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With the transmission in the new Porsche 911 Turbo sails of drivers in virtual gears then. This helps to save fuel From Jürgen Zöllter
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Many car enthusiasts will search in vain for the new 911 Turbo: those hyped as progress details to fascinate and yet often are nothing more than nonsense, the views of the actual state of the automotive distorted. Anyone who buys a Porsche, do not want a lush-equipped cockpit, at least not in Europe. The makers of the sports car maker from Zuffenhausen have let the show with market research.
Therefore, one should expect no air conditioning in the latest version of the top model of the 911 series, which clouded as with the new S-Class Mercedes driver and front passenger with specially composed fragrances . After all: Camera-based wizard that contribute to road safety as a traffic sign recognition, even Porsche can not close at all purism
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It could not be to invent a new recipe, but only about a concept that has proven itself since 1974 to refine with new details. Here, technicians and engineers had to lay deep under the bumpers of the Turbo. They developed a front spoiler that can extend in three stages. He ensures that the wind lift on the front axle not only softens, and he even produced output. This is unique in sports car production vehicles. Seems to be the trendsetter Swabian manufacturer commitment. Than the 911 Turbo almost 40 years ago at the Paris Salon with breathtaking 260 hp debuted at that time, he was the first production sports car with exhaust turbocharger and pressure regulator.
FollowingThe tradition now crowns the anniversary of the Porsche 911 with the new turbo. 50 years after the premiere of the legendary sports car, the Swabians are therefore at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, pulling the cloth from the new flagship of the 911 series and bring it directly to the fair in the trade.
The new gimmick is fueling the myth continues. In combination with the rear spoiler also caring for an extremely high output stability is achieved in the turbo, which is particularly noticeable at high speeds. And it fits brilliantly into the overall composition of the 911 series. Any changes that Porsche introduced the transition to new-generation 991 of the rear-engine sports car, will work on Turbo: The 100 millimeter longer wheelbase brings noticeably more quiet to ride and makes for a much improved ride comfort. The body does not come as far from the Carrera 4 with all-wheel drive, but has an even wider by 44 mm rear. This gives it a characteristic body feature.
But talking about the turbo is to let figures speak particularly. As befits any new Porsche, the power plant has risen again in muscle mass. From 3.8 liter direct injection now draws 520 hp, an optional already offered for sale S version will offer even 560 hp. The acceleration is breathtaking, the turbo pushes on, as he would be shot down by a giant catapult. 310 Maximum speed and acceleration in 3.4 seconds from zero to 100 km / h can make a nearly speechless. In the S version are at it again five km / h 0.4 seconds more or less. With a base price of € 162 055 (195 256 EUR for the 911 Turbo S) he moves into the circle more expensive exotics, which bring more than the six-cylinder and a larger capacity for comparable performance.
But superfluous opulence was never the philosophy of Swabia. The power unfolds thanks to the standard dual-clutch PDK transmission with remarkable smoothness. The PDK changes in the D-mode transitions as imperceptibly as the best automatic transmission. In sport mode, the switching is faster than it could be the best driver with a manual switch. There is no doubt: The dual clutch transmission is matured in new turbo to perfection. It is all of a piece and meets the new efficiency bid. Because the new model was the reduction in fuel consumption priority. The goal was successfully achieved thanks to an even windschlüpfrigeren body and an even higher engine efficiency. However, the lion’s share accounts for the transmission. It not only has the famous seven courses, but also through virtual speed steps.
This world first is an advanced feature of “sailing” of gliding in flowing traffic. The principle sounds simple: Does the transmission control that the 911 Turbo with a constant speed rolls, it changes to a higher gear. At about 1500 rpm less fuel is burned. But that the control is not satisfied. It switches in the new 911 Turbo driving another step higher. As the crankshaft would normally turn untertourig pretty lax with only 800 trips, although would increase the fuel-saving potential, but it was going to cost a round engine is running. In order for the turbo further purrs, the transmission control the speed automatically raises to 950 revolutions. The gimmick that’s behind it, sounds like a system for novice drivers: The 911 turbo goes with a slipping clutch. For the durability of the corresponding components would be no problem, assure the Porsche engineers.
Of these sophisticated processes, the driver did not notice anything. He sails in seventh gear at a speed of 60 to go, can accelerate slowly, without the speed level – and fuel consumption – to lift. That should pay off at the gas station. Were the 911 Turbo so far as thirsty, consumes the new moderate 9.7 liters per 100 kilometers. The previous model nevertheless still burns 11.4 liters. His contribution to saving fuel supplies, the new start-stop system. It puts the engine stops when sailing and coasting. Diehard Porsche fans will anyway not resist the temptation to complain about high fuel bills. You will lead the field, that stylish mobility have its price and a 911 always consumes relatively little gasoline. A few more liters for the turbo can not hurt since.
to the beloved Turbo ingredients also includes the all-wheel drive, which no longer corresponds to that of the Carrera 4 now, but was developed independently. The distribution of power in the new version takes a hydraulic clutch in which the reaction times are again shrunk. Remarkable is the rear axle, the Porsche presented already in the new GT3. 50 to pace the rear wheels when turning in the opposite direction to hit the front wheels one, up to three degrees. Thus shrinking the turning circle, maneuvering easier. The system also works dynamically: the wheels remain in a neutral position between speed 50 and 80th From 81 km / h to beat the same direction with the front wheels and stabilize the self-steering behavior in extreme situations.
that’s not the driving safety. The brake discs on the 911 Turbo Pizza achieve format. At the front, they have a diameter of 382 millimeters. But it is still lush, if instead of the regular gray cast iron discs, the optional carbon-ceramic discs are fitted. They even measure 410 millimeters at the front axle. What the Porsche philosophy is confirmed: Nothing is so good that it could not be further improved
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trip to test drive the 911 Turbo was supported by Porsche. Our standards of transparency and journalistic independence, see www.axelspringer.de / independence
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