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2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S Ride Along: A Sneak Peek At An LA-Bound Treat


 

Carrera S will initially be launched exclusively with the self-shifting gearbox.

 

 

seven-speed stick will join the entire Carrera line-up when non-S Carrera arrives early next year.

 

 

“This is a completely new transmission for the 911. The PDK is now [an] eight-speed, taken from the new https://www.motor1.com/porsche/panamera/"Panamera but with a changed layout.”

 

 

Notably, Porsche has prepped the transmission to accept an electric  motor (although the space for that theoretical motor goes unoccupied for  now).

 

 

Achleitner is quick to point out that current battery performance isn’t  yet good enough for Porsche to push the technology into its famed sports  car.

 

 

There’s a double-layered space in the body to house the eventual battery  packs, which, like the gearbox casing, remains empty for the time  being. Even so, the new transmission weighs about 44 pounds more than  the current seven-speed PDK. In order to offset the extra mass of the  transmission, Porsche employs additional aluminum in the body of the  992. Retaining the weight of the existing car has been one of the goals,  and Porsche claims it’s succeeded in achieving this.

 

 

Achleitner shares that “there will be no narrow-bodied Carrera,” this  time around, and that all 992 models will wear the wide rear hips of the  Carrera S prototypes present today. While the rear-end width happens to  be the same size as that of the current 911 GTS and GT3, engineers  managed to increase the front track of the new car by 1.57 inches  (40mm).

 

 

Power comes courtesy of a revamped twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter flat-six  engine. There’s a new intake system, revised cooling (the intercoolers  now sit on top of the engine rather than on the sides), revised  turbocharger housings, a new exhaust, and piezo fuel injection. Shorter  paths, quicker spooling turbos, reduced temperature, and more precise  fuel injection all work in the 992’s favor and further improve the  immediacy of the powertrain’s responses.

 

 

What is definitely standard fitment, though, is a new Wet detector  system. Linked to the Wet mode (one of several driving modes that also  include Normal, Sport, Sport+, and Individual settings), the 992  features acoustic sensors in the front wheel wells that detect water on  the road surface and adjust the stability control system, gearbox  settings, and rear wing position to help the driver maintain stability  in the wet. Achleitner says it’s useful as the 992 is relatively light  and rides on wide tires. The Wet detector system operates automatically,  and independent of the windshield wipers. After all, standing water is  not synonymous with rainfall.

 

 

Look for more on the 2020 Porsche 911 at November's Los Angeles Auto Show.

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