The 911 Turbo doesn’t get nowhere near a Ferrari or a Lamborghini in the attention-grabbing department, but it is more than capable of battling them in performance and handling – plus, it can do things they simply can’t.
Porsche has long championed the “everyday supercar” character of the 911, and today this stands true more than ever.
Let’s talk numbers, shall we? The Turbo S has 580 PS, 40 more than the normal Turbo. It does zero to sixty in an astounding 2.8 seconds and maxes out at 205 mph (330 km/h). It comes solely with a dual-clutch PDK transmission, which even living racing legend Hurley Haywood says does a perfect job with the knob left in D, and all-wheel drive.
So far, so good, so what – the rest of the bunch, and others like McLaren and Audi, can do that. What they can’t do is seat two adults and two kids, too, and be driven with ease day in, day out going to the grocery store, for example, just like, a Honda Civic. Well, almost.
That’s what sets the 911 Turbo S apart from every other supercar. McLaren is positioning the 570 GT as a rival, but the lack of rear seats, cramped as they might be in the 911, can be a bummer in certain occasions.
While everyone is raving about the pure-bred R and the hardcore GT3s, the Turbo S is the 911 to drive not on special occasions or weekends, but any time you feel like it. Ditch the flashy tangerine of this particular car for a more mundane color and you have the ultimate sleeper. Which, for not a few people, is ideal; not everyone likes to show off, no?