Porsche has unveiled the refreshed all-wheel-drive 911 Carrera 4 and 4S just a few weeks after the rear-wheel-drive versions were unveiled.
For 2009 there are quite a few modifications to the powertrain to improve power and efficiency. The 3.6L flat-six receives direct fuel injection which bumps up the power to 345 horsepower. The 3.8L engine in the Carrera 4S gets an extra 30 horsepower to 385. A six-speed manual transmission is standard and the PDK Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch transmission is an option. The former all-wheel-drive has also been replaced with the electronically
controlled PTM Porsche Traction Management system, which is also used in the 911 Turbo.
The new 911 Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S will be available this fall.
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Porsche Carrera 4 with Electronically Controlled All-Wheel Drive
Stuttgart. Showing the dynamic attitude typical of the brand, Dr. Ing. h.c.
F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, are continuing the generation change of the 911
model series. Just a few weeks after the new 911s with classic rear-wheel
drive, the all-wheel-drive versions Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S are now
entering the market in both Coupé and Cabriolet guise.
A whole range of new technologies surrounding the engine, the transmission
and drivetrain ensures an even higher standard of driving pleasure on much
lower fuel consumption. Particularly the precision and fast response of the
new, electronically controlled all-wheel drive offers an even more intense
driving experience, above all in interaction with the likewise new flat-six
engines with Direct Fuel Injection and the PDK Porsche
Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch gearbox available as an option.
The features and characteristics of the new engines speak for themselves:
Depending on the model, the new all-wheel-drive Carrera offers up to 8.5
per cent more power, up to 12.9 per cent more fuel economy, and 15.4 per
cent lower CO2 emissions. Specifically, output of the 3.6-litre power unit
is up by 20 to 345 bhp (254 kW). At the same time a Carrera 4 Coupé with
PDK, to take just one example, consumes a mere 10.1 litres of fuel per 100
kilometres, equal to 28.0 mpg imp. The improvements on the 911 Carrera 4S
with its 3.8-litre power unit are equally significant, with maximum output
up by 30 to 385 bhp (283 kW) on overall fuel consumption down in the case
of Carrera 4S Cabriolet with PDK to 10.7 litres/100 km, equal to 26.4 mpg
imp.
In the new generation of the Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S electronically
controlled PTM Porsche Traction Management replaces the former all-wheel
drive with its viscous multiple-plate clutch. This superior system
developed for the 911 Turbo and modified for the Carrera models combines
the driving pleasure so typical of Porsche with an even higher standard of
driving stability, traction and agile handling further enhanced by the
mechanical rear axle differential fitted as standard.
The new all-wheel-drive sports cars come with sporting manual transmission
featuring six gears. As an alternative the new models are available with
Porsche's new Doppelkupplungsgetriebe replacing the former Tiptronic S
automatic converter transmission and offering an even faster gearshift on
less fuel. The Doppelkupplungsgetriebe or double-clutch gearbox comes with
seven gears shifting electrohydraulically without the slightest
interruption of traction and pulling force.
The new generation of the 911 model series stands out clearly through the
discreet but striking modification of the front end and new lights
technology. The new Carrera models come in all cases with bi-xenon
headlights and new LED daytime driving lights.
The newly designed rear light clusters also feature LED technology and for
the first time Porsche offers Dynamic Bending Lights as an option. It
almost goes without saying that all Carrera 4 models come as before with
their muscular rear end 44 millimetres or 1.73" wider than on the
two-wheel-drive versions. And a new reflector trim bar between the LED rear
lights gives the typical rear end of the car even more dynamic character.
New PCM Porsche Communication Management with its touch-sensitive screen
improves operation of the in some cases optional navigation, information
and audio systems to an even higher standard. And a further important point
is that PCM is now compatible with Bluetooth, USB and iPod requirements.
All all-wheel-drive Carrera models will be at the dealership as of 25
October 2008.
Comments (22)
hi
Posted by mbw | June 25, 2008 8:13 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:13
Grrr. I do love my Porsches. I don't know what they'd have to do to make them unappealing, but really, I don't think I'd like them to try. There is something to be said about finding a winning style and sticking to it, making only revisions, not sweeping changes. Of course, I suppose if you find this style unappealing, that's a problem, but I don't know of too many people that do.
