For those who couldn’t fairly discover the automobile you wished among the many 24 trim ranges of 2023 Porsche 911 obtainable final week, we’ve got nice information for you. There’s now a 25th model within the configurator.
By no means let anybody inform you Porsche doesn’t offer you choices.
The Porsche 911 Carrera T slots under the Carrera S however above the Carrera 4, and we’ll offer you a minute to regulate your spreadsheet.
Again? OK. The Carrera T begins at $116,600, plus $1,450 for supply, processing, and dealing with. Porsche says the T stands for Touring “and describes fashions that supply a purist driving expertise with exceptionally sporty tools.”
Delete Rear Seats, Add Torque Vectoring
It’s a efficiency model, coming solely in rear-wheel drive. The Carrera T strips some weight from the usual 911 – dropping the rear seats and a few sound insulation and even mounting thinner glass. It will get a 7-speed handbook transmission or an 8-speed dual-clutch gearbox for a similar worth.
The T makes use of the identical 3.0-liter flat-6 engine discovered within the Carrera, making 379 horsepower.
It additionally borrows a number of tips from the extra expensive Carrera S. They embrace a limited-slip differential, a torque-vectoring system, and an adaptive sport suspension that retains it 10 mm nearer to the bottom than the usual 911.
“On request, Porsche says, “the Carrera T may also be ordered with the non-compulsory rear-axle steering, which can also be usually reserved for fashions from the Carrera S and up.”
Porsche estimates the 911 Carrera T will get from 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds with the handbook transmission or 3.8 with the automated.
Visually, it sits on staggered wheels – 21 inches within the again and 20 up entrance – painted shiny darkish grey. The mirror caps are the identical grey. The Carrera T model title seems low on the doorways. The inside is a mixture of darkish grey and matte black however may be made extra fascinating with vibrant inexperienced seatbelts.
The configurator lists 12 colours. However the Carrera T is a part of Porsche’s new Paint to Pattern program, which, the corporate says, “presents paintwork in over 110 obtainable coloration tones.”
