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Heros, Horses and Horsepower photo by Bill Kent Chartered in 1974 Published Quarterly 1201 Total Members http://flc.pca.org Heros, Horses and Horespower Holiday Party Meanwhile at the Porsche Meeting The Porsche 918T The new Porsche 911 Upcoming Events Jan 7 Monthly Meeting (Mon) 7:00 pm Porsche of Orlando Jan 12 Tours at Resaurant Row (Sat) Port Canaveral Feb 4 Monthly Meeting (Mon) 7:00 pm Orlando Brewing Feb 9-10 Drivers Education (Sat-Sun) Roebling Road Feb 16 Chili Cook Off (Sat) Porsche of Orlando Feb 23 AutoCross (Sat) Sheriff Training Facility - Tavarres Mar 4 Monthly Meeting (Mon) 7:00 pm Porsche of Orlando Mar 9 AutoCross (Sat) Sheriff Training Facility - Tavarres The CITRUS THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE CITRUS REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA Volume 45 - Number 4 Winter 2018 SPIEL

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Page 1: The CITRUS SPIEL · 2020. 7. 6. · Insurance for new and beginning drivers at ACE Café on the morning of January 19th and one for Advanced Drivers on January 28th in the evening

Heros, Horses and Horsepowerphoto by Bill Kent

Chartered in 1974Published Quarterly1201 Total Membershttp://flc.pca.org

Heros, Horses and Horespower

Holiday PartyMeanwhile at the Porsche Meeting

The Porsche 918TThe new Porsche 911

Upcoming EventsJan 7 Monthly Meeting(Mon) 7:00 pm Porsche of Orlando

Jan 12 Tours at Resaurant Row(Sat) Port Canaveral

Feb 4 Monthly Meeting(Mon) 7:00 pm Orlando Brewing

Feb 9-10 Drivers Education(Sat-Sun) Roebling Road

Feb 16 Chili Cook Off(Sat) Porsche of Orlando

Feb 23 AutoCross(Sat) Sheriff Training Facility - Tavarres

Mar 4 Monthly Meeting(Mon) 7:00 pm Porsche of Orlando

Mar 9 AutoCross(Sat) Sheriff Training Facility - Tavarres

TheCITRUS

T H E O F F I C I A L N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E C I T R U S R E G I O N P O R S C H E C L U B O F A M E R I C A

Volume 45 - Number 4Winter 2018

SPIEL

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Board of Directors President - Lyn Perez

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Vice-President - Jim LaPiana

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Secretary - David Fekete

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Treasurer - Arden Griffith

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Advertisers Index Brennan Auto Body Page 2Troysport Repair Page 3Ameriprise Financial Page 4David Edwards - Holistic Dentistry Page 5924S944.com Page 9Hagerty Insurance Page 9Millenia Motors Page 15German Excellence Page 15Dent Wizard Page 16Porsche of Orlando Page 17Orlando Brewing Page 17Gus Villeta - Insurance Page 19Zotz Autowerks & Racing Page 21Flat 6 Innovations Page 22Drivers Choice Motors Page 24

A special thank you to all of our advertisers for helping make The Spiel so great. Feel free to contact the Editor or President for more information on advertising.

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In This IssueFeature Articles

8 Heros, Horses and Horsepower12 Holiday Party16 Meanwhile at the Porsche Club Meeting18 The new Porsche 918T20 The new Porsche 911

Upcoming Events

11 Chili Cook-Off13 Drivers Ed

Departments

5 President’s Update7 Calendar / Upcoming Events23 Classified Ads

The Citrus Spiel

Winter 2018

Cover Photo

Heros, Horses and Horsepwer.

EditorTravis Young

Distribution and MailingDavid Fekete

Advertising ManagerJim LaPiana

The Citrus Spiel is the official club newsletter of the Florida Citrus Region of the Porsche Club of America. Members receive 4 issues per year as part of their club dues. Electronic copies are available on the club’s website at http://flc.pca.org.

