However, this is a slightly wider and more focused Turbo than ever, with near truck-sized rear tyres and clever active aerodynamics at work across the car.The front inlets, for instance, located at either side of the front splitter, can open and close depending on the driving situation, with the system shutting them off during heavy rain to help keep the brakes dry. Elsewhere, we’ve got a revised suspension system and nose-lift technology which can activate in mere seconds, ensuring you’re never caught out by an approaching speed bump. Despite all of these new features and the inclusion of a hybrid system, the Turbo S only suffers an 85kg weight penalty over the car it replaces.
What’s under the bonnet?
Of course, being a 911 means that this Turbo’s engine isn’t under the bonnet at all, but slung out at the back of the car.A 3.6-litre twin-turbocharged flat-six, it’s a Top Trumps winner if ever there was one; you’ve now got 710bhp – over 50bhp more than before – as well as 900Nm of torque.A clever hybrid system, first used on the recent GTS model, is now at play to help stoke performance figures further, with a trio of e-motors – one on each turbocharger and a third housed within the gearbox – there to boost power and reduce lag. Zero to 60mph? That’s going to be around 2.5 seconds. Zero to 124mph? Just 8.4 seconds, around that same time that it’ll take your average sporty hatchback to reach the national speed limit on a dual carriageway.They’re astounding figures, backed by a traction-boosting four-wheel-drive system which helps deliver all of that performance to the road.
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