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What About The Porsche 977 Bodyshell

A new Porsche 911 is always fascinatingensure the suspension can work more
because it's interesting to see how aftereffectively and while not making such a
more than 40 years of development the Porschequantum leap as the team did with the 996.
team still manages to bring changes andPorsche improved torsional rigidity by 8% and
improvements  to  this  icon  model.added  as much as 40% more flexural strength.
The new 997 bodyshell combines the sleekFor the new car, Porsche wanted to improve
modern looks of the 996 series with thecrash safety so they added two new air bags
popular retro styling cues from older 911s.located in the side of each front seat
The front end is completed with round lightsback-rest, designed to protect the thorax.
and separate parking/fog/indicator lights.They kept the previous two front and two side
This change, combined with wider hips echoesairbags, which means that now there are six
the last of the air-cooled 911s, the 993.in total. For the same reason, crash safety,
Other changes in the bodyshell are the newthe reinforced body shell features further
door handles, wing mirrors and the stylishprotection such as a more extensive use of
cut of the rear wings into the bumper/lights.super  high  strength  steel.
Even if the 997 looks a lot like the previousThe latest model is also 50 kg heavier than
model, the 996, the new car is actually 38mmthe 996. The reason is that modern crash
wider which creates a more aggressivesafety regulations kind of force the new cars
appearance. With each new model introduced,to come with increased weight, despite the
Porsche has aimed to reduce the dragusage of a large range of weight saving
co-efficient helping the 911 slide throughmeasures,  including  an  aluminum  bonnet
the air more effectively, and so aiding
performance. The same thing has been doneAside from the crash safety improvements,
with the new car, and if we compare the 993much of the additional weight can be
Cd of 0.34 to the 997`s 0.28 we can see howattributed to the higher standard
far the aerodynamic game has moved on. Thespecification of the new cars. Power to
latest body shell and rear wing combine withweight is similar with the latest car
new underbody paneling to also offeroffering 233 bhp per tone against it's
increased levels of down force for thispredecessors 238 and the new models improved
latest  evolution  of  Porsche's  finest.aerodynamics must help it post Porsches
claimed performance figures, which are
The latest Porsche model is the best handlingidentical to the 996.
911 ever. Improving a car's rigidity helps



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