PORSCHE REVEALED its next-generation 2010 997 911 Turbo back in August, and this week the wunderkind has reportedly cut a full 10 seconds from its previous best time at the Nurburgring.
According to British mag Autocar, Porsche’s engineers have managed to reduce the turbo 911’s time to 7:39, 10 seconds better than the outgoing model’s 7:49 run.
Despite the huge improvement, the new 911 Turbo’s lap falls short of the Nissan GT-R’s best time of 7:28, set by former F1 steerer Toshio Suzuki.
In keeping with its traditionally conservative approach to 911 design, Porsche has changed little with the styling of the new Turbo.
Chrome headlight frames, revised foglights and a new wheel design is the extent of the exterior updates.
Mechanically though, the 2010 911 Turbo features significant upgrades to output, handling and performance.
Power is derived from a new 3.8 litre direct-injection engine developing 373kW (500hp), an increase of 15kW and only 22kW short of the 911 GT2.
The 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo is likely to be the quickest all-wheel-drive production Porsche ever, reaching 96km/h (60mph) in around 3.7 seconds. Top Speed should climb to around 312km/h.
Along with a higher price tag, the next-generation 911 Turbo is expected to gain Porsche’s PDK dual-clutch gearbox as an option.
Fuel economy is improved, with consumption reduced from 12.7 l/100km to 11.7 l/100km with the manual transmission and 11.3 l/100km for the PDK.
F1-style wheel-mounted paddles replace the dual-action paddle shifters of the outgoing model, offering up-shifts with the right paddle and down-shifts with the left.
A reprogrammed Porsche Traction Management system distributes torque between the all-wheel-drive Porsche’s front and rear differentials via an electronic multi-plate clutch.
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Only the worst anoraks would actually care about pictures of any new 911.
The rest of us know it’ll just look like the last one.
It’s one of the greatest sportscars ever made, and i like the continued same look, why would they want to change it, sells in HUGE numbers like 30,000/pc a year, keep running with it Porker, just little changes every few years is fine by me!
Porker are doing other models if you don’t like the 911 look.
Amazing all around performance, less fragile than other SuperCars and easier to live with, back *seats* to boot!
Looks cool in that yellow, buy one in a flash if i had the dough
Cheers,
F-0
Looks like Porsche have acknowledged the criticism around their PDK gearbox gearchange paddle/button setup, in opting for the more conventional right=up left=down setup used by nearly all other sports car manufacturers.
The rear end of the 997 Turbo is cleaner than before (if maybe looking a bit too much like a std 911) now that the red reflector panel’s been dropped from between the tail lights.
Magnificent car…but 1990’s style BBS lace pattern wheels?? I was expecting a bit more than that. 911 Turbo is a beautiful machine with stupendous performance but the current model is already $370K plus options, the new one will be $390K? maybe more? Surely be over $400K on the road and even more with options…..makes sense against more expensive Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s…but against the Nissan GT-R, it now seems way overpriced by comparison….
Porsche: Call me when your car finally outperforms a Japanese car that’s less than half the price.
Yes that particular comparison is getting tired by now, but that doesn’t make it any less valid. It’s only going to go on for as long as it’s true.