Statements appearing in the Citrus Spiel are those of the individual authors and do not neces-sarily constitute the opinions of the Porsche Club of America, the Florida Citrus Region, the Board of Directors, or the Citrus Spiel Editor.

Submissions must be received by the 15th of the month. Please contact us with any questions and send your articles to [email protected] and [email protected].

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Directors &Committee ChairsMembership & E-Mail ChairLeslie Sikorski [email protected]

Insurance CoordinatorDavid Fekete [email protected]

Autocross & Driver’s Ed Chair, CDIBert Del Villano (407) 909-0636 [email protected]

Safety ChairKevin Duffy [email protected]

Social ChairIan Collins [email protected]

Newsletter ChairTravis Young [email protected]

WebmasterJim LaPiana [email protected]

Zone RepLisa Lewis [email protected]

Rally ChairBill Davis [email protected]

DE RegistrarMike Colon [email protected]

PCA Anniversaries40 Years Peter Rogers

30 Years Jorge Vazquez J Tilden Daniel Helman Spencer Lane

20 Years Emmett Peter Jeffrey Stokes

15 Years Thomas Huber Pedro Lecusay

10 Years Mark Mitchell Alex Nicholas Gary Singer John Hursh Randy Proudfit Mark Bailey

5 Years Robert Porter Tommy Kirby Michael Teu Andrew Petty

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President’s Updateby Lyn Perez - Club President

It is hard to believe 2018 has come to an end. It has been a busy year for the Florida Citrus Porsche Club. With our membership meetings and din-ners, Porsche Nights at ACE Café, our DE and AX series, Rolex 24 Hours Corral Hospitality, Cars and Coffee Ocoee and Porsche of Orlando, Charity Ral-lys to Boggy Creek Camp and Al-Marah Arabian Horse Farm, Appalachian Adventure to N.C., Date your Porsche nights, Howie Mansion Tour, Chili Cook-off, Drive and Dines, Festival of Speed, Or-lando Christmas Parade and the FLC PCA Holiday Party, it’s hard to believe we fit it all in.

We want to thank everyone who volunteered and helped organize our activities. The PCA is fueled by volunteers and Florida Citrus is grateful for ev-eryone’s willingness to pitch in. We also want to thank David Fekete who has served this past year as Secretary on the board. It is a position with lots of responsibilities. Thank you, David for a job well done. Nancy Burgos will be stepping as secretary for 2019. Thank you, Nancy.

Also, we want to give big thanks to Arden Griffith, who has sacrificially served as our Treasurer for over a decade. Arden took over as treasurer in difficult times for the club and helped establish our financial stability. We owe her a great debt of gratitude. Dan Beyer will be taking Arden’s place as treasure for 2019. Thank you, Dan.

Looking forward to the new year, it will be an-other busy one. Right off the bat in January we have a number of events planned and which are already open for registration. We have a Drive and Dine planned for Restaurant Row at Port Canav-eral on January 12th, then a Driver’s Education Seminar and breakfast sponsored by Hagerty Insurance for new and beginning drivers at ACE Café on the morning of January 19th and one for Advanced Drivers on January 28th in the evening. See clubregistration.net for times and details.

Then we have again our hospitality responsibili-ties for the Rolex 24 Hour race at Daytona on Sat-urday morning January 26th. If you are attending the race please come by the PCA Corral at 7:00 am till noon on Saturday and give us a hand. We need

greeters, parking help, refresh-ment administration, member registration help, et al.

Also in January, you will have the opportunity to register for the 2019 Zonefest at Lakeside Inn at Mt. Dora to be held on Memorial Day Weekend May 24-26 2019. There will be early bird registration with reduced cost until March 1st so register early. This will also be the 45th Anniversary Celebration of the Florida Citrus Porsche Club. Please don’t miss this important event. Save the dates now.

In addition, in January or early February you will be able to register for Porsche Parade to be held at the Boca Resort in Boca Raton July 21-28. After your initial registration you will be able to book your rooms at the Hotel then select the various events you wish to attend at Parade. Keep a look-out for details. This is a 1 in 15-year opportunity to attend the National Porsche Parade in our own backyard.

