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The car will debut at the Paris Motor Show next month and hit Australian showrooms in January at $270,100 for the six-speed manual coupe and an extra $6800 for the seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) transmission. The Cabriolet will cost $288,700 in manual.
Porsche Cars Australia spokesman Paul Ellis describes the GTS as a "stepping stone". "It's a half way point between the Carrera S and GT3," he says.
"It's the top Carrera model. The sportiest. There is a clear separation between the road-focussed Carreras and the more track-focussed GT2, GT2 RS, GT3 and GT3 RS. That's not to say that customers won't take the GTS to the track. There are existing 911 customers that take their cars out on track days because they like to exploit the dynamics."
"This will appeal to those who want the ultimate Carrera. It will look sportier, go faster and drive harder than today's Carrera S."
The Carrera GTS 3.8-litre flat six-cylinder engine has 300kW of power compared with the 261kW of the Carrera S and 320kW of the GT3. The extra power comes from having six vacuum-controlled tuning flaps in the intake manifold compared with one in the Carrera S.
Maximum torque remains at 420Nm, but is available at 4200rpm, which is 200 revs earlier. Top speed is up 4km/h to 306km/h while the Coupe with PDK and Sport Chrono Package Plus accelerates to 100km/h in 4.2 seconds which is 0.1 seconds faster.
Porsche claims the manual and PDK versions have identical fuel economy figures to the Carrera S of 10.2L/100km. The rear-wheel-drive Carrera GTS has the 44mm wider body and track of the Carrera 4 AWD model and sits on 19-inch centre-lock RS Spyder black wheels and 305/30 R 19 tyres at the rear.
Black body highlights include a SportDesign spoiler, side skirts and between the twin tailpipes. Inside, there is black Alcantara trim on the seats, three-spoke SportDesign steering wheel, gear shift and handbrake.
Ellis says the GTS will be joined by a surprise exhibit at the Paris Motor Show. "I can't talk about that, but there will be a bit of both model and engine variant," he says.
Porsche has this year updated the 911 models, Cayenne, Boxster and Cayman. "That's about it from us for now," Ellis says.
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