New 911 Launch
 

Went to the launch of the new 911 last night in Nottingham. The car is, at first glance, just like the old one to the untrained eye but close up it has quite a few nice changes, inside and out. Most obvious are the headlights. The Carrera S was very nice. Apparantly there's been quite a high number of people place orders in that particular dealership. They gave a speech etc and champagne was on tap. Its been ran around the Ring at 7.59 (Carrera S) which apparantly is faster than old 911 and not far off the Turbo according to the bloke talking. Carrera is about £65,000 and Carrera S is about £72,000, 3.6 flat 6 and 3.8 flat 6 respectively.

Great looking car, wish I could afford one :(

waiting lists for 987 boxster s are already 12 months.

That is really annoying :mad: !. I spoke to Martin on service and he said he would let me know when that was, guess he forgot - pah - Porsche Sheffield will be servicing the car from now on me thinks !

Getting rid of the M3 already?! You should have a look around this new 911, very nice car.

There will be a few good deals to be had on used 996s now the 997 is out.

I made the move from a Type R 5 months ago and still have a huge smile on my face...............

more here.......

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...=355170&page=4

Not getting rid of it just yet Simon. Got my eye on the Boxster S for next summer though.

Nice! Here's a couple of pics to wet people appetites....

http://eversion.freeshell.net/images...0336.sized.jpg

http://eversion.freeshell.net/images...u/DSC_0332.jpg

I went to a 997 launch whilst I was in the States last month too (my Dad has a 996 C4 cab out there so we got an invite). Looks even nicer "in the metal", especially the S. Next to a 996 you can really appreciate the wider hips and nicer lights. The interior has too many buttons but is a big improvement, quality-wise. I even like the (optional) stopwatch thingie but I am a geek like that. Just wish I had £60K or so to buy one!

I agree the 997 looks better in the flesh but not too different from the 996.
I will hope to replace the 996 with one in a few yrs when the later revisions including Aerokit etc get released.

http://tinypic.com/573tf

I saw a couple of them out on the road about a month ago, I think they look great, can't wait until I can get one as a company car.

J

I just dont know how Porsche got it so wrong with those 19" wheels they look overly fussy and quite frankly spoil the look of a very nice car.

I'd certainly agree with you about the wheels, but I'm sure there are other options. J

For those of you who know Curtis at Powerstation, well, he put his order in for a black Carrera S at the weekend plus several choice options. Due for delivery in March 05.

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Flash git, he is only a mechanic ;)

Cheers

Ian

Your not wrong .

Got my order in early and take delivery of new Boxster S around beginning of May, given a build date of second week in April.

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Grant