And lastly, thank you for allowing me to again serve the Florida Citrus Porsche Club as President. Our finances are in good shape, membership con-tinues to grow, and we look forward to another good year ahead. If the Spiel does not get to you before the Holidays, let me belatedly wish you a very merry holiday season with friends and family and a very good and prosperous New Year.

Lyn PerezClub President

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Welcome New Members Total membership as of June 1 was 1201, Primary Membership 785.Sean ZaparaOrlando1974 911

Gerald DavisKissimmee2017 718 Boxster

Mark LevineWinter Park2018 Macan

Eric BiernackiOrlando2014 911 Turbo

Sarah ThompsonClermont2016 Boxster

Thomas CannonLake Mary2015 911 Carrera

Jay ParkerApopka2017 911 Carrera

Andrey SuprunOrlando2000 911 Carrera

Mike DandinashiraAltamonte Springs2015 911 Carrera

Scott LewisSanford2018 Panamera

Lisa StoutOrlando2000 Boxster

James McClainWinter Park1997 911 Carrera

David RudowLake Mary2013 911 Carrera S

Dennis ReeserWinter Park2002 911 Turbo

Barry WilliamsOrlando2001 Boxster

Alex AhlgrimOrlando2006 911 Carrera

Brian DadySt. Cloud2014 Cayman

Wes WilliamsLongwood2006 911 Carrera S

Member contact information is very important if you want to continue receiving the “Panorama”, the “Citrus Spiel” or any e-mails about upcoming region events. This contact information is maintained on the member database at PCA. There are three ways to update this information: Call PCA at (410) 381- 0911, on the web at www.pca.org, or send information to Leslie at [email protected]

Be sure to keep up to date on all of our latest news:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Porsche-Club-of-America-Citrus-Re-gion-Central-Florida/185608963885http://twitter.com/FLCPCAhttp://flc.pca.org

Wallid SalemLongwood2014 911 GT3

Raitis LinnicksOviedo2014 911 Carrera S

Brandon LocklearOrlando2014 911 Carrera

Ricardo SalazarOrlando2002 Boxster S

Allen McCallOrlando1970 914-6

Jerry KroegerWinter Garden2005 Boxster S

Roxann ReeserWinter Park2015 Boxster GTS

Andrew RayWinter Park2014 911 Carrera 4S

Michael MasurWinter Park2018 Macan

Cynthia Marie MartinezCelebration2019 718 Boxster S

Bill MorthlandOrlando2004 Boxster S

Joey RobisonMt Dora1975 914 2.0

Michael SchulzeOrlando2016 Cayman GT4

Daniel NovakWinter Garden2014 Cayman S

Julio DiazKissimmee2000 Boxster S

Richard ProctorLake Mary

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Upcoming CalendarYour guide to Citrus Region Events (find full details on our calendar at flc.pca.org)

January4-6 Roar Before the 24(Fri-Sun) Daytona International Speedway

5 Cars and Coffee(Sat) Porsche of Orlando

7 Monthly Meeting(Mon) Porsche of Orlando

12 Tours at Restaurant Row(Sat) Port Canaveral (See Page 14)

13 Porsche South Orlando (Sun) Private Cars & Coffee (See Page 14)

19 Cars and Coffee(Sat) Ocoee

19 DE Seminar & Breakfast(Sat) Ace Cafe 9:00am (See Page 11)

20 AutoCross(Sun) Tavares (See Page 19)

21 Porsche Night(Mon) Ace Cafe

26-27 Rolex 24(Sat-Sun) Daytona International Speedway

28 Track Data Process(Mon) Ace Cafe 7:00-9:00 (See Page 14)

31-3 48 Hour of Sebring(Thur-Sun) Sebring International Raceway

February3 Porsche Night(Sun) Dellagio Town Center

4 Monthly Meeting(Mon) Porsche of Orlando

8 Instructor School(Fri) Roebling Road

9-10 Drivers Ed(Sat-Sun) Roebling Road (See Page 13)

