New Porsche 911 Scoop !

Andyuk911 · 26 Jul 2011

The all-new Porsche 911 has been spied virtually undisguised ahead of its Frankfurt motor show launch in September.
Codenamed 991, the latest 911 again sports evolutionary styling changes rather than a ground-up rethink of its design. Designed under Michael Mauer, the new sports car features a revised front-end to improve aerodynamics and keep the 911 fresh in the face of increasing competition for sports car and supercar rivals.

The changes at the front include a new bumper, bonnet and more sculpted headlight design, as well as new LED light detailing, inspired by the 918 Spyder concept. There's also a revised indicator design.
On the sides, exterior mirror housings now sit outboard on the doors rather than in the blanked-off quarter panel at the base of the A-pillar.
Perhaps the biggest changes are at the rear, where the electrically operated rear wing is reshaped for added aerodynamic efficiency and to improve downforce above 75mph. The rear bumper is also new, as are the rear lights.

Further aerodynamic additions will appear on the 2013 911 Turbo, including active front air ducts.

The new model retains the classic rear-engined layout of the 997 and every other 911 since the original was introduced way back in 1963, albeit with modifications to the engine mounting points, which have been optimised for improved weight distribution.

As with today's 911, the front-end structure, complete with its MacPherson strut suspension, has been designed to be shared with the Boxster, a third-generation model of which is due to reach the UK in March 2012. The rear end, with its reworked multi-link suspension, remains largely unique, and the steering uses an electro-mechanical set-up.

The new car is marginally longer and wider than the existing 911 but the basic silhouette, while stretched slightly, remains largely unchanged, including the screen angles and length of the front and rear overhangs.

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

Ignore the funny lights for a minute (I don't even know why they bothered, from the washer jet recess it is obviously "round")

What concerns me is the width (and flatness) of the bonnet/PU:

A duck-billed platypus, yesterday:

A 991, yesterday:

sld82 · 26 Jul 2011

Those headlights and the flat bonnet leave me a little cold. Let's see what emerges further.

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

Really, this is taking the piss now.

STOP TEASING AND UNVEIL!

Here is a Porsche wearing the equivalent of a pair of stocking over its rear lamps:

Also some cluster pics:

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

So are these the front lamps:

Rear rendering:

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

Front:

911UK · 26 Jul 2011

Surely not round headlamps :bandit:

GT4 say it ain't so !!! :camera:

ghamer · 26 Jul 2011

Can,t believe they actually make new models like that with stickers and gaffer tape.Unreal.

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

Not a good composition.

Can't help but think the support car is showing the 991 up in this one.

A bit like bringing your prettier, more exciting, more experienced sister along to the dance.

adam2712 · 26 Jul 2011

GT4 said:
Front:

apparently this is the launch colour for the 991 carrera. Its being referred to as GT4 blue by the boys in marketing :lol:

its calling out to someone :thumb: when's the 991 GT3 available :dont know:

GT4 · 26 Jul 2011

The 993>996/997>991 soap-on-a-rope effect continues:

The 992 will have no glass-house and will look like this:

wizard993 · 26 Jul 2011

......that back end does not look too good :nooo:

I can see the prices of 996 GT2/GT3's rising already :lol:

917k · 27 Jul 2011

GT4 said:
So are these the front lamps:

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Photoshopped and merged with a Ferrari front end

Tony 991S · 27 Jul 2011

GT4 said:
Not a good composition.

Can't help but think the support car is showing the 991 up in this one.

A bit like bringing your prettier, more exciting, more experienced sister along to the dance.

Sorry but I think the 991 makes the 997 look (dare I say it on here)....err, dated?

Red993C4 · 27 Jul 2011

Rimmer said:
GT4 said:

Not a good composition.

Can't help but think the support car is showing the 991 up in this one.

A bit like bringing your prettier, more exciting, more experienced sister along to the dance.

Click to expand...

Sorry but I think the 991 makes the 997 look (dare I say it on here)....err, dated?

It will indeed when the strip-tease comes to an end in a couple of weeks time and those last bits of camouflage fall off.

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