If you thought that the folks at Porsche are too busy celebrating their Le Mans win, then you would be wrong, as they were to squeeze out time to present another 911.
Yes, there have been many 911s since it first came out in 1964 but this one is a little special. Called the Endurance Racing Edition, the new model takes the Carrera S as a starting point but then starts honing the car for the best possible road-legal track performance. It keeps the stock 3.0 litre flat-six twin turbo engine which puts out 420 horsepower and is capable of taking the car to a top speed of 305 km/h, and adds to this power and acceleration with a revised chassis.
It sits 20 mm lower than the standard model and comes with Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control and Active Suspension Management systems as standard. What this means in simple words means is that the car will have better traction at corners which will result in a better lap time.
If you are wondering as to how you can keep a track of your lap time, then the German automaker has you covered as the Endurance Racing Edition has the Sports Chrono package as standard too, which includes a kit through which owners can time laps, perform racing starts and have a ‘boost function' at their command. Porsche calls it "Sports Response," and, when activated, everything the engine's got is delivered in one 20-second blast. Thankfully, Porsche has also decided that adding rear-wheel steering as standard, to keep the back end in check.
On the inside, the car has black leather and subtle red accents. And of course, being a car aimed at track use, there's carbon fiber too. Porsche has also added several creature comforts including a sliding sunroof and parking sensors.
The best part about the car has to be the fact that Porsche decided to fix the 911 with a seven-speed manual transmission, which will be appreciated by auto purists as driving a car with manual transmission can be a more intuitive experience as compared to driving an automatic.
With inputs from AFP Relaxnews
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