Road Test
Porsche 911
Test date 07 February 2007
Price as tested £80,660
For Sensational engine, performance, soundtrack, chassis
Against Gear ratios long for UK roads, hard work in traffic
How much ?
- Price as tested £80,660
- Price as tested £88,346
How fast
- 0-30mph 1.7 sec
- 0-60mph 4.2 sec
- 0-100mph 9.2 sec
- 0-150mph 22 sec
- 0-200mph
no data
- 30-70mph
3.4 sec
- 0-400m
12.8 / 116.2 sec/mph
- 0-1000m
22.6 / 153 sec/mph
- 30-50mph in 3rd/4th
3.7 / 4
- 40-60mph in 4th/5th
3.9 / 5.1 sec
- 50-70mph in 5th
5.1 sec
- 60-0mph
no data
- Top speed
no data
- Noise at 70mph
74 dbA
How thirsty?
- Test average
17 mpg
- Test best/worst
26.6 / 8.9
Government figures
- Combined/urban
21.1 / 14.3 mpg
- CO2 emissions
307 g/km
How big?
- Length
4427 mm
- Width
1808 mm
- Height
1280 mm
- Wheelbase
2355 mm
- Weight
1395 kg
- Fuel tank
90.0 litres
Engine
- Layout 6 cyls Horizontally Opposed , 3600 cc
- Max power 409 bhp at 7600 rpm
- Max torque 298 ft at 5500 rpm
- Specific output 113.6bhp per litre bhp per litre
- Power to weight 293bhp per tonne bhp per tonne
- Installation R Longitudinal
- Bore/stoke 100.0/76.4 mm
- Compression ratio 12.0:1
- Valve gear 4 per cyl
- Ignition and fuel no data, Unleaded
Gearbox
- Type 6-speed Manual
- 1st 3.82 / 5.9
- 2nd 2.26 / 10
- 3rd 1.64 / 13.8
- 4th 1.29 / 17.6
- 5th 1.06 / 21.4
- 6th 0.92 / 24.6
- Final drive 3.44
Suspension
- Front Independent McPherson strut on transverse control arms, cylindrical springs with inner damper, actively controlled twin-sleeve gas pressure dampers, optimised kinematics and double damper clamps
- Rear Multi-arm axle, wheels mounted independently on five arms, separated track control arms, cylindrical coil springs on each wheel with coaxial, inner-mounted damper, single-sleeve gas pressure dampers
Steering
- Type Variable rate, power assisted rack and pinion
- Lock to lock 2.60
Brakes
- Front 350mm ventilated, drilled discs
- Rear 340mm ventilated, drilled discs
Wheel & tyres
- Size front 8.5J x 19'' Alloy in
- Size rear 12J x 19'' Alloy in
- Made of Alloy
- Tyres front 235/35 ZR19
- Tyres rear 305/30 ZR19
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