Porsche 991.2 Carrera 4S
Highlights
- sports exhaust system
- Adaptive sports seats
- glass sliding/tilting roof
The Porsche 911 Carrera 4S has once again managed to raise the bar. The question in the test is: despite or because of the new turbo technology?
The sound of the Carrera biturbo boxer is finely composed
The sound of the six-cylinder boxer in the rear of the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, which has a reduced displacement, is by no means rougher, but the frequency is noticeably lower across the entire speed range. Less thrilling? No. Exciting? Yes and no. In normal mode, the biturbo unit is acoustically stimulating, but never annoyingly offensive, and then in sport mode it takes on a consistently robust, sometimes a little too bassy and cold-sounding tone. The biturbo does not make a noise as loud as a naturally aspirated engine à la GT3 revving above 8500 rpm heats up the air. In return, it wins friends for life, especially in sport mode, with its sharp, rushing undertone and passionately integrated exhaust crackle when coasting. Only a fragmentary remnant of turbocharger whistling can still be heard from the area around the engine. Otherwise, the biturbo boxer, which has become completely invisible in the rear, provides no indication whatsoever of the behavior of artificially ventilated combustion engines of older models.
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2016 
