The range of the Porsche 911 is extended with a new basic version, but no less sporty. The new Porsche 911 Carrera T offers the best of both worlds with sportiness as its flag. A more special image and a manual transmission to offer more aggressive sensations on board.
For the fifth time in its history, Porsche is once again reissuing the basic version of its eternal rear-engined sports car. The current generation 992 also already has in its catalog the new Porsche 911 Carrera Ta version that is characterized by a special image and very high performance, with the plus that transmits the manual transmission and new adjustments in the chassis configuration.
The Stuttgart firm continues to conquer its most purist customers with this most special 911. On the outside, it is recognizable by a series of specific details that do not affect the general aesthetics. Only the metallic gray of the wing mirror housings, the decorative strips on the front door sills, the aluminum alloy wheels 20 inches at the front and 21 inches at the rear painted gray and the two oval exhaust pipes at the rear, identify this option.
The new Porsche 911 Carrera T is a fair sports car
Inside, the new 911 Carrera T has sports front seats with the numerical name of the model embroidered on the integrated headrests, as well as some dashboard details finished in matt black. Nothing out of the ordinary if it weren’t for the fact that this version has dispensed with the rear seats, in addition to the gear lever. manual shift in the transmission tunnel. It is a seven-speed series, although the firm reverses normality at this point, since the change PDK 8-speed dual-clutch automatic is an option.
Porsche technicians have printed a sportier stamp on the chassis, thanks to a limited slip differential which manages torque more precisely at the rear wheels. In addition, the fact of eliminating the rear seats and leaving the automatic transmission as an option, has lowered the weight on the scale by 35 kilograms, leaving the new 911 Carrera T under a ton and a half. Specifically, it weighs only 1,470 kilograms. The “PASM” electronic suspension is standard and lowers the height of the body to the ground by 10 millimeters
Features left over in the basic Porsche 911 Carrera T 2023
On the engine side, the Porsche 911 Carrera T has the six-cylinder boxer engine and 3.8 liters with a maximum power of 385 hpoffering more than decent performance and that do not undermine in any way the usual sportsmanship that the 911 boasts, as you can see in detail below.
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The new Porsche 911 Carrera T is positioned in the 911 range halfway between the 911 Carrera and Carrera S, being offered with a very suggestive color palette with four solid colors -White, Black, Red and “Racing Yellow”-, another four metallic -the “Deep Black”, “Gentian Blue”, “Ice Grey” and “GT Silver” – in addition to the specials “Chalk”, “Ruby Star Neo”, “Carmine Red”, “Shark Blue” and “Python Green” .
The new 992 Carrera T joins a list that started in 1974, joining the 718 Cayman T, 718 Boxster T and Macan T. The new version is already on sale, with scheduled deliveries from February 2023.