The New Porsche 911 Turbo S Is the Fastest, Most Powerful Edition Yet
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How do you improve on a Porsche 911? Create a new 911 Turbo S, of course. On Tuesday, the German automaker did just that, unveiling a new 2021 model the brand says will be the fastest and most powerful version yet.
As the flagship 911, the 992-generation Turbo S, which will be available as a coupé and cabriolet, has some lofty standards to live up to. But judging by the specs Porsche revealed during the car’s announcement, it should have little trouble meeting them.
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The feature most likely to catch people’s attention? The car’s 640 hp, which come courtesy of its 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-six engine. Based on the 911 Carrera’s engine, it has bigger variable turbine geometry turbochargers and a reworked air intake system, which allow it to produce all those horses plus an equally impressive 590 lb-ft of torque. Just as a comparison, that’s an increase of 60 horses and 37 lb-ft of torque over the output of the outgoing Turbo S.
But the Turbo S isn’t just powerful; it’s also really fast. Thanks to an all-wheel-drive system, Porsche promises that the coupé will be able to go from 0-to-60 mph in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 2.6 seconds, while the cabriolet version completes the task in just a tenth of a second longer. It can cover a quarter mile in just 10.5 seconds and hit a top speed of 205 mph. So yeah, fast.
While the 2021 model doesn’t look remarkably different from the car it’s replacing, Porsche has given the exterior a little more real estate to work with. This edition has slightly wider body (1.8-inches in the front, 0.78 in the back), large intakes on the body panels to better channel air and a larger rear wing that will help produce 15-percent more downforce. A lower Active Suspension Management sport suspension and louder sport exhaust are also available as options.
Of course, this kind of speed and power come at a cost. When the new Turbo S arrives on these shores later this year, the coupé version will sport a starting price of $204,850, while the cabriolet version will go for $217,650.
Check out more images of the new Turbo S below:
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