EVERY Porsche 911 Model Explained and The Internal Designations

[00:00] If I told you that I owned a 992 Porsche

[00:03] 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, would you

[00:07] know what I was talking about? This

[00:08] video will be the most comprehensive

[00:11] breakdown of the current modern Porsche

[00:14] 911 lineup. Later in this video, I will

[00:16] talk about the internal designations so

[00:18] you can better understand Porsche's most

[00:20] famous sports car. As a quick

[00:22] background, I have personally driven the

[00:24] modern Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo S and even

[00:28] the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. To

[00:32] better understand the Porsche 911, you

[00:35] need to understand that Porsche has a

[00:37] hierarchy. The most common Porsche 911s,

[00:41] the 911 Carrera is the base model

[00:43] Porsche 911. The current one has 379

[00:46] horsepower from a 3 L flat 6 engine in

[00:49] the car's rear. And all of these base

[00:51] cars have an 8-speed PDK automatic

[00:54] transmission. You could also configure

[00:56] your 911 to be a cabriolet or have that

[00:59] target top. The Porsche 911 Carrera T is

[01:01] an homage to the iconic. This car has a

[01:04] manual transmission and is loaded up

[01:06] with sport performance options all while

[01:08] keeping the same engine as the base 911.

[01:11] Next, we have the Porsche 911 Carrera S.

[01:14] is tuned to 443 horsepower, up from the

[01:18] 379 horsepower of the base model. It has

[01:21] track ready brakes, a track ready

[01:23] suspension included on the vehicle as

[01:26] standard. The Svariant also gives you

[01:28] the choice of choosing between an

[01:29] automatic gearbox or the 7speed manual

[01:33] transmission. For people who are buying

[01:35] a twodoor sports car, many like to spend

[01:36] the extra money and get their choice of

[01:38] a gearbox and the extra added

[01:40] performance. You could also option out

[01:42] your Carrera S to have a convertible or

[01:45] all-wheel drive. The next level of the

[01:47] Porsche 911 GTS variants. This model is

[01:51] even faster, guys, at 473 horsepower. It

[01:55] has all of the sporty add-ons

[01:56] automatically included. It provides a

[01:59] bit firmer of a driving experience, more

[02:01] noise, more of a racing and sporty feel

[02:04] to the base 911. And you could also once

[02:06] again option it out to be a manual or

[02:09] automatic transmission. Car and Driver

[02:11] said that they got this car from 0 to 60

[02:13] in 2.8 seconds. It is the fastest 911

[02:17] that you're going to get outside of the

[02:19] more higher performance turbo and GT

[02:22] models that I'm about to talk about. And

[02:24] once again, as I did already mention,

[02:26] all of these Porsches, you can get them

[02:28] in all-wheel drive. You can have the

[02:29] Carrera 4 GTS has a little bit of

[02:32] different styling on the car, but

[02:34] otherwise, you know, you're choosing

[02:35] between rear wheel drive, all-wheel

[02:37] drive. The turbo models, 1975, Porsche

[02:41] introduced the turbocharger to the 911

[02:43] lineup with the 930 turbo. Since then,

[02:46] Porsche has always introduced a turbo

[02:49] variant in their 911. You could tell the

[02:52] turbo cars because they have the turbo

[02:54] look. They have a spoiler. They are

[02:56] sportier. There is sometimes a meaner

[02:58] appearing car and they are intended to

[03:00] bridge that gap between regular daily

[03:03] driving and a more sportier race

[03:05] car-like performance driving that people

[03:08] desire. The 911 Turbos are essentially

[03:10] the most powerful everyday sports car

[03:13] that you can own in their lineup. You

[03:15] have the 911 Turbo, you have the 911

[03:18] Turbo Cabriolet, you have the 911 Turbo

[03:20] S for additional power, you have the 911

[03:24] Turbo S Cabriolet. And while the turbos

[03:27] are all about performance on the streets

[03:29] and you can still take it on the track,

[03:31] the Porsche 911 GT3 is purely based off

[03:36] of track performance and looking good

[03:38] when you are at Cars and Coffee. The GT3

[03:41] sacrifices more of the modern luxury,

[03:44] comforts, infotainment for a race car

[03:47] like experience.

[03:55] The 911 GT3 has race seats, an enormous

[03:59] spoiler, massive air intakes,

[04:01] performance track tires, reduced weight,

[04:03] and all the sporty add-ons needed to be

[04:05] a track weapon. The base GT3 has a 502

[04:09] horsepower naturally aspirated engine,

[04:12] which red lines at 9,000 RPM and can

[04:15] reach 197 mph. And guys, when I took the

[04:18] GT3 onto the track, I did not get

[04:20] anywhere near 197 mph. I was too afraid.

