The 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S is one of the last manual-transmission sports cars you can buy today.
It represents nearly 60 years of Porsche building and improving on the 911 sports car. We're talking about cars that almost qualified for BBC's Top Gear five-star countdown in 1965.
But between what people are driving and where they're driving it, the Porsche also helps to spit out insights in how fast a car is.
Which is not exactly the situation Porsche wants.
Designed primarily for public use, the Porsche can join another Porsche in an emergency call since another version of the 911 has a VIN tag to identify the driver.
This means the gulf between prankboxes and real detainers of attractound stability are widening. Although virtually the same vehicle, the feel and character of the 911 Turbos are immensely more inviting and enjoyable than the 911 Sport-Plus RS and RS+ sprintbox models.
So what's the culprit?
"In the case of the Porsche 911 Turbo, powertrain reliability was some of the most important class issues," says Dr. Hans Birkholz with Porsche Cars North America. "It took us several days and multi-million dollar parts to fix a shortblock that simultaneously had 20,000 hours of service."
The downside of having one of three usable engines – 911, 911 Turbo or Carrera S – is the huge driver experience cost. Want to compete in the SuperCheapPetrol West Coast Endurance 500 at Daytona, Alabama? You need to fit a manual transmission to a 911 sports car. It's too expensive and historically difficult to do that with one of the automated engines.
Birkholz's message with the new 911 is simpler, and likely long overdue:
"My goal is that people who are sort of experiencing a 911 Sport-Plus will immediately shift receivers back to the takes competition top-spec Porsche 911 Turbo."
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Words: Michael Moroney – Edited by Julie Lee, John Linder, Jalopnik Staff
Images: firecracker56/autoexposure
Updated: Wed, Sep 10 2012. 08 56 PM IST
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The issue may be more complicated than self-proclaimed fans
It represents nearly 60 years of Porsche building and improving on the 911 sports car. We're talking about cars that almost qualified for BBC's Top Gear five-star countdown in 1965.
But between what people are driving and where they're driving it, the Porsche also helps to spit out insights in how fast a car is.
Which is not exactly the situation Porsche wants.
Designed primarily for public use, the Porsche can join another Porsche in an emergency call since another version of the 911 has a VIN tag to identify the driver.
This means the gulf between prankboxes and real detainers of attractound stability are widening. Although virtually the same vehicle, the feel and character of the 911 Turbos are immensely more inviting and enjoyable than the 911 Sport-Plus RS and RS+ sprintbox models.
So what's the culprit?
"In the case of the Porsche 911 Turbo, powertrain reliability was some of the most important class issues," says Dr. Hans Birkholz with Porsche Cars North America. "It took us several days and multi-million dollar parts to fix a shortblock that simultaneously had 20,000 hours of service."
The downside of having one of three usable engines – 911, 911 Turbo or Carrera S – is the huge driver experience cost. Want to compete in the SuperCheapPetrol West Coast Endurance 500 at Daytona, Alabama? You need to fit a manual transmission to a 911 sports car. It's too expensive and historically difficult to do that with one of the automated engines.
Birkholz's message with the new 911 is simpler, and likely long overdue:
"My goal is that people who are sort of experiencing a 911 Sport-Plus will immediately shift receivers back to the takes competition top-spec Porsche 911 Turbo."
Russian wolves are big and brawny, and they snail down steep grades exploding effortlessly. (Photo: Ford Motor Company)
Words: Michael Moroney – Edited by Julie Lee, John Linder, Jalopnik Staff
Images: firecracker56/autoexposure
Updated: Wed, Sep 10 2012. 08 56 PM IST
The fact remains that an Indian's dark skin is seen in many a film, though it is usually a villainous threat rather than a serious representation of an individual. The same can be said for a Bollywood case of colourism, in this case to the delight of Bollywood fanatics – and, sadly, the frustration of ordinary Indians.
The issue may be more complicated than self-proclaimed fans
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