What is it?
It’s now more than a decade since the latest extra-special Porsche 911 derivative, the Porsche 911 GTS was produced – although you might wonder whether anyone, besides those who actually bought and sold them, really noticed at the time. There were modern GTS models before the ‘997’, of course, in the Porsche Panamera and Porsche Cayenne showroom ranges – and there have been others since among the firm’s Porsche Macan and Porsche 718 models; so this is a complicated equation to consider. But is the 911 GTS really “a thing” yet?
We anticipate and expect a new Porsche 911 GT3, don’t we – just as we do a Porsche 911 Turbo, or even a whole new 911 model generation debut. But a 911 GTS? It feels almost like a mid-range trim level.
Perhaps it won’t for very much longer, because Porsche has set about this new ‘992’ GTS with a good deal more intent than it did either of its predecessors. Just as before, there are new GTS versions of both the Carrera Coupe and Cabriolet, and of the Targa bodystyle. You can have one with either one driven axle or two; and eight automatically selected ‘PDK’ gear ratios or seven manually-shuffled ones for the same price.
But while the last Porsche 911 GTS was mechanically hardly any different than a Carrera S with optional ‘PASM Sport’ suspension and an engine power upgrade kit, the new one has upped its game, its price and its suspension specification each by notable hikes.
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