The 991’s is lower, and the windscreen is more heavily raked, seeming even to shorten the bonnet. The first and unexpected impression, though, is how Porsche has changed the roofline. It sounds radical, but is far more subtle in the flesh.Įven then, it is difficult to take in all the detail, and the 991 really demands a further viewing to begin to form an opinion. Porsche’s data sheet reveals that the 991 is 2.2 inches longer than the 997, the front track two inches wider (or more precisely, 46mm on the Carrera and 52mm the S) and the wheelbase is increased by a substantial four inches. StyleĪlthough it has been six months since its launch, so understated are the visual changes between the 997 and 991 that a second and longer glance is required to confirm the sighting of the newer model.
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The other significance of the latest 911 is that it is the model that will represent the icon on its 50th birthday – an unprecedented anniversary in automotive model history.
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Most observers favour the analogy with the 964, which superficially looked very similar to the 3.2, but under the skin harboured much newer technology – the first planks of an updating process not completed for ten years until the 996. The 991 is nevertheless a landmark Porsche. Yet, at first glance, the new Porsche does not appear dramatically different from its predecessor in the way the 996 was from the 993, and neither is it the urgent and much delayed updating of the previous model that the 964 represented. Few generations of 911 can have been anticipated quite as much as the 991.