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The Turbo S in itself if the nicest, fastest; most
powerful 911 ever offered as a production car.
The
Turbo S will accelerate quicker than ANY other production car in the world.
The
Turbo S contains more hand stitched pieces of leather within it than any other
car in the world.
The
Turbo S can get through the quarter mile 2.5 seconds faster than a Lamborghini
Diablo, which translates to about 75 car lengths.
The
Turbo S will carry you to a velocity of around 200 miles per hour, which is
25mph faster than the latest, greatest Corvette.
The
Turbo S can pull more G's during deceleration than any other street legal
vehicle.
The
Turbo S has the most advanced 4 wheel drive system in the world.
But these little titbits of information in no way illustrate what it is like to
experience this 911 first hand. No spec, number, or rating on paper can make
you understand what this car is really all about. Easily the most luxurious
super car on the face of the Earth, the Turbo S has never-ending surprises that
delight the occupant.
As soon as the door is opened, the rich scent of
fresh leather is wafted from the cockpit. Everything, I mean EVERYTHING is
wrapped in its own piece. Inside the Turbo S, if it?s not made of leather, its
carbon-fibre. The instrument panel is wonderfully done in the grey carbon
fibre, accented by the white gauge faces and shiny silver "turbo S"
script. This same script is found on the rear fold-down 'seats', inside the
door panels, on the interior of the door, on the console, on the carpet under
the hood, on the wheel centre-caps, and of course on the deck lid. Everyone
definitely knows what you are driving!
Back inside, that 200mph speedometer is staring back at
you, wanting you to challenge it. The shift knob is that familiar polished
aluminium, as is the hand brake handle. When started, the Turbo S snarls at
first, then settles back into a smooth, contained 800 rpm idle. If you've ever
driven a 911 Twin-Turbo, you can somewhat understand what that smooth idle is
hiding. Otherwise, you have no idea...
Push in the clutch, give it a few revs, and back it
out of the parking spot. With the sport exhaust, the S is quite a bit louder
with the revs, but sounds great. The shifter feels like solid steel, and slides
easily into first. With the calmest, slightest motions, the Turbo S glides away
from a stop as if it were on ice. The smoothness of the engine is incredible.
Once on the street, nail the throttle and let it loose....The tachometer blasts
past 6000rpm with the liquidity of melted butter. Into second, and the scenery
begins to blur in contrast to the soft leather dash in front of you. 3rd gear
comes on, an at 4000rpms, the push is so devastating that you honestly can't
turn your head and look beside you. Behind you, the glorious wail of the
Porsche power plant is screaming out over 450 horses, but all you hear up front
is the silent slicing of the smooth nose through the invisible air. The Turbo S
is travelling well over 100mph, even though just a few seconds before, you were
at a dead stop. Into 4th, and the speedometer is blazing around the face, now
heading down toward
The effortless ability of this car to accelerate fast
is only matched by the brakes. You can stomp the middle pedal at any speed, as
many times in a row as you like, and the scenic blur is slowed in epic
proportions without hesitation. The acceleration can somewhat be described, but
the braking ability cannot. It must be experienced first hand. There are no
other brakes in the world like this...
Back at a standstill, we attempt to rocket to left from stop sign. At 4200rpm,
the clutch is dropped, and ALL 4 wheels claw and scramble their way to
traction. The S creates a 4 wheel drift at only 15 mph as is pulls itself
straight and begins to wail down the road. With lightning a quick surge, the S
accelerates to the tune of 50, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, 100...In less
than 10 seconds time; we are travelling faster than 110mph. truly unbelievable
This car feasts on the type of
driving which other cars see as punishment. I mean, what do you do with the
fastest production car on the planet? What do you do with this Yellow, polished
wheeled, outrageously quick 911? The answer...You DRIVE it!