Is there anything the new Porsche 911 Turbo S can't do? Well, apart from taking the kids to school; or towing a boat; or going cross-country. Alright, there are lots of things it can't do, but who really cares when you think about the things it CAN do?
Ever since it came out earlier this year, there have been tons of videos showing just how insanely quick it is. Thanks to its all-wheel-drive system and dual-clutch transmission, none of the power produced by the 3.8-liter twin-turbo straight-six engine goes to waste, and there's plenty of it.
We suspect everyone knows the specs of the 911 Turbo S by heart now. We've gone over them so many times that we might say "650 horsepower" when asked what our birthday is and "590 lb-ft (800 Nm) when asked where we live. We're not complaining, though: these are perfectly fine figures to be repeating over and over again.
However, the cold hard numbers don't do justice to the 911 Turbo S. Not that the Porsche isn't cold and hard as well, but simply reading about what this car can do is nowhere near as impressive as seeing it do it. Usually, the Turbo S deploys its might on either a drag strip or at least the empty runway of an airfield. This time, though, it happens in a much more different - and less safe - environment.
We've seen the guy from AutoTopNL take plenty of cars out on an unrestricted section of the Autobahn and hit their top speed limit - or at least a nice, rounded (if you're using the metric system) figure such as 155 mph (250 km/h) or, where possible, 186 mph (300 km/h).
Well, the 911 Turbo S can sure go for the latter. In fact, given the conditions, it was more a case of whether the driver was feeling up to it as the visibility was poor due to the rain, and there was a constant - and very real - risk of aquaplaning should another car jump in front of the Porsche and force the driver to slam on the brakes.
Fortunately, that didn't happen, and we got to see the Turbo S - which also happens to be a Cabriolet - reach the target speed. The GPS app on the phone only went as high as 181 mph (291 km/h), but the onboard speedometer went over the 186 mph (300 km/h) mark and we're going with that. Not because it's more likely to be accurate, but because we prefer that result.
We suspect everyone knows the specs of the 911 Turbo S by heart now. We've gone over them so many times that we might say "650 horsepower" when asked what our birthday is and "590 lb-ft (800 Nm) when asked where we live. We're not complaining, though: these are perfectly fine figures to be repeating over and over again.
However, the cold hard numbers don't do justice to the 911 Turbo S. Not that the Porsche isn't cold and hard as well, but simply reading about what this car can do is nowhere near as impressive as seeing it do it. Usually, the Turbo S deploys its might on either a drag strip or at least the empty runway of an airfield. This time, though, it happens in a much more different - and less safe - environment.
We've seen the guy from AutoTopNL take plenty of cars out on an unrestricted section of the Autobahn and hit their top speed limit - or at least a nice, rounded (if you're using the metric system) figure such as 155 mph (250 km/h) or, where possible, 186 mph (300 km/h).
Well, the 911 Turbo S can sure go for the latter. In fact, given the conditions, it was more a case of whether the driver was feeling up to it as the visibility was poor due to the rain, and there was a constant - and very real - risk of aquaplaning should another car jump in front of the Porsche and force the driver to slam on the brakes.
Fortunately, that didn't happen, and we got to see the Turbo S - which also happens to be a Cabriolet - reach the target speed. The GPS app on the phone only went as high as 181 mph (291 km/h), but the onboard speedometer went over the 186 mph (300 km/h) mark and we're going with that. Not because it's more likely to be accurate, but because we prefer that result.