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2012 Porsche 911 leaked images

HI-RES GALLERY: 2012 Porsche 911 leaked images
Long a favorite of sports car aficionados, the Porsche 911 is due for its next full redesign, to be unveiled in under a month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. As tends to happen with hotly anticipated cars, however, the images have been leaked in advance.

Looking just like the cars captured in our spy shots, the 2012 Porsche 911 carries forward the car's iconic styling with a sleeker, smoother, and in many ways, simpler, interpretation. Sculpted air inlets topped with LED running lights and tightly integrated tail lights are among the more easily spotted cues. Looking more closely at some of the details, however, our friend, Jonny Lieberman, esteemed senior editor at Motor Trend, has noticed some inconsistencies with the brakes, and thinks the images are simply chopped-together renderings of the car and not official leaked photos at all.

The interior is pure modern Porsche, and the images appear to show the PDK gearbox car, leaving open the matter of the 7-speed manual transmission expected to come with the update.

The 2012 911 is also expected to get a 3.4-liter boxer six-cylinder in Carrera form, good for about 350 horsepower. The Carrera S will bump to 3.8-liters and about 400 horsepower. Both should be good for 0-60 times under five seconds.

Follow the link for all of our 991 Porsche 911 coverage, and stay tuned for our live coverage of the official debut from Frankfurt in September.

[via TopSpeed]



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  1. By Posted: 8/17/2011 11:51am PDT

    very disappointed with the redesign or refresh whatever. the tail lights are sharper, the green house is more sloped back and they made the daytime running lights look quirky. The porsche designers got it easy!
     
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  2. Nelson avatar Nelson Ireson Posted: 8/17/2011 1:06pm PDT

    I don't know. People always complain that the latest 911 looks too much like the one before it (except for when they complain it looks like the Boxster), but I think there's something to be said for iterating a traditional design. The question, to me, isn't whether it looks new, but whether it looks good. This looks good.
     
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  3. Damien Thomas avatar Damien Thomas Posted: 8/17/2011 1:32pm PDT

    The interior is a nice update. I mean, it's a 911, what were you expecting? Although I think the front bumper looks gawdy. And those LEDs are plain stupid.

    But the interior is yuk! Looks like a cheapened Panamera. That look is fine for a GT like the Panamera but for something as iconic as the 911, I expect something better.

    This car is shaping up to be so boring. But I guess they will sell them all. I'm more interesting in what Jaguar is doing these days.
     
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  4. Damien Thomas avatar Damien Thomas Posted: 8/17/2011 1:32pm PDT

    Sorry, the EXTERIOR is a nice update. The interior is Yuk!
     
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  5. gazzed avatar gazzed Posted: 8/18/2011 6:57pm PDT

    Just wish Porsche could have incorporated a few more design themes from their 918 concept/RSR. Cabin is quite a big improvement but have to say Porsche's choice of color for the leathers and plastics is still very very awful.
     
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  6. Poopmaster avatar Poopmaster Posted: 8/19/2011 8:00pm PDT

    Actually I quite like the interior except for the color and the white meter dial.
     
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