2016 Porsche 991 Carrera and Carrera S details revealed

Auto Bild has released some great details about the upcoming 2016 Porsche 911 aka 991 Carrera range.

It seems the very popular naturally aspirated 3.4-liter engine in the Porsche Carrera and the 3.8-liter unit in the Porsche Carrera S will both be replaced by a newly built 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder which will develop 370 PS in the base model and 420 PS in the hotter S.

This means horsepower of both models will increase by 20 PS and a massive increase in torque due to the nature of the turbo engine also at the same time we should expect a significant decrease in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Speaking of torque the new turbo-six engine fitted in the Porsche Carrera S has a maximum torque of (369 lb-ft), which means it’s up by 44 lb-ft compared to the outgoing version at a much lower rpm.

Performance details are not out yet at this point, but expect the 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) sprint time to decrease by 0.1s, so the PDK-equipped Porsche 911 Carrera with the Sport Chrono Package should complete the task in 4.3 seconds while the Porsche S version in the same configuration will need just 4 seconds.

Porsche recently previewed the Porsche 911 facelift (991.2) which we have included in the gallery below and it’s very likely a full reveal will occur in a few short weeks, prior to a public debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September 2015.

Source: autobild.de