It looks like a nice new version - just a few exterior changes which preseve the values of the previous models.
I am very connected to 911s for many reasons.
I was born in Sept. 1963 - in Wiesbaden - a few miles from the 'birth' of the first version.
On Sept. 30th - the day James Dean died in his Porsche.
I grew up in Austria, a stones throw from Gmund. (yes, I am a transplanted Austrian living in Kansas and loving it)
Rode in the back of 911s as a kid for as far back as I can remember, would sit and stare at a 69S in my parents driveway for hours. Caught the bug Early!
Bought my first Porsche, a 914 (all I could afford) one month prior to my 16th birthday. Sadly it was totalled by a drunk months later, I was lucky to survive - but un-detered!
Since then I have only driven 911s - all my life - my 997S is my 7th Porsche, one of the first 500 built and I have owned it for 100K + excellent miles.
I have have lived the ultimate 911 driving life. Lucky to be in 911s every day, rain or snow - all over North America. I estimate more than 700K happy 911 miles.
My idea of fun - a road trip to Montreal from Kansas City next weekend FOR the WEEKEND. Just a 2800 miles roundtrip - a mere drive to the store and back for me. (I get around 25mpg averaging 80 mph for 19 hours straight - 14 minutes of total fuel stops - mileage and bigger gas tanks are important to me)
I am looking forward to buying the buying a NEW 50th anniversary edition in two years for my 50th b-day. Until then I will wear the tires off my 997!
Never met a 996 or 997 sunroof that did not fall apart and rattle. Curse of the US market, and why they are so cheap here IMHO. Hope the new sunroof does not rattle, would not surprise me that it turned out the way it did because the could not get the old design to stop rattling, lol.