1990: The new 911Turbo enters the market
in September with a 3299 cc power unit and
a slight increase in power (320 bhp/235 kW).
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| 1991: The Porsche 968based in its design
on the 928 replaces the 944. Output of the
three-liter power unit is boosted to 240 bhp/176
kW. The 8-cylinder power unit of the Porsche
928 now featured in the GTS increases in both
size and output (5397cc, 350 bhp/257 kW),
just as the 911 Carrera RS competition model
also offers a slight boost in power (260 bhp/191
kW). |
| 1992: The Porsche 911Turbo comes with an
even larger engine displacing 3600 cc and
developing360 bhp/265 kW. The 968 is introduced
in two-seater Clubsport trim with leaned-down
equipment and a lower price. |
| 1993: Towards the middle of the year Porsche
presents the thoroughly modified 911 code-named
the 993 within the Company and featuring an
even more streamlined body, the new multi-link
rear axle and a choice of either six-speed
manual gearbox or four-speed Tiptronic. Engine
capacity remains unchanged, output increase
seven further (3600 cc, 272 bhp/200 kW). The
new 993 is built initially as the Carrera
coupe with rear-wheel drive. |
| 1994: The new Carrera4 enters production
featuring a new drive concept with power transmitted
to the wheels via a viscous coupling. As the
"basic model" for racing Porsche
builds the 911 Carrera RS with an extra-light
body, a larger, fixed-position rear spoiler
and a more powerful engine (3746 cc, 300bhp/221
kW). In spring 1994 Porsche begins production
of the 993 Cabriolet. |
| 1995: The new 911Turbo displaces 3600 cc
and develops maximum output of 408 bhp/300
kW. It also features the four-wheel-drive
concept of the Carrera 4. The even more dynamic
GT2 version of the Turbo, in turn, comes exclusively
with rear-wheel drive and offers even more
power (430 bhp/316 kW). In September the 911
Carrera also receives extra power (285 bhp/210
kW), and at the same time a new Porsche Targa
with a sliding glass roof enters production.
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| 1996: Public launch of the Boxster at the
1996 Paris Motor Show. A mid-engine roadster,
the Boxster reveals Porsche's new generation
of power units with very convincing facts
and figures (2480 cc, 204 bhp/150 kW). Six
water-cooled cylinders in horizontally opposed
arrangement, four overhead camshafts with
VarioCam, four valves per cylinder and integrated
dry sump lubrication are the technical highlights.
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| 1997: Porsche presents an all-new 911 with
slightly larger body dimensions but still
in the same classic style as its predecessor
- plus further improved suspension and a more
powerful version of the new water-cooled boxer
engine(3387 cc, 300 bhp/221 kW). The Porsche
Carrera 4S, Targa and Porsche 911Turbo remain
in production unchanged until March 1998. |
| 1998: The 911Cabriolet based on the new
model is presented to the public in March,
its roof opening and closing electro hydraulically
at the touch of a button. An aluminum hardtop
comes as standard, as do the sidebags on both
doors. |
