34 — Frday. March 26. 1999 — North Shore News

THE ali-new Porsche Carrera 4 is, eccording to automotive cofumnist Greg Wilson,

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vertible (as above), the 911 Carrera 4 ranges in price from $103,200 to $121,830.

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off, a couch of the brake
pedal activates it, causing
the car to regain control,

OF course, the Porsche
OLE Carrera 4 cannot dety
the laws ef physics, and
there is a point when even
PSM cannot restore stability
(say for example, when you
leave the ground).

The Carrera 4’s all-
wheel-drive system has a vis-
cous clutch between the
front and rear axles which
has been moved from the
gearbox to the front differ-
ential housing for better
weight distribution.

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