--- title: 'EVERY Porsche 911 Model Explained and The Internal Designations' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ysewWSp9Xiw' video_id: 'ysewWSp9Xiw' date: 2026-07-01 duration_sec: 0 --- # EVERY Porsche 911 Model Explained and The Internal Designations > Source: [EVERY Porsche 911 Model Explained and The Internal Designations](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ysewWSp9Xiw) ## Summary ## Transcript If I told you that I owned a 992 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, would you know what I was talking about? This video will be the most comprehensive breakdown of the current modern Porsche 911 lineup. Later in this video, I will talk about the internal designations so you can better understand Porsche's most famous sports car. As a quick background, I have personally driven the modern Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo S and even the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. To better understand the Porsche 911, you need to understand that Porsche has a hierarchy. The most common Porsche 911s, the 911 Carrera is the base model Porsche 911. The current one has 379 horsepower from a 3 L flat 6 engine in the car's rear. And all of these base cars have an 8-speed PDK automatic transmission. You could also configure your 911 to be a cabriolet or have that target top. The Porsche 911 Carrera T is an homage to the iconic. This car has a manual transmission and is loaded up with sport performance options all while keeping the same engine as the base 911. Next, we have the Porsche 911 Carrera S. is tuned to 443 horsepower, up from the 379 horsepower of the base model. It has track ready brakes, a track ready suspension included on the vehicle as standard. The Svariant also gives you the choice of choosing between an automatic gearbox or the 7speed manual transmission. For people who are buying a twodoor sports car, many like to spend the extra money and get their choice of a gearbox and the extra added performance. You could also option out your Carrera S to have a convertible or all-wheel drive. The next level of the Porsche 911 GTS variants. This model is even faster, guys, at 473 horsepower. It has all of the sporty add-ons automatically included. It provides a bit firmer of a driving experience, more noise, more of a racing and sporty feel to the base 911. And you could also once again option it out to be a manual or automatic transmission. Car and Driver said that they got this car from 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds. It is the fastest 911 that you're going to get outside of the more higher performance turbo and GT models that I'm about to talk about. And once again, as I did already mention, all of these Porsches, you can get them in all-wheel drive. You can have the Carrera 4 GTS has a little bit of different styling on the car, but otherwise, you know, you're choosing between rear wheel drive, all-wheel drive. The turbo models, 1975, Porsche introduced the turbocharger to the 911 lineup with the 930 turbo. Since then, Porsche has always introduced a turbo variant in their 911. You could tell the turbo cars because they have the turbo look. They have a spoiler. They are sportier. There is sometimes a meaner appearing car and they are intended to bridge that gap between regular daily driving and a more sportier race car-like performance driving that people desire. The 911 Turbos are essentially the most powerful everyday sports car that you can own in their lineup. You have the 911 Turbo, you have the 911 Turbo Cabriolet, you have the 911 Turbo S for additional power, you have the 911 Turbo S Cabriolet. And while the turbos are all about performance on the streets and you can still take it on the track, the Porsche 911 GT3 is purely based off of track performance and looking good when you are at Cars and Coffee. The GT3 sacrifices more of the modern luxury, comforts, infotainment for a race car like experience. The 911 GT3 has race seats, an enormous spoiler, massive air intakes, performance track tires, reduced weight, and all the sporty add-ons needed to be a track weapon. The base GT3 has a 502 horsepower naturally aspirated engine, which red lines at 9,000 RPM and can reach 197 mph. And guys, when I took the GT3 onto the track, I did not get anywhere near 197 mph. I was too afraid. I'm not even going to lie. For those of you who do not want the race car focus, you can get the GT3 Touring package, which does add a little bit more comfort, and you still keep that naturally aspirated motor versus the turbocharged motor. For those of you with larger pockets, you can get the GT3 RS. It is a wider body, three times, it has three times more downforce than the regular standard GT3 thanks to Arrow components. It also has an even larger spoiler because if you didn't think the GT3 spoiler was large, well, they got a freaking larger spoiler on this car, guys. The GT3 RS is meant to be even more capable on the track than just the base GT3. So, now you're seeing that the GT3 GT3 RS all focused on the track. But wait, Porsche has something else up their sleeve. They have the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The 2019 GT2 RS has 700 horsepower. It takes that 3.8 L engine, adds a turbocharger on it, still adds even more race car components. This car has broken track records. So, that is the highest pinnacle of the 911 lineup. And next, I'm going to talk about special edition Porsches. But if you guys have made it this far in the video and you're finding it useful, please hit that like button down below. Really helps out the channel so much. Helps us get seen by more people on YouTube. Special edition Porsches. Every year or two, Porsche comes out with a different model, a new variant, something a little special, maybe something that is uh has lower production numbers or a nod to an older Porsche in their lineup. And they do this because at the end of the day, they are all still very unique and special. And that is something that brings owners to just ravage over these cars because they have a one of 30 in this certain color of this certain spec. Currently, Porsche has the 50th edition Porsche 911. Have the Porsche DAR, which is their lifted all-terrain racing model, and another racing heritage nod that consumers can buy. This one is very popular, very special. And also, they have the all-new Porsche 911 ST with 570 horsepower. I don't know too much about it. I'm not an expert on the S/T. It just came out. The black edition, this edition, that edition. They come out, they come out for a couple years. People could go buy them and then they're special. That's special edition Porsches. There's so many of them. Quick overview. Let us check your understanding so far from this video. If I told you that I have a target 4 GTS, you know that is the target top car with the four designating that is all-wheel drive and the GTS meaning that it is one of the sportier base Carreras or it has more horsepower and more racelike track like features than a base 911. So Carrera for GTS. If I told you that I have a Turbo S cabriolet, once again, you know that it is a turbo. You know, I'm going for a higher spec Porsche 911. It is the S. It is even faster than the base turbo and it is the Cabriolet, which means that it is the convertible version because you want to look good and you want to go fast. For the last part of this video, I'm going to talk about Porsche's internal designations. This gets asked all the time. So, when owners are talking about their 911, you don't want to say, "I have a 1967 911." You don't want to say that I have a 2013 911. Every time Porsche updates their lineup, they give their car a new internal designation. And this is what owners refer to in terms of their body styling. Get a general sense of when the car was produced. Eventually, as you're in the space, as you read more about it, as you're looking up cars, as you're thinking about what you want to buy, then it becomes more apparent. We had the classic 911. Then there was the Porsche 930. These go for a lot of money. They're really cool cars. Oh, and do not forget, we also have the Porsche 964 911. We have the Porsche 993 911. We have the controversial eggyed Porsche 996, which was produced from 1997. We have the sexy Porsche 997, which was made between 2004 and 2013. We have the 991.1 which was the first version and the 991.2 facelifted 911s which ran from 2011 to 2019. Some of the cars which have been produced within the last decade still very new still very modern. And finally where we are at today with the Porsche 992 911 the most modern newest Porsche 911s which we have right now. And depending on when you watch this video, there may be even more designations afterwards.