Porsche 911 Gets Even More Powerful, Turbo and Turbo S Variants to Receive Boost
It seems that Porsche thought that the 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S were not fast enough, because it's putting turbo on the two Turbos.
No, it's not written wrong. Porsche really put a turbo charger on both of the high-end Porsche 911 variants, giving them both at least an additional 20 horsepower.
According to Auto Blog, the 911 Turbo now delivers an input of 540 horsepower, while the Turbo S with 580 horsepower. Both sports cars feature a 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged flat-six engine and can go 0 to 60 miles per hour in just under three seconds.
The two high-end variants of the car were unveiled during last week's North American International Auto Show, which was held in Detroit.
Furthermore, New York Daily News noted that driving purists may be turned off with the car's all-wheel setup or even it's seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission. It seems that the motif of the Porsche 911 Turbos is "excess," because it does use an excessive amount of power, technology and styling.
In fact, even the car's breaks are high-tech as it comes with the standard Carbon-ceramic brakes, with anti-roll system. However, like all performance cars, high-end features comes with high-end pricing because it was reported that it costs $159,200 -- and that's just the base model.
As for the Porsche 911 Turbo S, it clocks in at a whopping price of $188,100, and that is without the addition of extra options like leather air vents.
But apart from that, Porsche also seemed to be jumping on the electric car hype as chairman Oliver Blume said that the company will start devoting it's time to offering "energy efficient" engines. He said that Porsche have set aside a staggering $1 billion budget to launch its first ever all-electric sports car, which it targets to release by the end of the decade.
But Blume clarified that the company is not just creating any other run-of-the-mill green car, Porsche intends to create an electric car that drives like Porsche, smells like a Porsche, and feels like a Porsche, MLive has learned.
There are also reports that Porsche's home country of Germany is encouraging more people to use electric cars. In the report by The Star, it was said that buyers will receive a significant subsidy from the German government.
Furthermore, it was reported that the government looks to put at least one million green cars on the road by the end of the decade, just in time for Porsche's first ever electric car.
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