Coys Auction - Légende et Passion
Espace Fontvielle
Monaco
Friday 30th April 2010 at 11AM
Registration Number: EU Registered Chassis Number: 9114600596
The 1974 model year saw three significant changes to Porsche’s evergreen 911. Firstly the engine size was increased to 2,687cc giving a welcome increase in torque, secondly impact bumpers were introduced to conform with the low speed protection requirements of American law - these bumpers being so successfully integrated into the design that they remained unchanged for 15 years - and thirdly K-Jetronic CIS Bosch fuel injection was installed on the 911 and 911S models. These two now had a detuned version of the Carrera RS’s engine producing 150bhp and 175bhp respectively and, unlike the top of the range 210 horsepower Carrera which had wider rear wheels and was still fuelled via mechanical fuel injection, they retained the narrow rear wings of the old 2.4 models. The performance of this Carrera 2.7 is marginally less than tha