Porsche Wants You To Know That The 992 911 Will Definitely Drift
Porsche has released a set of images to mark the 992-era 911’s final leg of testing. It’s pictured in a variety of environments, from US city streets to Arctic snow and even race tracks, but there’s one thing in common everywhere it goes: it will clearly drift.
Whether a car will slide nicely or not is pretty much irrelevant to everyday life with it, but on the other hand it’s a statement that the car in question can be playful and silly. And that, we like. Who wants to walk out to a car they know is fundamentally boring?
The 992 can be seen smoking its back tyres through corners on tarmac and ice alike during the tests. It seems there will be the usual mix of all- and rear-wheel drive models to choose from. Judging by the huge rear wheel arches on some of the pictured cars, the wide body will be popular.
Starting with punishing challenges for the engine and chassis, Porsche engineers in a number of countries across the world then try to find faults in the new instruments and screens in all kind of use; day and night through the rough and the smooth. Materials quality comes under scrutiny all the while. If parts start rattling, they should, in theory, get redesigned.
For the 992’s gestation Porsche has pummelled the air-con system, for example, in Death Valley and the Gulf states. The cabin has to stay cool, and materials both in and out of the passenger cell have to stay within tolerances. Anything that expands or contracts in extreme temperatures could cause big problems – even mass recalls.
The bi-turbo car has gone through high-altitude testing in the Colorado mountains, reaching heights of 4300 (14,100ft) metres above sea level. Track time has covered the Nurburgring and Italy’s Nardo test circuit, where the cooling system was tested over lap after punishing lap.
Various data-based systems are different in different countries, too, so there’s a whole heap of time to be spent making sure they work properly. Still, at least it gets the poor engineers out into the sunlight for a bit.
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Those taillights could definitely use a little more thickness…why is every car maker using extremely thin lights?
I like em. Reminds me of some futuristic car design.
On a sports car like this looks cool.
But not on SUVs like the Cayenne or the X4
ok yea but how does it do that wen dae engine is in the bad wrong place 😎
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Don’t know why people hate the taillights,they remind me of the 993
I never thought of that.
But is their an RWB version?
lol don’t know why you have so many downvotes
Ah good. I was getting worried.
Oh man they were in Finland 😃
Many manufacturers do, Porsche, Audi, BMW… Great spotting places near muonio especially.
Question is: Is it as good as a PROPER drift build?
well, it’s rear engined, so definitely no
They have wrecked the rear end. :/
it’s growing on me slightly but I think that’s because it looks better in a dark color now :/