2014 Porsche 911 Turbo / Turbo S Stuttgart re-chambers the Turbo



We’d suggest that Porsche change the 911 Turbo and Turbo S’s names to “Hold onto your Effing Hats,” but that would look stupid spelled out on the decklid. You see, the Turbo twins are all about speed, and now Porsche finally has introduced the latest models based on the 991-generation 911. As you’d expect, the newest Turbo and Turbo S are rolling stats machines, ready to churn out mind-bending performance figures at the flex of a right foot. Both 911s return with all-wheel drive, twin turbos, and a host of electronic gizmos, with additions including a new four-wheel-steering setup, active aerodynamics, and more comfort and convenience features.

Drumroll, Please . . . More Power!

The Turbo and Turbo S continue to be propelled by a twin-turbocharged, 3.8-liter flat-six with different outputs, both of which increase for 2014. In the Turbo, horsepower notches up from 500 to 520, while torque increases by 7 lb-ft to 487. (The optional Sport Chrono package brings a temporary overboost function that bumps torque by 37 lb-ft for short bursts.) The Turbo S sees an even greater horsepower increase, from 530 to 560, but makes the same 516 lb-ft of torque as last year; the Sport Chrono gear and overboost function is standard on the S.


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Manual-transmission purists take note: The base Turbo’s standard six-speed manual transmission has been ditched. Every Turbo and Turbo S comes exclusively with Porsche’s (admittedly excellent) seven-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic transmission. While we lament the loss of another stick, we can’t exactly say we didn’t see it coming—Porsche’s latest GT3 also chucked its manual in favor of a PDK. The Turbo’s transmission sends power to an upgraded all-wheel-drive system. Like the outgoing model, it utilizes an electronically controlled multi-plate center coupling to distribute power to the front and rear axles. New this year, however, is a water-cooling setup for the coupling, which enabled engineers to program the car’s brain to send more torque to the front wheels than before. Thanks to the increase in power and front-axle participation, Porsche’s claimed acceleration figures for the 2014 Turbo and Turbo S undercut those of the already quick 2013 models. Standard Turbos will hit 60 mph in a claimed 3.4 seconds, with the optional Sport Chrono package shaving another two tenths of a second from that time. Porsche says the Turbo S, with its standard Sport Chrono kit, does the deed in just 2.9 ticks. If those numbers don’t have you giddy yet, keep in mind that Porsche’s factory performance estimates are typically conservative; for example, we cracked off an eye-widening 2.7-second 0­–60 time with a previous-gen Turbo S in a comparison test. So the new one could be even quicker. Top speed is a claimed 196 mph for the Turbo and 198 mph for the Turbo S.