Factory aero for your 911 Turbo
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Porsche announced today that a new factory-developed aero kit is available for the 997 Turbo. If you're placing a new car order, adding the kit will tack an additional €4,500 to the bottom line. (Existing Turbo owners can acquire the unpainted, uninstalled kit as an aftermarket item for €4,100, as well.) The added expense gets you a new lip spoiler and a new engine cover which incorporates a fixed rear wing. Developed in Porsche's wind tunnel, the kit reduces lift while leaving the car's overall drag coefficient unchanged. Plus, the subtle hint of whale tail it adds appearance-wise is plenty cool.
[Source: Porsche]
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amdforever 2:49PM (12/05/2007)
Looks like an identity crisis to me!
The front looks like a 911 Turbo, except uglier with too much white stuff. The back looks like a Turbo mated with a GT3...
Save $4K and get the original Turbo, or save it for Carbon Ceramic brakes.
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2004m3driver 2:50PM (12/05/2007)
jeez $5000+ for some skirts and a wing. I guess if you're buying a turbo you're don't really care about bang for the buck. Still a very stunning car. /drool
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Derek 6:05PM (12/05/2007)
Except that this isn't your usual JC Whitney skirt-n-wing package designed by a liberal arts major. This is actually scientifically tested and engineered to improve performance. Unless you want to be a poseur, form follows function and I applaud them for improving high speed stability without adversely affecting the drag and thus lowering top speed/highway economy.
Guenther 3:04PM (12/05/2007)
That sort of pricing for substituted, rather than replaced parts is well EINE UNVERSCHAEMTHEIT!!!!
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Carlos 3:29PM (12/05/2007)
This reminds me of how Honda people are with any Type R, only they can distinguish and no one else really cares.
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Andrew 3:57PM (12/05/2007)
I really don't dig it, especially the fog lights in the front.
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Ethan 4:15PM (12/05/2007)
Reduces lift?
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Ethan 4:18PM (12/05/2007)
...wow. Right. Nevermind.
Carlos 4:57PM (12/05/2007)
Those prices aren't too bad, but you'd get kicked in the teeth if you had to fix one. I'll stick to my crude cheap American cars haha.
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