Porsche 911 Turbo S

It’s a numbers game with the new Porsche 911 Turbo S. For an extra £17,309 (or £17,324 in you opt for the convertible) you get an extra 30bhp, 37lb ft and lots of standard items that would otherwise be extra on the ‘regular’ 493bhp Turbo.

S stands for Sport and Porsche’s marketing team would have you believe this new S model is the most sporting 911 Turbo variant yet, with everything from ceramic brakes, a torque vectoring system and active engine mounts as standard, though you can’t have a manual gearbox. All in – and until the new GT2 arrives later this year – it’s the most expensive 911 you can buy: £123,263 for the coupe (tested here) and £130,791 for the cabriolet.

And despite the hefty price, as 90% of Turbos are sold with the PDK ‘box, Porsche expects 70-80% of customers to cough up the extra for the S. Read on for CAR’s review of the new Porsche 911 Turbo S.

What puts the S in the Porsche 911 Turbo S?

The direct-injection, twin-turbo 3.8-litre flat six is essentially unchanged, but the gains come courtesy of revised intake valve timing, a new carbon airbox and a boost in turbo pressure to 1.2bar. Power goes up from 493bhp at 6000rpm to 523bhp at 6250-6750rpm, the same headline figure as the Mk1 997 GT2. The torque peak is the same as a regular Turbo equipped with the optional Sport Chrono overboost function, but the S has the full 516lb ft whenever you like it, rather than needing a Sport button to be pressed to access the extra oomph. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions remain unchanged

Porsche’s PDK gearbox is standard, as is the Sport Chrono Pack, which includes a launch control function. And with the extra grunt from the engine, all three elements combine to send the Turbo S to 62mph in 3.3 seconds (3.6 for a regular Turbo, 3.4 for one with the Sport Chrono Pack). More impressive is the 0-124mph time, which drops from 11.6 to 10.8 seconds.

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