16 Chili Cook Off (Sat) Porsche of Orlando (See Page 11)

23 AutoCross(Sat) Tavares (See Page 19)

March2 Cars and Coffee(Sat) Porsche of Orlando

4 Monthly Meeting(Mon) Porsche of Orlando

9 AutoCross(Sat) Tavares (See Page 19)

Future Events:

April 21 AutoCrossMay 24-26 ZoneFest and 45th AnniversaryJuly 21-28 Porsche Parade - Boca RatonOct 11-13 Driver’s Education Roebling Road RacewayOct 25-27 OktoberFast 2019 Daytona International Speedway

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Hero’s, Horses and Horsepower

by Lyn Perezphotos by Bill Kent

In celebration of Veterans Day, the Florida Citrus Porsche Club scheduled a Charity Rally on Sun-day November 11, 2018 that terminated at the Al-Marah Arabian horse stables in Lake County for a horse-riding demonstration by Horses and Hero’s an organization that assists veterans with PTSD and with coping with re-entry into civilian life.

Gathering for the check in and drivers meeting at Millenia Motors at 9:00 am in Longwood Florida, more than 50 cars departed at 10:00 am to enjoy a two-hour drive and challenge rally designed by Bill and Prudy Davis through the beautiful back roads of Central Florida arriving at the Al-Marah stables in Clermont Floridafor a catered barbecue lunch by Mission Barbeque of Oviedo and a horse drill demonstration by Horses and Hero’s. The Porsche club came face to face with the beau-tiful, friendly and outgoing horses, some who performed for years at Arabian Nights Dinner At-traction in Kissimmee Florida. It is even said that the horse on the Porsche logo is likely an Arabian

Veteran’s Day Charity Rally

since Arabians are known to have been bred in Stuttgart. Another piece of evidence is the tail set. The Arabian horse has one vertebra less than oth-er horses and causes the tail to be carried high.

This Charity Rally benefitted three Veterans groups; Horses and Hero’s, Honor Flights and it provided a scholarship for veterans for the Asso-ciate in Arts Equine Management program at Al-Marah stables.

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Visit our website for articles, how-to and vendor referrals.

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Drivers Ed Seminarand Breakfast at Ace Cafe

Florida Citrus Porsche Club will hold a Drivers Education Seminar for new and beginning drivers at ACE Cafe on Saturday January 19th at 9:00 AM. The continental breakfast is sponsored by Hagerty Insurance.

Because of the breakfast and room accommodation, registration is limited and enrollment is on a first come first served basis. Please only register if you intend to attend and cancel if your plans change.

If you have ever thought about driving your Porsche or other sports car on a race track but have not known how to go about doing that or have questions about what a Drivers education event might look like and what to expect, this Seminar is for you.

We will discuss how to prepare yourself and your car for a weekend track event and what you can expect from the time you arrive Friday evening at the track until the time you depart Sunday afternoon with a big smile on your face.

ClubEvent

ClubEvent

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Holiday Party

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Citrus Region PCA Drivers Ed

Feb 9th and 10th 2019Florida Cirtus Region PCA is hosting its Annual February Drivers Ed

@ Roebling Road Savannah, GA

High Performance Driving School• 2.02 Mile technical road course with ample runoff room for added safety• 5 Run groups ranging from 1st time beginners to advanced solo driver• Classroom training for beginning drivers• Instructors provided• 4x 20 Minute sessions

per day• Non-driving students welcome• Friday night social• More information on

ClubRegistration.net

For more information contact Bert DelVillano [email protected] or sign up at

http://www.clubregistration.net

This event is open to all sports type cars with limited safety exceptions (convertible cars

must have roll over protection, and drivers must wear proper

helmets)

Drivers must be 18 to enter and have a valid drivers license

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Tours at Restaurant Row Start the New Year off right! Come join us for another great Drive and Dine to the Port Canav-eral Waterfront Restaurant Row. Register at www.clubregistration.net

There are 5 restaurants from which to choose; Fishlips Grill, Seafood Atlantic, Grills Seafood Deck, Smoke House Foods or Rusty’s Seafood and Oyster Bar.

