If you’re in the market for a new Porsche 911 and want a medium amount of Carrera but not full Carrera, a new variant has arrived to sate your incredibly specific request. This is the new Porsche 911 Carrera S Coupe and Cabriolet, and as expected, it betters its predecessor in every metric that matters.
Slotting in between the base Carrera and hybrid Carrera GTS, this one of course gets more power than before, a beefier design, better brakes, and fancy torque vectoring. And as expected...yeah, it’s probably all the 911 you’ll ever likely need outside of the incredibly shy and retiring GT cars.
So, that 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six powering the rear wheels has been treated to a new set of turbochargers, while Porsche has set about optimizing the charge-air cooling, “among other things.” As a result of this tweakery, the new 992.2 Carrera S now produces a whisker under 474hp—up 30 horsies from the 992.1—and 528Nm of torque.
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Which means it now goes from 0-100kph faster—in 3.3sec—and maxes out at 307kph. Not too long ago, those figures were the preserve of full-blooded supercars, not medium sports cars.
That said, the Carrera S takes its look from a full-blooded supercar, Porsche opting to design it like the old Turbo. Bigger brakes, too, pinched from this generation’s Carrera GTS, which means 408mm/380mm discs front and back, and red calipers all around.
Those are matched to 20- and 21-inch Carrera S wheels, a sports exhaust, and the standard-fit Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV+) system, which uses an electronically controlled diff lock on the rear axle to balance out the torque between both rear wheels.
As an option, you can swap in ceramic brakes instead if you want a squeaky start to the day, and the PASM sports suspension that drops the car by 10mm and features “optimized” damper hydraulics versus the old car. Steering is said to be better, naturally.
As is the interior. Leather makes its presence felt throughout, and you can option in folding rear seats into the Coupe for no additional charge. The Carrera S Cabriolet gets rear seats as standard, FYI. Like the sound of a medium Carrera?
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NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
