Porsche 911 GTS 2017 | new car sales price

Porsche Australia has added five new 911 GTS models to its range. Carrera GTS with rear-wheel drive, 911 Carrera 4 GTS with all-wheel drive, both in coupe and cabriolet bodies, and the 911 Targa 4 GTS with all-wheel drive.

A newly developed turbocharger for the 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine increases power to 331kW (450hp), up by 22kW (30hp) from the 911 Carrera S.

Maximum torque of 550Nm is 50Nm above that of the Carrera S. It comes in at2150 rpm and runs all the way through to 5000.

All models have a seven-speed manual gearbox or optional Porsche DoppelKupplung (PDK).

Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) is standard on all GTS models. The GTS coupes sports chassis, lowers the body by 10 millimetres. The 911 Carrera 4 GTS coupe standard Sport Chrono Package and optional PDK it leaps from zero to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds.

All GTS models use the wide all-wheel-drive body, which measures 1852 mm.

The front end is aerodynamically optimised. A low front spoiler and increased rear spoiler extension height further reduce lift forces on the front and rear axle compared to the Carrera S models.

The five new 911 GTS models are now on sale in Australia.

At the rear, the 911 Carrera GTS has smoked tail lights, silk-gloss black air intake grille and central black twin tailpipes. A black trim strip between the tail lights is used on the rear-wheel-drive models. The light strip is reserved for the all-wheel-drive models.

Sport Design door mirrors, 20-inch wheels with central locking nut are painted in silk-gloss black. The characteristic Porsche Targa bar is coloured black for the first time on the GTS.

The stopwatch of the Sport Chrono Package is integrated as a central component of the dashboard. The Porsche Track Precision app has been enhanced to coincide with the launch of the GTS models. Its features include automatic recording, detailed display and analysis of driving data on a smartphone.

Other features include brushed, black anodised aluminium trim strips on the instrument cluster.

Porsche Carrera 911 GTS occupants sit in Alcantara seats with a new stitching pattern. The Sports seats Plus with GTS logos on the headrests can be adjusted in multiple ways electrically. Alcantara is also used on the steering wheel rim, the centre console and armrests.

The five new 911 GTS models are now on sale in Australia with first deliveries expected during the second quarter this year.

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