The new 997 combines the silky contemporary advent of the 996 series with the well loved retro styling of the older 911’s. The front end is completed with round lights and separate parking/fog/indicator lights. This modification, combined with wider hips resembles the last of the air-cooled 911’s, the 993. Other changes in the body bombard are the new door handles, wing mirrors and the trendy cut of the rear wings into the bumper/lights.

Even if the 997 looks a fantastic deal like the preceding model, the 996, the new car is in top of fact 38mm wider which makes for a more aggressive advent. With each new model introduced, Porsche has attempted to reduce the drag co-efficient helping the 911 glide through the air more efficiently thereby increasing performance. The same thing has been done with the new car, and if we compare the 993 Cd of 0.34 to the 997`s 0.28, we can see how far the aerodynamic game has went on. The latest body bombard and rear wing combine with new under body paneling to also offer improved levels of down force for this latest generation of Porsche’s best.

The latest Porsche model has the best handling 911 ever. Improving a car’s firmness helps make sure that the suspension can work more effectively and although not making such a quantum leap as the team did with the 996, Porsche enhanced torsional rigidity by 8% and added as much as 40% more strength.

For their new model car, Porsche sought to improve blow safety provisions so they added two new air bags, which are located in the side of each front seat back-rest and are designed to protect the thorax. They also retained the before two front and two side airbags, which means that now there are six air bags in total. For the same reason, that is blow safety, the reinforced body bombard boasts additional protection such as a more widespread use of very high strength steel.

The most recent model is also 50 kg heavier than the 996. The reason is that current blow safety regulations kind of force vehicle manufacturers to produce new cars of increased weight, even with the widespread use of a generous range of weight saving measures, such as an aluminum bonnet.

Aside from the blow safety advancements, much of the increased weight can be attributed to the higher standard specifications of the new cars. The power to weight ratio is similar with the latest car offering 233 bhp per tonne against it’s predecessors 238 but the new model’s improved aerodynamics must help it achieve Porsche’s claimed performance figures, which are identical to those of the 996.

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