Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Porsche 911 turns 50 - Aftonbladet

of the automotive world’s oldest car models now fill evenly. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, Porsche has developed a special model 911 50 pyntas with retro chrome – and a price tag of a million.

spot 50 years ago appeared the first Porsche 911: an up to the audience at the Frankfurt motor show in 1963. Then called the model 901 but after protest by Peugeot, whose models 404 and 504 followed the same pattern changed its name Porsche to the now classic sports car called 911.

model would be manufactured until 1989 that the first real update occurred. The car was called 964, but the name 911 was so established that 964 had become an internal code for Porsche’s own account.


Network than the original

Current Porsche 911 units according to the same logic of the Porsche 991 and it is also the one who decided to do a special edition, 911 50. To tie in with the first model, the car has chrome on the hood, the rear lights and the air intakes at the front of the car. The rims are a modern interpretation of the classic Fuchs wheels that adorned the vast majority of the 911 or the 60 – and 70′s.


Faster than 1963

Just like the first 911, the motor is still a six-cylinder boxer engine at the rear of the car. However, the power figure has grown from the original 130 horsepower to 400 evenly anniversary edition. 0-100 km / h going numer of 4.5 seconds to a top speed of 300 km / h. Fuel consumption is 0.95 liters in the combined cycle. The price when the car comes to Sweden will be as Porsche 1,155,000 crowns. But anyone who is hungry may hasten, anniversary edition will be built only in 1963 copies.

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