Posted by Jimb | June 25, 2008 8:26 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:26
What?
Posted by Jung | June 25, 2008 8:40 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:40
brilliant car but the engine is in the wrong place
Posted by dennisil | June 25, 2008 8:57 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:57
brilliant car but the engine is in the wrong place
Posted by dennisil | June 25, 2008 8:57 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:57
brilliant car but the engine is in the wrong place
Posted by dennisil | June 25, 2008 8:57 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 08:57
@dennisil
haha, yeah you tell 'em dennisil. You should show Porsche all the record-breaking sports cars you've designed and built....
Anyways, the 997 chassis was always pretty good, now they have some better engines in there. I'm suprised it took them this long to implement Direct Injection, I mean Mazda has had GDI in its lowest priced sports car for the past 2 years...
Posted by Jason | June 25, 2008 9:27 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 09:27
Your head is in the wrong place....dennisil......
Posted by Fumaka | June 25, 2008 9:28 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 09:28
Your head is in the wrong place....dennisil......
Posted by Fumaka | June 25, 2008 9:29 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 09:29
I love Porsche.
If I could go back in time I'd go back and give Ferdinand Porsche the sweetest lovin' he'd ever seen.
The 911 does have the engine in the wrong place. If it was in the right place everone would do it. Porsche's new cars are no longer rear engine. The newer (non-iconic) Porsche sports cars are all mid-engined and handle better by design. The Carerra GT, Boxster and Cayman are excellent cars. The 911 is an overengineered thing of beauty I can't help but covet.
I love the 911 and it's quirky rear engine and can't wait to be able to afford the maintenance on one.
Posted by Insipient Calabash | June 25, 2008 10:27 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 10:27
So "double clutch transmission" in German is "Doppelkupplungsgetriebe"? I'm impressed they have a single (if ridiculous) word for that.
Posted by gm0n3y | June 25, 2008 11:46 AM
Posted on June 25, 2008 11:46
looks like every other 911. I'm all for sticking with classic styling, but if it looks like it could be 10 years old, but it's brand new, it's probably time for more than a refresh
Posted by akkadain | June 25, 2008 1:15 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 13:15
I think the Nazi's gave him enough loving as it was. And the engine is not in the wrong place. Sure the Carrera GT is mid engine, but it's also a half million dollars, and designed to be a track car. I certainly wouldn't use it as a daily driver. There is nothing wrong with a rear engine, rear wheel drive layout. Porsche has just spent the better part of a century perfecting it.
Posted by Brian | June 25, 2008 2:43 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 14:43
@gm0n3y:
Oh those Germans love their compound words.
Never create a new word from scratch when you can just make a new word out of a multi-word description. (Doppel=double; kupplungs=clutch; getriebe=gear)
The biggest question is whether a transmission is masculine or feminine.
Posted by bubba551 | June 25, 2008 3:21 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 15:21
dennisil.
You can drive it backward, then the engine is in the right place
Posted by waldorf and statler | June 25, 2008 5:58 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 17:58
@dennisil
posting the same crap 3 times != cool
@ Fumaka
no, u fukumama
Posted by cobaltssman | June 25, 2008 7:05 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 19:05
@CKV ^^
STOP POSTING SHIT UNDER MY NAME, SERIOUSLY.
IThat post above me isnt me
Posted by cobaltssman | June 25, 2008 8:43 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 20:43
@bubba551:
It's neuter
Posted by Kinderueberraschung | June 25, 2008 11:47 PM
Posted on June 25, 2008 23:47
Perfect, bubba551 is neutered too...in da head.
Posted by cobaltssman | June 26, 2008 7:21 AM
Posted on June 26, 2008 07:21
@cobaltssman:
Stop talking to myself.
Posted by cobaltssman | June 26, 2008 12:19 PM
Posted on June 26, 2008 12:19
The 911 is the sex.
Posted by John | June 26, 2008 8:28 PM
Posted on June 26, 2008 20:28
@cobaltssman:
I believe the correct syntax would be "der kopf [head]"
Of course, if your assessment were true, I would have avoided almost every bad decision I ever made.
Posted by bubba551 | June 27, 2008 5:30 PM
Posted on June 27, 2008 17:30