Porsche has been one of the very few manufacturers who have relied on evolving their signature 911 rather than revolving it. So it’s no surprise that the next generation 911 is pretty much the same minus the usual body treatments and upgrades in kit.

Codenamed the 991, the new 911 will debut in September of this year and will be larger than the outgoing model and built to be able to accommodate a hybrid powertrain. This may be troubling news to the Porsche purist, but rest assures, the Porsche 911 will still be as wonderful as it always has been.

The 991 so far comes out to be 2.2 inches longer than the outgoing 997 with the wheelbase growing quite a bit at four inches longer. But to keep the length down, the front and rear overhangs were reduced. The roof too also gets lowered by about a half an inch and because the car that the two Zuffenhausen boffins were showing off was spec’d out to be a 911 S, it sits about .07 inches closer to the ground. Despite the growth, the new 991 loses about 55 pounds when compared to the 997, which uses more high-strength steel. The future hybrid model will also weigh less than the 997 by 22 lbs thanks to heavier use of aluminum.



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