Porsche Redesigns Brand-Defining 911 Carrera

Porsche has been the symbol of cool luxury for most of the brand's 48 years, particularly in the ‘80s. So it’s made plenty of appearances on TV and in the movies: Scarface, Cannonball Run, Beverly Hills Cop, and Pretty Woman as well as Miami Vice and The A-Team (“Pity da fool that don’t have a Porsche!”). If you’re lucky (and have so much cash that you don’t know what to do with it), you may even have one in your garage.

The brand icon 911 Carrera has undergone a redesign and will be seen by consumers for the first time ever at the Frankfurt Motor Show in mid-September, according to GizMag.com.

“It's lighter, more economical, more powerful, cleaner and orders are being taken from September 1, with deliveries beginning December 3,” the site reports. The car is only 100 mm longer than the current model, but GizMag claims that it “visually seems flatter and longer.”

The car will also feature a new “Dynamic Chassis Control” that should help handling, the site reports

Whatever the company is doing internally to the vehicle, Porsche 911 still evokes cool.