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Switchbacks, hairpins, zigzags, S-bends ...
There are countless reasons for having intelligent all-wheel drive.
The new 9 11 Carrera 4S.
Steadfastness. Another apparent Porsche
contradiction. But whilst it ’s true that
sports cars are all about movement, about
surging forwards, it ’s even more impor
tant to stay calm at all times, to act with
composure and never rashly. So it ’s re
assuring that you can rely on the handling
characteristics of the new 911 Carrera 4S.
Particularly dependable is the enhanced
Porsche Traction Management (PTM)
active all wheel drive system, especially
when driving the car at the limits of per
formance. To achieve this, our engineers
have travelled right to the physical bound
aries – and extended them. PTM now ensures that the car is even more poised
and balanced and really comes into its
own
when adopting a sport y driving
st yle or travelling in extreme weather
conditions.
At the rear, the car is the personification
of road holding, with its 44 mm wider
body, wider track and road hugging
305 mm wide rear wheels. The seamless
horizontal taillight strip continues the
same st yling language. The all wheel
drive model is also recognisable from the
front thanks to its dynamically accentuat
ed cooling air intakes in the front end. Though the car is practically at one with
the ground, it cannot keep still. This is
unsurprising when it is powered by a
3.8 litre engine developing 294 kW
(400 hp) at 7,400 rpm. When combined
with Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK),
this power unit can accelerate the car to
62 mph in just 4.3 seconds. And contin
ue up to a maximum speed of 184 mph.
This hasn’t come at the expense of fuel
consumption and CO
2 emissions either.
Figures for the new 911 Carrera 4S are
up to 13 % lower than those of its prede
cessor. Fuel efficient technologies, such
as electrical system recuperation, auto
start /stop – both fit ted as standard – and
the ‘coasting’ function of PDK, prove that
Porsche is continually resolving conflict
ing aims through Intelligent Performance.
Where safety is concerned, the mono
bloc fixed brake calipers at the front
have six pistons instead of four, whilst
the brake pads are 10 % larger. The result
is even shorter braking distances. Proof
that, at Porsche, safet y is an integral
part of performance, not its polar
opposite.
Steadfast through and through.
Corner after corner.
For fuel consumption and CO
2 emissions, please refer to pages 143/145.
Strength | The new 911 Carrera 4S
