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This is the new Porsche 911 Turbo, which is faster, lighter, more powerful and sharper than ever.

Stuttgart has responded to ever-quicker rivals from Ferrari, Lamborghini and even Nissan with the GT-R by bringing the 911 Turbo bang up to date.

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Anyone get the feeling that Porsche are a tad piqued at the way the GTR has stolen the 911 Turbo's limelight? I wonder what time it will post round the Nurburgring, or lay claim to?

 i would bet money that nissan will match that extra 20bhp with an update almost immediately to give them both 493bhp from their 3.8 v6 engines. all it will take is a few keyboard strokes to remap the ECU and then get the new brochures printed then bingo a marketing boost, and a better time on the ring.

 

 

jskater:

Anyone get the feeling that Porsche are a tad piqued at the way the GTR has stolen the 911 Turbo's limelight? I wonder what time it will post round the Nurburgring, or lay claim to?

 

Nah, not really. The Turbo was one of the last 911’s to receive the updates that bring it into line with the rest of the range, the bigger engine, PDK etc ... Yes that Nurburgring time will be interesting when they release it .. gosh will they need to resort to onboard timing equipment with cameras wot not to prove the validity of the new cars lap time? I wouldn’t think Porsche would  need to go to those lengths ... but then, if they didn’t really believe it could do such a time (with the alleged grunt of its engine), then maybe they’d feel compelled to prove it ... Nice color the yellow.

Wow it looks just like the old 911. Who would have guessed? :D

The real story here is the changes to the chassis, this is where the 911 will find it's extra pace - especially around the Nurburgring. 

Performance Specs are always impressive with porsches, but its the same old story with the aesthetics. just some audi borrowed leds here and there.

"I expect the Ford Focus RS to be quicker on british roads".. nah nah nah... I say it first so discussion can start properly.

It's probably a brilliant car. But a bit on the boring side... from outside.

Behind the steering wheel probably it's going to be a different story, though.

 Man I love this car.

Just wish they put those old skool style Turbo alloys from days of yore.

 I don't believe the Nissan GTR times were from a stock car anyway. Even still, it is comedy gold that a stretched Beetle with a couple of extra cylinders still goes into battle against V10 and V12 monsters, and often victorious!

About Time. It's the perfect reposte to the GTR and actually the new GT3, because that was breathing down its neck perfomance wise, & they needed to widen the gap. We all thought that the Ferrari 458 posting 0-62 in 3.4s with near 21mpg was special. Well this does the sprint in the same time with an average of near 25mpg, which is brilliant & shows the efficiency of these turbocharged flat sixes and double-clutch gearboxes. But it means that the 998GT2 cannot possibly be any quicker (& will possible be slower) in the 0-62 category, due to 2WD. Best of all, they have given us propper paddles for the PDK, which will, no doubt, filter down to the Boxster/Cayman. Porsche is still on top! Brilliant.

This just does nothing to excite me at all, at least with a GT-R you are showing you have some interest in cars and you're not some city boy merchant banker spending his bonus. 

RednBlue:

It's probably a brilliant car. But a bit on the boring side... from outside.

I detect a hint of jealousy there.  The Ford Focus RS is still a Focus  irrespective of what other letters follows whereas the Porsche represents brilliant handling, quality and charisma.  Its certainly far better than the car Nissan brought out in GTR guise,  Its just another Nissan   which dsn't do a thing for me at all