Paris 2010: Porsche 911 Speedster is the Hunchback of Paris

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Paris Motor Show, Porsche, Luxury

You can tell pretty much everything you need to know about the Porsche 911 Speedster just by looking at it. It’s a 911, which means it’s got a flat-six engine in the ass-end and it’s got… ahem, classical styling, for better or for worse. We’ll just go ahead on record right now and say that it’s not nearly as pretty as the original 356 Speedster it’s meant to evoke, but what is?

Moving on, there are 408 horsepower from the 3.8-liter engine driving the rear wheels through a seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK, of course, we just like typing the full name) dual-clutch transmission. The run to 60 is dispatched in 4.6 seconds and the top speed is just shy of 190. See the latest Speedster in all its glory in our high-res image gallery of live photos below.

Live photos copyright (C)2010 Drew Phillips / AOL

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