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The 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet Has Arrived (w/Video)
Very possibly the classiest way to spend $100K.
You know, there’s a chance Porsche’s marketing department may be populated by hipsters. Why else would they choose to release the new 911 Carrera Convertible less than a week after the Los Angeles Auto Show, except because showing their new ragtop in L.A. would have been far too mainstream?
Aside from the debut’s interesting timing, the new Carrera Cabriolet follows the established 911 formula fairly accurately: it’s almost identical to the new 991-series 911 Carrera and Carrera S coupes, just with a top that folds down. Porsche says the convertible top’s design is all-new, and thanks to widespread use of magnesium, high-strength steel and aluminum, the car comes in lighter than its predecessor—just like the coupe.
The newest additions to the 991 family arrive in the United States this spring, with the same engines as their coupe brethren; top speed falls one mile per hour for the Carrera S Cabriolet versus the coupe, and two mph for the Carrera Cabrio, but if 187 and 177 miles per hour don’t satisfy you, you don’t have enough problems in your life. Besides, 0-60 acceleration times are more or less unchanged, and you’re gonna spend more time accelerating onto highways than you do blowing past 170 mph…unless you also fly planes for a living. Price? Well, let’s just say there’s almost no way you’re walking off with a new 911 Carrera Cabriolet without dropping a cool $100,000 or more.
[via Porsche]
Press Release:
All-New Porsche 911 Cabriolet Features Innovative Roof Design
Next-generation open-air 911 launches next spring, silhouette matches coupe
ATLANTA – November 22, 2011 – Porsche is introducing two new cabriolet versions of the recently unveiled seventh-generation 911 Carrera. These new models, the 911 Carrera Cabriolet and 911 Carrera S Cabriolet, will go on sale in the United States in the spring of 2012.
Like the coupe, the 2012 911 Carrera cabriolet features innovative aluminum-steel construction with the addition of an all-new convertible top design, which preserves the typically sleek 911 coupe roof line. Intelligent lightweight design that includes extensive use of aluminum, magnesium and advanced high strength steel ensures lower vehicle mass and lower fuel consumption awhile offering improved driving dynamics and additional comfort. As with the 911 coupe models, the new Porsche open-top models are significantly lighter than their predecessors.
The new 911 Carrera cabriolet can accelerate from 0-60 in as little as 4.4 seconds and achieve a top-track-speed of 177 mph, while the 911 Carrera S cabriolet can reach 60 mph in as little as 4.1 seconds and has a top-track-speed of 187 mph.
Each of the two new cabriolets uses the same engine as their coupe equivalents. The rear of the 911 Carrera houses a 3.4 liter boxer six-cylinder engine with direct fuel injection (DFI) generating 350 horsepower (hp), driving the rear wheels through a standard seven-speed manual transmission or an optional PDK dual-clutch automated manual transmission. The open-top Carrera S comes with a 3.8- liter boxer six-cylinder DFI engine developing 400 hp. The open-top 911s are significantly more efficient than their predecessors; both models consume less than 10 L/100 km on the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) figures will be available closer to the on-sale date.
With the longer wheelbase, wider front track and host of new features just introduced on the 911 Carrera and Carrera S models, the new cabriolet variants offer sportier driving characteristics, greater precision and agility and increased efficiency.
On sale in the spring of 2012, the 911 Carrera Cabriolet MSRP is $97,300, while the 911 Carrera S Cabriolet MSRP begins at $108,000.
can they just unvail the new turbo already. 600Hp please and thankyou