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Porsche has revealed the first official pictures of the new 911 Cabriolet, ahead of its upcoming world premiere.
It shares the same aluminium-steel body as the new Coupe (which we drove here), and features a brand new folding roof mechanism that contains magnesium in the frame to help keep the weight down. Porsche tells us this lightweight fabric roof makes the new Cabriolet "significantly" lighter than its 1,500kg predecessor. More details will be revealed at its premiere, but don't forget Porsche has managed to make the new Coupe 45kg lighter than before.
Gallery: the new Porsche 911 Cabriolet
Otherwise it's the same story as the Coupe. It gets a 100mm longer wheelbase, a wider front track, Porsche's new electro-mechanical power steering and the choice of a 350bhp 3.4-litre or a 400bhp 3.8-litre flat-sixer, both mated to that new seven-speed manual gearbox.
No performance figures have been released just yet, but you can expect them to be a mere fraction slower than the Coupe. That car, fitted with the PDK gearbox, hits 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds (Carrera) and 4.3 seconds (Carrera S). Both Cabriolet models are said to return over 28mpg.
Prices for the 350bhp Carrera Cabriolet start from £79,947, and £89,740 for the Carrera S Cabriolet. Both go on sale on March 3, 2012. Let us know your innermost thoughts, Internet...
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Tyasmoerti commented on this article
at 10:06 am on 22 November 2011
Looks better than the previous one.
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sweetlizard commented on this article
at 11:04 am on 22 November 2011
That's a 911 cabriolet... It's a good car, reliable, comfy... but not really exotic.
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mak1 commented on this article
at 01:17 pm on 22 November 2011
Love this car, Fantastic to drive and I'm sure the next generation is heaps better again, Thanks Porsche for keeping the faith !!!
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BlueBunny63 commented on this article
at 03:37 pm on 22 November 2011
I know that this comment will earn me the eternal ire of nearly everyone, but for use in the USA, where gas is cheap and there are no "I'm hurting the sky taxes", I would take a Ford Mustang GT, and achieve 62 more horsepowers, resulting in the same many accelerations (within 02. sec 0-60), while saving myself £62,711.27 (which I just worked out on my calculator. Yes! but (crying) I might not be able to wrap my backside in Pure Cherman Ledder. My consolation is the Sixty Three Thousand Pounds I'll save in the process.
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MercedesSLS_AMG commented on this article
at 04:34 pm on 22 November 2011
Wow they not changed a thing from the old cabrio
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