BLOWER BLOWOUT! Turbo models turn up the pressure.(News)(Brief Article)

Byline: BOB GRITZINGER With Carrera 4/4S versions of the Porsche 997 arriving this November (page 16), can the next-generation 911 Turbo be far behind? Our spies say Porsche engineers are hard at work testing the coming 2006 Turbo, which should arrive in North America sometime next year. We hear the next Turbo will pack a 490-hp punch from a blown version of the 3.8-liter flat-six in the Carrera S.

All-wheel drive will once again be standard. A Porsche version of a sequential manual gearbox will be offered by 2007. Meanwhile, with the 2006 Pontiac Solstice roadster due this ...

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