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Porsche 991: (top to bottom, l to r) Product Manager August Achleitner; Nose Section; Sun Roof Design; Engine Compartment and Rear Bumper. track area between turns 2, 3, 4, and 5 (as shown in Figure 1) and temporarily named it, ���Cayman Island��� instead of its normal name of ���Ducati Island��� with a display of Porsche Cayman cars all around the edge and a large tent in the center with chairs for social gatherings, meetings and presentations. During the three day event, there were a number of interesting presentations including the introduction of the new Porsche 991 Carrera which will be the next rear engine Porsche. 2 , 3 or 4, and the old racing circuit had a gradual bend that connected the current turn 2 with the turn 5 exit). Interestingly, at the 1973 Parade the autocross was held on the track starting on the old track about half way from turn 2 up to the auto bridge and using the main track all the way from there around to the front straight start-finish line where it ended. So it was fun to drive it again 38 years later on what now seems like better paving with my 997 Carrera S instead of my 914-2. The 997 had no problem getting up the hill and was hardly bothered by the corkscrew going down. However, the final turn onto the main straight is just as tight as it always was. For Rennsport Reunion IV, the national PCA organization put together a marvelous display, meeting area, and parking areas by model type for all the members who attended. For this particular event, PCA had full use of the spectator island in the center of the and answered questions. 991 Carrera Two samples of the new 911 Carrera, one red and one yellow, were brought to the PCA Cayman Island Meeting area and attendees were treated to a presentation on the new model by the product manager of the project, August Achleitner, along with one of the engineers. One of the new cars was brought into the meeting tent, and the product manager walked around the car and demonstrated major changes compared to previous models As expected, the very first question was, why is it called 991? Mr. Achleitner laughed and said all his model introductions seemed to start with that question. He indicated that when the project applied for a new model number, that the number 991 had not been active recently and so was assigned to the new car. That was somewhat curious to many of us old-timers who were used to very orderly number progressions in the past among the various sports car models. www.pnwr.org November 2011 37