The New Porsche 911 Turbo S Is the Fastest, Most Powerful Edition Yet

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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.

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