[04:23] I'm not even going to lie. For those of

[04:25] you who do not want the race car focus,

[04:28] you can get the GT3 Touring package,

[04:31] which does add a little bit more

[04:32] comfort, and you still keep that

[04:34] naturally aspirated motor versus the

[04:36] turbocharged motor. For those of you

[04:37] with larger pockets, you can get the GT3

[04:40] RS. It is a wider body, three times, it

[04:44] has three times more downforce than the

[04:46] regular standard GT3 thanks to Arrow

[04:48] components. It also has an even larger

[04:51] spoiler because if you didn't think the

[04:53] GT3 spoiler was large, well, they got a

[04:56] freaking larger spoiler on this car,

[04:57] guys. The GT3 RS is meant to be even

[05:00] more capable on the track than just the

[05:03] base GT3. So, now you're seeing that the

[05:05] GT3 GT3 RS all focused on the track. But

[05:09] wait, Porsche has something else up

[05:12] their sleeve. They have the Porsche 911

[05:15] GT2 RS. The 2019 GT2 RS has 700

[05:19] horsepower. It takes that 3.8 L engine,

[05:22] adds a turbocharger on it, still adds

[05:24] even more race car components. This car

[05:26] has broken track records. So, that is

[05:28] the highest pinnacle of the 911 lineup.

[05:31] And next, I'm going to talk about

[05:32] special edition Porsches. But if you

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[05:42] Special edition Porsches. Every year or

[05:44] two, Porsche comes out with a different

[05:46] model, a new variant, something a little

[05:48] special, maybe something that is uh has

[05:51] lower production numbers or a nod to an

[05:54] older Porsche in their lineup. And they

[05:56] do this because at the end of the day,

[05:57] they are all still very unique and

[05:59] special. And that is something that

[06:01] brings owners to just ravage over these

[06:03] cars because they have a one of 30 in

[06:07] this certain color of this certain spec.

[06:09] Currently, Porsche has the 50th edition

[06:11] Porsche 911. Have the Porsche DAR, which

[06:14] is their lifted all-terrain racing

[06:16] model, and another racing heritage nod

[06:19] that consumers can buy. This one is very

[06:21] popular, very special. And also, they

[06:23] have the all-new Porsche 911 ST

[06:27] with 570 horsepower. I don't know too

[06:30] much about it. I'm not an expert on the

[06:32] S/T. It just came out. The black

[06:34] edition, this edition, that edition.

[06:35] They come out, they come out for a

[06:37] couple years. People could go buy them

[06:39] and then they're special. That's special

[06:41] edition Porsches. There's so many of

[06:43] them. Quick overview. Let us check your

[06:45] understanding so far from this video. If

[06:47] I told you that I have a target 4 GTS,

[06:49] you know that is the target top car with

[06:52] the four designating that is all-wheel

[06:54] drive and the GTS meaning that it is one

[06:56] of the sportier base Carreras or it has

[06:59] more horsepower and more racelike track

[07:02] like features than a base 911. So

[07:05] Carrera for GTS. If I told you that I

[07:07] have a Turbo S cabriolet, once again,

[07:10] you know that it is a turbo. You know,

[07:11] I'm going for a higher spec Porsche 911.

[07:14] It is the S. It is even faster than the

[07:17] base turbo and it is the Cabriolet,

[07:19] which means that it is the convertible

[07:22] version because you want to look good

[07:23] and you want to go fast. For the last

[07:25] part of this video, I'm going to talk

[07:27] about Porsche's internal designations.

[07:29] This gets asked all the time. So, when

[07:32] owners are talking about their 911, you

[07:34] don't want to say, "I have a 1967 911."

[07:36] You don't want to say that I have a 2013

[07:39] 911. Every time Porsche updates their

[07:41] lineup, they give their car a new

[07:43] internal designation. And this is what

[07:45] owners refer to in terms of their body

[07:47] styling. Get a general sense of when the

[07:49] car was produced. Eventually, as you're

[07:51] in the space, as you read more about it,

[07:53] as you're looking up cars, as you're

[07:55] thinking about what you want to buy,

[07:56] then it becomes more apparent. We had

[07:58] the classic 911. Then there was the

[08:01] Porsche 930. These go for a lot of

[08:03] money. They're really cool cars. Oh, and

[08:05] do not forget, we also have the Porsche

[08:08] 964 911. We have the Porsche 993 911. We

[08:14] have the controversial eggyed Porsche

[08:17] 996, which was produced from 1997. We

[08:20] have the sexy Porsche 997, which was

[08:23] made between 2004 and 2013. We have the

[08:27] 991.1

[08:28] which was the first version and the

[08:30] 991.2

[08:32] facelifted 911s which ran from 2011 to

[08:35] 2019. Some of the cars which have been

[08:37] produced within the last decade still

[08:39] very new still very modern. And finally

[08:42] where we are at today with the Porsche

[08:44] 992 911 the most modern newest Porsche

[08:48] 911s which we have right now. And

[08:50] depending on when you watch this video,

[08:52] there may be even more designations

[08:54] afterwards.