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Test drive and walk around of a 2006 Porsche 911 (997) Carrera 4 Cabriolet with Chris from Chicago Cars Direct. Porsche’s 911 is constantly undergoing a bacterium-like evolution that yields many different variations and growth. Now, comparing a 911 to bacteria might seem a tad uncouth, but we have put them up against Corvettes, so it’s not entirely unprecedented. That’s a joke — lighten up. In any case, life would be pretty unbearable without friendly bacteria, Corvettes, and 911s. For 2005, rear-wheel-drive 911s received a freshening that left few aspects of the vehicle unmodified. The chassis, the powertrain, and the interior and exterior styling were all given a once-over. All-wheel-drive variants had to wait a year for the alterations, but they’ve now arrived, and the extra traction requires almost no sacrifice in performance. The Carrera 4S we spent a couple of weeks with, wished we owned, wrote Santa about, and tested came equipped with the sweet-sounding 355-hp, 3.8-liter flat-six introduced in the 2005 Carrera S. A trip to the track revealed the 4S couldn’t quite match the acceleration times of the two-wheel-drive model tested in November 2004 — 4.1 seconds to 60 mph versus 4.3 seconds for the 4S — but it did match the performance of the 911 Carrera S pitted against an Aston Martin V-8 Vantage (“Working Exotics,” March 2006). The slightly slower times, compared with the faster Carrera S, could be due to the all-wheel-drive model’s extra friction and 138 pounds, or …

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