Turbo Cabriolet features not only a light-alloy
front lid, but also doors made of aluminium. This consistent pursuit of
lightweight technology so characteristic of Porsche also serves the cause
of safety, the open-air 911 Turbo offering an exemplary standard of passive
safety in an emergency more than sufficient to fulfil all safety requirements
in all of Porsche's sales markets. This naturally also applies to a rollover,
where the A-pillars serving as an rollover safety bar and additional rollbars
moving up automatically behind the rear seats secure the driver's and passengers'
survival area.
Top-quality roof and equipment
The new 911 Turbo Cabriolet comes with a fully automatic folding
roof. Made of fabric and light metal, the roof weighs only 42 kilos or 93
lb, thus contributing to the car's low centre of gravity and, accordingly,
to the exceptional standard of all-round performance. At the same time, through
its three-layer structure, the soft roof offers very good insulation from
exterior noise and a very high standard of protection against both cold and
hot weather. The roof mechanism may be operated at speeds of up to 50 km/h
or 31 mph, with the roof taking only about 20 seconds to open or close completely
when at a standstill (including operation of the windows moving up or down).
And as an optional extra, finally, the 911 Turbo Cabriolet is also available
with a hardtop. Finished as standard in leather, the interior of the new
911 Turbo Cabriolet is identical to that of the Coupé, with the exception
of some specific features required only on an open model. As an example,
PCM Porsche Communication Management including a navigation module is standard
also on the Cabriolet. And like its Coupé counterpart, the Cabriolet
also features the BOSE Surround Sound System complete with a seven-channel
digital amplifier interacting with a total of 12 loudspeakers in the open-air
911. |
Unique Turbo
design
Like the 911 Turbo Coupé, the Cabriolet also ranks unique both within
the 911 model range and versus the competition. Striking cooling air intakes
and oval bi-xenon headlights featu-red as standard, for example, give the
front end of the car its characteristic look. A particularly important styling
feature on the 911 Turbo models is the LED direction indicators in the side
cooling air openings at the front. Further features equally characteristic
of the 911 Turbo are the air intakes behind the doors subdivided by a horizontal
crossbar and the split wing moving up at speed from the rear end of the 911
Turbo Cabriolet.
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Porsche Press Information,
June 2007 |
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