997 body shape?

[Guest]

Sorry if these seems like an obvious question....I am lead to believe that all 997's have a wider rear end than the outgoing 96...is this correct. Also do the 97 turbo's and c4s get an even wider body?.

I was quite taken with the old 996 wide body but am now thinking of "holding off" untill the 97's come down a little in price...IF they have the more attractive body shape (attractive to me that is).

Cheers

 

[Delbox]

The C4 and C4S have a 44mm wider rear than the C2 and C2S; also, the profile of the rear wings differs.

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: Jonny gee

Sorry if these seems like an obvious question....I am lead to believe that all 997's have a wider rear end than the outgoing 96...is this correct. Also do the 97 turbo's and c4s get an even wider body?.


Cheers

997 C2 1808mm wide 996 C2 1770mm .. 997 C4S 1852mm []

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys...Looks can be deceptive...I thought there was more in it than 38mm (19mm)...looks a lot wider in real life....you mentioned the C4...is the 97 c2s the same as the c2?

 

[Guest]

Hold on...just checked the web site and I can see there isn't...thanks anyway

 

[Alan Woods]

I'm sure everyone here already knows this but I guess it is confusing, as in the 993 and 996 series the 'S' meant wider (turbo) bodied but when the 997 came along Porsche decided that S meant larger capacity and the 4WD (S and non-S) meant wide bodied [&:]