Porsche 911 Carrera 4: Follow up Test

After so many reviews of 911 Turbo, there finally seems to be some tests of the 911 Range. The article below features the Carrera 4, which has a 3.6 litre engine producing 325bhp.
A nice read as it also introduces the 911 range, as well as a great gallery!

The way the 911 range unfolds with each generation has become as predictable as Mission: Impossible III. First comes the "base" Carrera and Carrera S; then the AWD Carrera 4; Cabriolet versions of those; followed by the hard-core GT3; then the Turbo; maybe a Targa; and finally the loony GT2. It's all completed just in time to start the cycle all over again with the next-generation 911.

Not that we're complaining. Every new iteration of the 911, including this Guards Red 2006 911 Carrera 4 Coupe, is like your favorite shirt fresh from the dryer — familiar, comfortable and a joy to wear.

What you get
The Carrera 4 (C4) and Carrera 4S (C4S) pick up where the already excellent rear-drive "997" Carrera models leave off. Simply put, the C4 and C4S are all-wheel-drive versions of the Carrera and Carrera S, respectively. As in the previous C4, a viscous center differential varies the torque split to the front wheels from 5-40 percent.

Besides the all-wheel-drive hardware, the C4 and C4S have 44mm-wider bodies (it's all in the rear fender flares) covering wider 18-inch rear rubber, and 3 quarts more fuel capacity than their rear-wheel-drive brethren.

The same 325-horsepower, 3.6-liter flat six from the Carrera sits in the C4's tail and S models share the 355-hp, 3.8-liter mill...