Posted by admin | Posted in Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet | Posted on 09-09-2010
Nothing handles like a 911. The first time you drive one, a little light goes on in your head and you instantly get why everyone raves about them. The steering, is sharp, accurate and feeds back so much information, the driver can feel exactly what’s happening where the wheels meet the road. The Carrera 4’s four-wheel-drive system adds even more grip and traction, so you always look forward to the opportunity to take some corners at speed on a twisting B-road, confident in the knowledge that the electronics will take up the slack if you run out of talent. Of course, the ride in the 911 is going to be firm, but it’s perfectly judged, lacking any harshness or tendency to crashiness. The absence of a roof is naturally going to have an effect on the rigidity of the chassis compared to the coupe version, but Porsche’s engineers have managed to reduce any shuddering and scuttle shake to an absolute minimum, so you only feel it when going over the worst potholed surfaces.
As you’d expect from a car that costs north of 80 grand, the build quality of the 911 Cabrio is superb. The exterior feels sturdy and well-engineered, the bodywork and uniform panel gaps combining with the squat stockiness of the classic 911 shape to create a sense of robust quality. This continues in the cabin, the leather and high-quality materials used in the interior exuding the luxury feel you’d expect of a car in this price range. The attention to detail is almost faultless, down to the optional Porsche crests embossed on the head restraints (which will set you back an extra £135). Porsche doesn’t sell enough cars in the UK to appear in customer satisfaction surveys, but in the US the brand came out top in JD Power’s most recent Vehicle Dependability Study, scoring five stars in the fields of Initial Quality Rating and the Predicted Reliability Rating. As all 911s come from the same German production lines, there’s no reason why cars here are any different.
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