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> What makes a Carrera a Carrera, Motor/Brakes/body style??
Kerrys914
post Mar 31 2006, 03:16 PM
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post Mar 31 2006, 03:51 PM
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my answer, it's a name ....notice there are a few different Carrera's thru the years....it might signify that that particular model is a little better than the other models (of the same type)
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post Mar 31 2006, 04:22 PM
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at first, i believe it was a name to signify a high performance model (356 carrera, carrera 2.7, 924 Carrera GT) then it just became synonomous with the 911..
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post Mar 31 2006, 05:06 PM
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The name derives from the Carrera Panamerica, a road race across the Baja Peninsula on mostly paved roads that's had an on-again/off-again history. In the 1950s, several European sports car manufacturers competed fairly seriously in it, using big-name drivers like Phil Hill. Porsche competed, and thus the Carrera name was born.

The 356 and early 911 based Carrera models (like the '73 Carrera RS, which was a 2.7 when the regular model was a 2.4) were high-performance models.

From 1984-on, the Carrera name basically signified nothing. ALL 911s were Carreras during the 3.2 era ('84-'89), then the 964s were Carrera 2 or Carrera 4 depending on 2wd v. 4wd, etc. One can argue this was Porsche's first shot at dropping the numbering scheme and going to names: Carrera, Cayman, Cayenne, etc.
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post Mar 31 2006, 05:10 PM
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Sounds kinda like the way Chevy badged the Camaro IROC.
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post Mar 31 2006, 05:56 PM
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I watched a doc on the history channel about the Panamerica, from the beginning to the end. What a wild race it was especially in the early
days. The drivers had no protection, the roads were poor and the tires were dismal. A well known driver ( I don't remember the name) was killed duering the race, bringing on the beginning of the end. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
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post Mar 31 2006, 07:14 PM
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real carerra's have 4 cams (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:09 PM
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I asked because I have seen a 914 with the Carrera side script and it looked very nice and seemed to work with the style. Plus I figured you guys would know.

I wasn't sure if I dropped a 3.+L engine and had the brakes off a "carrera" would I have 914 with carrera like features? I don't think it's right to JUST slap a badging decal on the side of another car, if it doesn't have any of the traits of that car...Make sense??
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If it was just a name and there was no real difference between a Carrera 911 and a non badged 911 then cool..it's just a name and if I loke the look I could use it.

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post Mar 31 2006, 08:11 PM
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carerra means race in a few languages.... i think
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:22 PM
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La Carrera ain't over yet. Here's the modern version. It's on my TODO list.
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:35 PM
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914's should not be baged with the carrera script because they are Carerror's. Made by Volkeswagon in the early 70's it was an auotmotive-mistake. Therfore a VW Carerror.
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:37 PM
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:38 PM
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:42 PM
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post Mar 31 2006, 08:44 PM
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post Mar 31 2006, 09:03 PM
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QUOTE (Joe Sharp @ Mar 31 2006, 10:35 PM)
914's should not be baged with the carrera script because they are Carerror's. Made by Volkeswagon in the early 70's it was an auotmotive-mistake. Therfore a VW Carerror.
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Dude that took me WAY too long to figure out.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/clap56.gif) Nice work.

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post Mar 31 2006, 09:14 PM
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Then there is the Super Carrera...


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post Mar 31 2006, 10:05 PM
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The last car to be called a Carrera before every 911 became one in '84
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A 924- circa 1981

It's also my favorite waterpumper. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 31 2006, 10:16 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 31 2006, 05:14 PM)
real carerra's have 4 cams (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

It says so on my T-shirt, it must be true! The Cap'n
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post Mar 31 2006, 10:21 PM
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Is Aaron starting to get snobby on us? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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