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The Porsche
911 is the evergreen of this famous German sports car make. The 911 was
designed by Ferry ("Butzi") Porsche. The Porsche 911 succeeded
the Porsche 356 in the end of the year 1963. From this moment on the
famous "flat-six" air-cooled engine was used by Porsche. Only
the Porsche 912, produced between 1965 and 1969 was equipped with the
flat- four cylinder 356 engine.
Like the 356 the 911 was built using the same concept with a rear
mounted engine. This concept evolved over the years and is still actual
in the Porsche 911 model built today.
The flat-six air-cooled engine was at first available with a cylinder
capacity of 1991 cc. and 130 bhp. Over the years the cylinder capacity
increased; 1969 2195 cc., 1971 2341 cc., 1973 2687 cc., 1975 2993 cc.
and in 1979 3258 cc. giving an output of 300 bhp. in the Porsche 911
Turbo.
The cars design was slightly restyled during its life, in the end of
1968 the car became a six cm. longer wheelbase and more pronounced wheel
arches. In 1973 even more changed; the car became new bumpers, the rear
light cluster was redesigned as was the interior. Over the last decade
the car evolved even more but the basic design did not change. In the
late nineties an entirely new designed 911 appeared, in concept still
the same but larger and now with a water cooled flat-six.
A classic that will probably be built forever...
Technical
data
Six cylinder
boxer engine
Cylinder capacity: 2994 cc.
Bosch K-Jetronic petrol injection
Capacity: 204 DIN bhp. at 5900 rpm.
Torque: 267 Nm. at 4300 rpm.
Top-speed: 227 km/h.
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 6.5 sec.
Brakes: disc brakes all round
Gearbox: 5-speed, manual
Weight: 1160 kg.
Information
Colour black with a beige leather interior.
Fitted with non original (too modern) 17" Cup wheels. |
