Pack Of Porsche 911 Safaris End Epic 6,800-Mile South American Journey

The Porsche 911 is an outstanding sports activities automobile, however you may unlock different potentialities. A couple of upgrades can flip the low-slung icon into an off-road celebrity. Porsche and aftermarket tuners have been modifying the 911 this manner for years. A number of examples from Kalmar Automotive demonstrated their functionality by finishing an arduous 6,835-mile (11,000-kilometer) journey throughout the South American continent. 

The 39-day journey began in Lima, Peru, and completed in Ushuaia, Argentina, the continent’s southern level. All through the journey, the vehicles and their crews, joined by a few Cayenne crossovers, skilled a few of South America’s most unbelievable pure wonders and harshest off-road environments.

The journey took them to Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Atacama Desert, and the Uyuni Salt Flats – the world’s largest. Additionally they drove components of the Pan-American freeway on their journey south. The journey was a part of Kalmar Past Journey’s Trans-Andes rally, which organized the privateer groups. It is a sister firm to Kalmar Automotive, which prepped the 964- and 993-series 911s. It additionally builds them for patrons.

Kalmar Automotive provides a number of totally different bespoke Porsche fashions, together with conversions for the Cayenne. The Kalmar RS and RS-R are the corporate’s rally-inspired vehicles, with the RS-R being the warmer of the 2. An RS-R construct begins with a 3.9-liter air-cooled flat-six engine making 345 horsepower (253 kilowatts), however tuning can improve that. The RS-R can also be out there with a bigger 4.1-liter engine that produces over 400 hp (294 KW) and 400 pound-feet (400 Newton-meters) of torque. KA provides the automobile in a rear- or all-wheel-drive configuration, and it is primarily based on the Kalmar 7-97, a non-off-road providing. 

The 2 off-road Porsche 911s obtain a number of different upgrades past the powertrain. These embrace underbody safety, roll cages, improved suspension with lifted shock absorbers, distinctive wheels, and extra. The Cayenne upgrades are available in two flavors – the Kalmar CS and CS-R. KA additionally provides a excessive degree of individualization with every mannequin, permitting the consumer to craft their good Porsche 911.