Porsche 911 Turbo S review

Not much has been done inside between 992.1 and 992.2. It’s still super easy to get settled and comfortable inside the 911 Turbo because there’s so little to catch you out ergonomically. The pedals are exquisitely positioned, visibility is vast (although not so good out the back of the convertible) and you can place its now sizeable width surprisingly well thanks to those curved front wings being so pronounced in your field of view. Just like 911s of old.

There must be drawbacks?

Here we go. It’s a shame there’s no physical rev counter. The twist knob starter has been replaced with an anonymous button. The cupholder is still daftly positioned at the back end of the console, right where cups will get knocked if you go for any buttons.

That’s about it though. Don’t come at us with all the ‘rear seats could be bigger’ stuff. This isn’t an MPV, you’ll never insert people there, only luggage that overflows from the commodious front boot. Quick word though – if you want back seats in the coupe, you’ll now need to spec them back in. As standard they’re not fitted – likely to keep weight down. Storage is good, with fixed and opening door pockets, plus useful nooks elsewhere.

That covers practicality. What about style, though?

Potentially the biggest issue given this is now a £200k car. Yes, you can option Extended Leather and Heritage Design packs and they’re very nice. But this is still essentially the same cabin as you find in a base Carrera costing half the money.

It’s all well and good being logical and well built, but there’s not a lot in here that, alongside a Bentley or Aston, convinces you you’re driving something special. But maybe that’s the Turbo S superpower. It makes its astounding capabilities appear ordinary.

There are some nice little lifts, but they’re subtle. A smattering of special carbon weaves and the Turbo S-only Turbonite accent colour also used on the window surrounds and external badging.

On that, what other changes have been made outside?

The most noticeable is that the indicators have been incorporated into the lights now, cleaning up the front end and allowing Porsche to introduce a new feature line around the edge of the bumper. Below that are active elements, vertical vanes that open for cooling or close for aero and stay shut in the wet to help keep the brake discs dry.

An extendable front splitter (as per the previous-gen) works in conjunction with a rear wing that extends up and back, and the rear bumper is new, containing now-square exhaust tips that conceal a cool new feature – the Turbo S has a titanium exhaust as standard, saving 6.8kg.