A new video of the Porsche 911 Sport Classic shows the design concepts in greater detail, from the front apron, to the modern interpretation of the wheel style and the new interior. It is intended for collectors only, and is described as a “concept car you can buy”. Before the Sport Classic close-up we see a 911 Turbo cabriolet driving the wet roads of Germany.

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Here’s the Porsche 911 Turbo cabrio in action in a video from egmcartech. The cabrio will be fitted with the same six-cylinder, twin-turbo boxer engine as the coupe. The increase to the 3.8-litre has 500 hp and direct injection.

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It’s official: the new Porsche Turbo Cabrio will be presented to the public on September 8 2007. The 997 Turbo Cabrio is the third generation of the top of the range convertible from Stuttgart. The engine is the same one used in the turbo coupè: 3.6 liter, flat-six, bi-turbo with variable geometry turbines, 480 ps / 620 Nm (torque can be briefly boosted to 680 Nm).

Performance figures are the same as its coupè sibling: top speed is 310 km/h, acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes only 4.0 seconds (3.8 with the Tiptronic S automatic transmission). Average consumption according to Porsche is 12.9 litres/100 km, but that’s a meaningless figure for a car of this kind.

Porsche engineers seem to have managed a good job of keeping the weight down. The Turbo Cabriois only 70 kg heavier than the Turbo coupè (structural reinforcements, rollover protection, etc ). The three-layer capote can open or close in about 20 seconds, with a fully automatic mechanism. The rear spoiler comes out at speeds over 120 km/h and is 30 mm higher than the one on the coupè.

Continue reading: Porsche 997 Turbo Cabrio - it's official

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