On Saturday January 12th we will meet at Porsche Orlando at 9:30 am. We will leave there at 10:30 sharp for our drive over to Port Canaveral. There is ample municipal parking across from all the restaurants. Come join us for some fun – It will be a great day for a drive!!

ClubEvent

Track Data You Can Process We will host a Tech Seminar on January 28, 2019 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Ace Café, 100 W. Livingston St. Orlando (407-996-6686).

The seminar is primarily for experienced DE drivers hoping to improve their performance using real-time and post-session data analysis. However, any level driver will benefit from the information and may attend. Registra-tion is at www.clubregistration.net

The seminar will be presented by Andrew Rains, co-developer of the Apex Pro. Andrew is a highly ex-perienced driver and coach. He is a coach at the Porsche Track Experience with more than 5 years as a professional coach. In addition, Andrew has raced a wide variety of cars from current Porsche models to a 944, as well as a 1974 Alfa Romeo, Hondas, VWs, and BMWs. He will be going through the ins and outs of the device from basic operation to data analytics. He’ll also be answering any questions you may have.

ClubEvent

Porsche South OrlandoExclusive Cars and Coffee

Florida Citrus Porsche Club is invited to an exclusive Cars and Coffee and private tours of the new facilities of Porsche South Orlando Sunday, January 13, 2019, 10:00 am.

Brian Cheney, a member of Florida Citrus, will host FLC members providing coffee and refreshments. After a short presentation, tours will be given of the new facilities by members of the staff.

Normally closed Sunday mornings, Porsche South Orlando is opening early to host the club for this private view-ing of the new dealership. This is not open to the public.

ClubEvent

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Meanwhile, at the Porsche Club Meeting…

by Kevin DuffyThe Florida Citrus Region Porsche Club of America (FCR), based in the Orlando area, holds its monthly meetings on the first Monday of the month. Normal-ly meetings take place at the Porsche Dealership in Maitland, but for November, the meeting was moved to Orlando Brewing in downtown Orlando. It’s not a large venue, with the meeting and most socializing taking place outside in the parking lot – with the Porsches.

The FCR has over a thousand members who could attend, bringing something north of six hundred Porsches to any event. Monthly meetings usually bring fifty or more together, and this night was no ex-ception. With parking at a premium at Orlando Brew-ing, members were tasked to carefully line up the cars to make room for as many as possible.

Then Sparky arrived.

While we have many members with cars like ours, they don’t tend to make membership meetings. In-stead, those with 911’s, Caymans and Boxsters domi-nate. So after parking Sparky, I found this photo to be quite interesting…

Rick Rehder 407-342-4208Master Technician

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Meanwhile, at the Porsche Club Meeting…

Porsche of OrlandoDealer Liaison - Emilio Cortes

(407) 262-0800

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The new Porsche 718 T

Stuttgart. With the 718 T, Porsche has transferred the puristic design of the 1968 911 T to its range of two-seater sports cars. The new model in the Boxster and Cayman ranges combines the 300 HP turbo four-cylinder flat engine with a particularly emotional Porsche driving experience. The high-performance character of the T models is emphasised by an extensive equipment package, which includes 20-inch alloy wheels, the PASM sports chassis lowered by 20 millimetres – which is being offered in combination with the 2.0-litre turbo-charged engine for the first time in this range – the shortened gearshift, on which the gears are emblazoned in red, and the Sport Chrono package. These features can only be enjoyed in combination with the basic engine in the 718 T. Porsche is offering both the Boxster and Cayman variants with six-speed gearbox and Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), including mechanical rear axle differential locking. Porsche dual-clutch transmission (PDK) is also available as an option.

