Up Close with the 2016 Porsche Carrera

Get up close and personal with the 2016 Porsche Carrera 911. This prototype defies the traditionalism of Porsche as we know it and pushes the edge of design and performance. Boasting a power packed engine with 400 horsepower.

Porsche is working on a mid-cycle facelift for its 911, and we have a number of prototypes for the Carrera and Carrera S models caught on video. The prototypes reveal that a number of minor styling changes will be introduced with this facelift, but our intel suggests there may be some powertrain updates too. Looking at previous spy shots, at the rear of the prototypes we can see some new intakes; one at either side of the rear bumper. The existing Carrera and Carrera S don’t feature these, suggesting there may be some serious updates under the hood. The current Carrera has a 3.4-liter flat-six engine with 350 horsepower on tap. The Carrera S, meanwhile, gets a 3.8-liter flat-six engine with 400 horsepower.

— 2016 Porsche Carrera Spy Video