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The recently released Porsche 911 Carrera GTS falls between the Porsche Carrera S and the GT3. The new Carrera, which has just become available this year, comes as a coupe or cabriolet, priced at £78,371 ($103,100) and £85,249 ($112,900) respectively. The 408-horsepower Porsche 911 Carrera GTS with PDK is rated with a 10.2 litres per 100 kilometres, or 19 miles per gallon city and 27 miles per gallon highway fuel consumption and a 240g/km CO² emissions level.

The bodywork is similar to that of the Carrera 4, though it is 44 millimetres wider and has a wider rear track and wheels. The GTS has rear-wheel drive, and the wheels themselves are 19-inch centre-mounted, black RS Spyder wheels. The car was also designed with both performance and efficiency in mind – it consumes about the same amount of fuel as the 911 Carrera S. As for the physical appearance of the car, there is the SportDesign front apron with black spoiler edge and black sideskirts. The standard interior colour is black Alcantara, which is also on the new SportDesign, three-spoke steering wheel. The two tailpipes, which are dual tipped, are also painted black.

The engine is a 3.9-litre flat-six engine. While the Carrera S power unit only had one tuning flap, the Carrera GTS tuning flaps, which are controlled by vacuums, switch between power and torque-optimised geometry, which provides increased torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels. The manual six-speed transmission is standard, but the seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) double-clutch gearbox is also an additional option. Porsche claims the zero to 100 kilometres per hour acceleration time of the Carrera GTS coupe in Sport Plus mode with the seven-speed PDK transmission and the Sport Chrono Package Plus is 4.2 seconds, which is 0.1 seconds faster than the Carrera S. The car’s speed tops off at 306 kilometres per hour, although drivers might only be able to reach it on track days or driving days on the Autobahn.