What About The Porsche 977 Bodyshell

A new Porsche 911 is always fascinating becausesuspension can work more effectively and while
it's interesting to see how after more than 40not making such a quantum leap as the team did
years of development the Porsche team stillwith the 996. Porsche improved torsional rigidity
manages to bring changes and improvements toby 8% and added as much as 40% more flexural
this icon model.strength.
The new 997 bodyshell combines the sleekFor the new car, Porsche wanted to improve
modern looks of the 996 series with the popularcrash safety so they added two new air bags
retro styling cues from older 911s. The front endlocated in the side of each front seat back-rest,
is completed with round lights and separatedesigned to protect the thorax. They kept the
parking/fog/indicator lights. This change, combinedprevious two front and two side airbags, which
with wider hips echoes the last of the air-cooledmeans that now there are six in total. For the
911s, the 993. Other changes in the bodyshell aresame reason, crash safety, the reinforced body
the new door handles, wing mirrors and the stylishshell features further protection such as a more
cut of the rear wings into the bumper/lights.extensive use of super high strength steel.
Even if the 997 looks a lot like the previousThe latest model is also 50 kg heavier than the
model, the 996, the new car is actually 38mm996. The reason is that modern crash safety
wider which creates a more aggressiveregulations kind of force the new cars to come
appearance. With each new model introduced,with increased weight, despite the usage of a
Porsche has aimed to reduce the drag co-efficientlarge range of weight saving measures, including
helping the 911 slide through the air morean aluminum bonnet
effectively, and so aiding performance. The sameAside from the crash safety improvements,
thing has been done with the new car, and if wemuch of the additional weight can be attributed to
compare the 993 Cd of 0.34 to the 997`s 0.28the higher standard specification of the new cars.
we can see how far the aerodynamic game hasPower to weight is similar with the latest car
moved on. The latest body shell and rear wingoffering 233 bhp per tone against it's
combine with new underbody paneling to alsopredecessors 238 and the new models improved
offer increased levels of down force for thisaerodynamics must help it post Porsches claimed
latest evolution of Porsche's finest.performance figures, which are identical to the
The latest Porsche model is the best handling 911996.
ever. Improving a car's rigidity helps ensure the