2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabrio Quick Take Review
217The 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera S has received a few updates for this model year. Key among them is the new 3.0-litre, turbocharged engine. With the old 3.8, peak torque was 325 pounds at 5600 RPM. Let that sink in for a moment. This new 3.0 twin turbo makes 368 pounds – a modest increase – but makes that peak torque from 1700 to 5000 rpm. That makes this engine far more flexible, especially in day to day driving, than the 3.8. Oh yeah, power is up 420 horses.
Now, about the sound, well, it’s a bit different than the old 3.8, however, in this cabriolet, you can hear the turbos spooling up rather often. For our purposes here, it’s a bit difficult to capture the turbo noises, so we can’t demonstrate that. This car doesn’t have sport exhaust, which should be more interesting, but at the end of the day, this new 2017 911 Carrera S turbo-not-turbo still makes the right 911 sounds.
This is still fundamentally the same 991 platform that we know and love. It brakes and steers with wicked precision and has most of the old school 911 traits ironed out to the point that it inspires confidence, even with novice drivers.
Beyond the engine, the updates for the 991.2 include some minor exterior updates, the latest steering wheel that include lots of functional buttons AND shift paddles, a new infotainment unit with Apple Car Play and…….actually that’s about it.
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