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When lined up against a Corvette, the 911’s major drawbacks have always been power and price. With direct injection and a 7600-rpm redline, the Carrera S’s 3.8-liter flat-six produces 400 horsepower, a substantial 60 shy of the Corvette. And oh, that price! Atop a base of $99,850, the example tested here carries $48,395 in extras—including six items that cost more than $3000 apiece, plus an additional six that are more than $1000 each. This car’s options bill alone is nearly enough to buy you a base Corvette.
Which would cost just $51,995. But this one is armored to pick fights with Porsches. It has the $2800 Z51 handling package (upgraded brakes, shocks, springs, anti-roll bars, wheels, and tires; plus dry-sump oiling and an electronic limited-slip differential with coolers for both it and the transaxle); the $1195 performance exhaust (an extra five horsepower and five pound-feet with angrier vocals); and the top-shelf 3LT interior package for $8005, in which pretty much everything is power adjustable, heated, and leather wrapped. There are a few other extras, too. Even at an as-tested $68,375, the Corvette retains its value proposition. But our prior exposure to the C7 suggests this may finally be a Corvette that doesn’t rely on price alone to conquer the 911.
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