2010 Porsche 911 Turbo San Diego CA

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

2010 Porsche 911 Turbo
By Jon Alain Guzik, DriverSide Editor-in-Chief?



2010 Porsche 911 Turbo



2010 Porsche 911 Turbo



2010 Porsche 911 Turbo

DriverSide Overview
Since its birth in 1974, the crown jewel of the Porsche lineup – the 911 Turbo – has remained true to its roots by giving up nothing in the pursuit of pure performance. Fast forward thirty-five years and Porsche still demands the best from its top-of-the-range 911. On first glance, you’d be hard pressed to find anything new about the newest Turbo model; from the outside you can hardly see what’s changed in its lifetime, but after spending a number of hours driving one, it’s what’s under the hood, or, rather, over the rear axle, that matters. The subtle tweaks are what leave us wanting more after the first test drive, and each of them make this newest Turbo that much more wonderful.

What's to Like
The new 3.8-liter, twin-turbocharged direct fuel injection engine is amazing. Combine that with the new seven-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) dual-clutch gearbox and you have the makings of a perfect package. Did we mention the Turbo comes in yellow with ‘turbo’ written in black? What’s not to like??

What's Not to Like?
The interior, especially compared to the new Panamera , is somewhat lacking for a car at this price. Also, it being a Porsche, everything – including seatbelts in yellow – is an option. That said, it’s hard finding fault with a car that performs this well.

The Drive:
DriverSide Impressions
The 911 Turbo’s six-cylinder heart and soul rests in the rear, over the axle, and this is where Porsche has taken a knife to everything from the fuel injectors to engine mounts, making an already beautifully crafted piece of machinery ever more astonishing. As expected, it's fast and smooth and drives like nobody's business, which is to say, perfect. Porsche took the already robust and energetic horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine and made it go like schnell. The new Turbo engine puts out more power than its predecessor – 500 horsepower, up from 480 in the last iteration , and 516 lb-ft of torque (up from 460 lb-ft) when equipped with overboost, which is available in the optional – and highly recommended – $3470 Sport Chrono Pack. Combine that with an array of new components – exhaust, gearbox, Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM), Porsche Torque Vectoring… well the list goes on, but they all combine to form an everyday super car.

Engine and Drivetrain
As the main focus of all 911 models, the Turbo’s engine is almost unrecognizable from the previous generation. The horizontally opposed six-cylinder boxer engine has grown from 3.6-liters to 3.8-liters, received a healthy dose of direct injection and has made use of two astoundingly clever varia...

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