Porsche 911 Turbo S Review

The Turbo S is the 911 that stopped being about lap times and became about compressing distance. Variable turbine geometry turbochargers on a 3.7 litre flat-six make 640 horsepower, all-wheel drive and a dual-clutch gearbox turn that into a launch quick enough to reorder your organs, and then the car settles into a hundred mile motorway stint with adaptive dampers softened and the seats heated. It is the rare supercar-quick machine with a usable front boot and rear seats that will take bags.

The tension is in what that speed costs. Ceramic brakes are standard and replacing a full set is a five figure job. Tyres are wide, expensive and wear at the rate the power suggests. Fuel economy is poor in a way you feel weekly rather than annually. Resale is solid without being GT3 solid, because Turbos are bought new by people who trade them and the supply is not thin. If you want one car that does everything at absurd pace, nothing else is quite this complete.