A NEW 991.2 C2S V C4S DIRECTION?

Serendipity, they call this. It is the hottest day of the year in Britain, the 911’s on-board thermometer showing a scorching 34.5°C, and your favourite automotive magazine team are out on road test with a delectable double of 991.2 Carrera Cabriolets. Basking in the sun’s intense glare, both 911s are topless, their four-panel roofs stowed neatly under the curvatures of their respective posterior. I can’t help but feel lucky to call this ‘work’. As the favourable bright sunshine beats down on team Total 911, our 991.2 Carreras are delivering the full accoutrement of the traditional Cabriolet experience, namely a positively visceral auditory of the hard-working internal combustion engines behind us.

In 991.2 guise this means that, as an overtone to the snarling and popping of exhausts as each car rides in Sport mode, there’s a high-pitched whooshing from the turbochargers as we traverse a narrow corniche along the breathtaking Elan Valley’s southern front. Situated in the very centre of Wales, the road dissecting the Elan Valley has long been a Total 911 favourite for its brisk changes in elevation, pace