Porsche 911 convertible in the test: Thick pleasure

The first impression: bacon letting go! Just like the coupe, the convertible has also gone wide. And this is even more noticeable in the open car with its modified rear end.

That says the manufacturer: A coupe with extended fun factor - as Porsche spokesman Holger Eckhardt describes the new convertible. Because they did not have to change anything so soon after the generational change, the developers have concentrated on the roof and implemented virtues that did not otherwise affect the 992 series. The roof is better insulated than before and its drive has become faster. The convertible now needs about two seconds less for the electrically controlled revelation.

We noticed that the new soft top is - as well as the whole car - so far perfected and so suitable for everyday use, that a little of its charm is lost. Meanwhile, the Elfer is so foolproof that every driver license newcomer can safely move. And so comfortable that you can travel with him relaxed from Hamburg to Munich. And so spacious that every well-being belly behind the wheel fits - especially since there is now even a boarding aid and the seat moves back automatically. And so smart that it recognizes a wet lane and changes traction and stability control - as if the driver could not even register when the water is on the road.

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The Porsche developers have even broken with a few taboos for this claim of everyday foolproof. It is almost embarrassing that the self-proclaimed grail-guard of lightweight construction now captures a hundredweight more without the car getting any bigger. And that Porsche installs digital instruments, in which two out of four displays are hidden by the steering wheel, is also annoying.

The comfort gain may bring more customers in America and China. But so degraded Porsche the penalty to an everyday car. If everyone can drive a sports car without hesitation, then the car lifts only on price and power of golf and Co. from. To the driver no one looks up admiringly, because he controls a beast. At most, it is registered that he has a lot of money.

All this goes on in the first few meters in the new 911 through the head, the effortlessly in 3.6 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h accelerated, with dreamlike security cuts through the corners and in which the driver sometimes not realizes that he has much is too fast.

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And then you open the hood, and everything is different. Because the roof is not only part of the Porsche problem, but also a solution: As adapted and sober may be the penalty - who opens the roof and gas, the wind blows all the sad thoughts from the brain.

Suddenly the engine sounds passionate again, and the Porsche feels as fast as it actually is. While the feeling of speed gets lost in a closed car, the senses in open convertibles get much more.

You have to know: Porsche brings the convertible at the same time with the coupe in the trade. Both body styles will be sold from mid-March. Like the closed model, there are also the open 911 first only as Carrera S for 134.405 euros with rear and for 142.259 euros with four-wheel drive. He is about 14,000 euros expensive than the coupe.

In the rear there is then a 3.0-liter boxer, which makes 450 hp and 530 Nm and at full throttle creates up to 306 km / h. At least on the test bench, the Porsche is reasonably economical and needs 9.0 liters there.

Porsche would not be Porsche if it stayed that way. Because the Swabians want to collect as much money as possible with the penalty, there will soon be a new Carrera as a base model with 385 hp and again a turbo. In addition, the Targa is back in the pipeline. If the new soft top is too perfectionist, there's a hand-knotted alternative.

We will not forget that: The sunken in favor of the aerodynamic door handles, which can be laboriously brought out of the plate. While the convertible otherwise has such an open character and opens even faster, the penalty in this detail is quite closed.

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