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"Believe it or not, driving a Porsche 911 Carrera S 155 mph down the German autobahn is like flying a small plane on instrument controls: safe and straightforward (although, of course, fraught with risk if your attention should lapse).
The new 911 coupe has become so thoroughly equipped with stability-enhancing countermeasures that it would take a drunk with a death wish to upset the car's equanimity. Newest of all is the optional Active Suspension Management, which uses computer-controlled, electronically valved dampers at all four corners to determine the car's most effective stance and grip, microsecond by microsecond.
The use of such driving aids is a matter of controversy among Porsche fans. It started on the previous generation of 911s with Porsche Stability Management, a sophisticated ABS/ antiskid/traction-control system that allows even novice sportsters to push the edge of the performance envelope before it modulates the throttle and selectively applies the brakes.
In terms of styling, Porsche designs cars for a market that appreciates a lack of pretension. As a result, Porsche fanatics hyperventilate over minor curves and quirks that baffle the uninitiated. This is the sixth generation of 911s, and most ordinary drivers would barely recognize the differences between the original 1964 model and the current one today. All have the same basic slope-nose, fastback, charmingly froggy look that continues to captivate serious sports car drivers.
Some felt Porsche designers went too far when in the late '90s they gave the 911 the same "face" as the entry-level Boxster, which costs half the price. Touchy 911 owners cringed every time somebody saw the distinctive headlamps shaped like badly fried eggs and said, "Nice Boxster!" The new model, thankfully, has reverted to classic oval headlights.
It is a measure of the 911's success that it has survived largely unaffected by the clamor of automotive fashion. Unlike so many marques that reinvent themselves with every fad, the 911 is a modern classic."
"Believe it or not, driving a Porsche 911 Carrera S 155 mph down the German autobahn is like flying a small plane on instrument controls: safe and straightforward (although, of course, fraught with risk if your attention should lapse).
The new 911 coupe has become so thoroughly equipped with stability-enhancing countermeasures that it would take a drunk with a death wish to upset the car's equanimity. Newest of all is the optional Active Suspension Management, which uses computer-controlled, electronically valved dampers at all four corners to determine the car's most effective stance and grip, microsecond by microsecond.
The use of such driving aids is a matter of controversy among Porsche fans. It started on the previous generation of 911s with Porsche Stability Management, a sophisticated ABS/ antiskid/traction-control system that allows even novice sportsters to push the edge of the performance envelope before it modulates the throttle and selectively applies the brakes.
In terms of styling, Porsche designs cars for a market that appreciates a lack of pretension. As a result, Porsche fanatics hyperventilate over minor curves and quirks that baffle the uninitiated. This is the sixth generation of 911s, and most ordinary drivers would barely recognize the differences between the original 1964 model and the current one today. All have the same basic slope-nose, fastback, charmingly froggy look that continues to captivate serious sports car drivers.
Some felt Porsche designers went too far when in the late '90s they gave the 911 the same "face" as the entry-level Boxster, which costs half the price. Touchy 911 owners cringed every time somebody saw the distinctive headlamps shaped like badly fried eggs and said, "Nice Boxster!" The new model, thankfully, has reverted to classic oval headlights.
It is a measure of the 911's success that it has survived largely unaffected by the clamor of automotive fashion. Unlike so many marques that reinvent themselves with every fad, the 911 is a modern classic."
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