2016 Porsche 991.2 Facelift Accidentally Leaked at Porsche Museum

Porsche isn’t the kind of automaker that would commission a vehicle sculpture which can be  destroyed by the wind. This being said, we believe the Porsche might have intended for the 2016 911 facelift to be unveiled earlier today.

The Porsche 991-generation’s mid-cycle revamp was exposed in front of the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Stuttgart, as part of a statue it shared with two other Porsche 911s, a 1970 and a 1981 older model. This sculpture reminds us of similar sculpture at the Goodwood Festival of Speed every year ( except for the accidental unveiling, of course).

According to the local media (via Shmee150), a British company had started work on the sculpture during the weekend. Earlier today, strong winds blew the cover of the 2016 911, a move that had been reserved for the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.

This appears to be a Porsche Carrera S model, but we have to admit it – after so many spyshots and teasers, it’s not like the accidental unveiling offered us any new information.

Sometimes it’s difficult for an untrained eye to distinguish between different Porsche 911 generations (think 930 vs. 964), so don’t expect important visual changes with this update. Still, we wish we had gotten a change to look inside the car.

That’s where we expect to see a new driving mode selector, with the main ingredient to be controlled by the one behind the wheel being the Sports Response system. Since Porsche is switching to more efficient turbocharged engines for most of the models in the line-up, the German engineers have come up with a system that allows you to control the throttle response and minimize the typical turbo lag.

This has been done in an effort to stay close to the consistent character of an atmospheric engine.

Rumors see the Porsche Carrera and the Porsche Carrera S losing the naturally aspirated flat-sixes in favor of two versions of a turbocharged 3-liter boxer. Power is said to increase by 20 hp to 370 horsepower and 420 horsepower, respectively.

If this information turns out to be in fact true, things become particularly interesting if we add another rumor, which states the standard and S models for the Porsche Boxster and Porsche Cayman will lose a bit of power when their turn at the turbo table arrives in 2016.