Traditionally, “T” stands for “Touring” in Porsche models, and is synonymous with driving pleasure in its purest form. The 718 T will be most at home on winding country roads, offering the joy of dynam-ic driving as its ultimate goal. The two-seater accommodates this philosophy through a pared down range of features. These include black door pulls in the door panels and sports seats with electric two-way adjustment, black Sport-Tex centre sections and the “718” logo embroidered on the headrests.

One special feature of this model is its dynamic gearbox mount – the PADM sys-tem, which minimises vibrations in the engine/gearbox area and reduces move-ments that could affect driving dynamics as a result of the total mass of the drivetrain. This combines the advantages of hard and soft gearbox mounts: driving behaviour becomes noticeably more precise and stable during changes in load and on fast curves. Driving comfort is unaffected on uneven roads.

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ClubEvent Upcoming Autocrosses

Sponsored by German ExcellenceSunday Jan 20 at Tavares Sheriff’s Facility

Saturday Feb 23 at Tavares Sheriff’s FacilitySaturday 3/9 at Tavares Sheriff’s FacilitySunday 4/21 at Tavares Sheriff’s Facility

Sunday 5/26 (ZoneFest)

Please come to one of the German Excellence autocross events listed above. Registration will be open at www.clubregistration.net, and is still only $35, payable at the site, including lunch. A $5 discount (making the total $30) is offered for those that pre-register.

The event will be held at Tavares Sheriff’s Training Facility. We will run an exciting course on the big lot. Gates open at 7:00, on site registration closes at 8:30. Please preregister.

If you are an experienced autocrosser, you know the FLC series offers friendly competition and great camaraderie. If you have not done an autocross, please join us. We offer a fun, safe environment in which you can drive your Porsche the way the engineers designed it. We welcome novices, women, and young drivers (over 16 with a valid license). Instructors and loaner helmets are available.

Bert Del Villano - FLC Autocross Chair (407) 909-0636 - [email protected]

The new Porsche 718 T

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The new Porsche 911

Stuttgart, Germany. Porsche presented the 8th gener-ation of the 911 in Petree Hall at the Los Angeles Auto Show. “The 8th generation of the 911 is even more powerful, even more emotional, and even more effi-cient than its predecessor – and also offers extensive digital features. And in spite of all the innovations, the 911 is still just what it has always been: a pure sports car and the pulsing heart of Porsche: our icon.”

Unmistakably committed to the Porsche design DNA, with a much more muscular look and an interior featuring a 10.9-inch touchscreen monitor, the new 911 is timeless – and also modern. Intelligent control and chassis elements as well as innovative assistance systems combine the masterfully uncompromising dynamism that the classic rear-engine sportscar is famed for, with the demands of the digital world.

The next generation of flat-six turbocharged engines has been further developed and is more powerful than ever before, with 450hp in the S models. The drive efficiency has been increased by way of an im-proved injection process and a new layout for the tur-bochargers and charge air cooling system. The power is delivered by a newly developed eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.

The exterior design is familiar and yet unmistakably new. Wider wings arch over the large 20-inch wheels at the front and 21-inch wheels at the rear. The rear-wheel-drive models now match the bodywork width of the existing all-wheel models. Their rear body is 44 mm wider. The front end of all models – now 45 mm wider – revives a traditional feature of earlier 911 generations: a forward-extended bonnet with a dis-tinctive recess in front of the windscreen. Both ele-ments lengthen the front of the vehicle and give it a dynamic look. Flush integration of the electrical pop-out handles in the doors emphasises the tapered and smooth side contour.

The rear of all models is dominated by the significant-ly wider, variable-position spoiler and the seamless, elegant light bar. The vertically arranged louvres of the air intake echo the contours of the rear window. The centrally located third brake light has also been integrated in the intake louvres. Since this is hidden when the rear spoiler is extended, there is a second brake light in the spoiler itself. As a distinguishing fea-ture, the rear-wheel-drive models have black louvres, while the all-wheel-drive models have chrome ele-ments in the rear grille.

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