2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S Lightweight

Epic-but is it necessary?

- Chris Walton

For the first time ever, Porsche is offering a dedicated Lightweight package for its 911 Turbo S, a kit that the company says saves about 65 pounds for $10,340. But does the added lightness substantially improve the already mind-boggling performance? The package includes thinner glass, one-piece carbon-fiber seats, a sport exhaust, and a PASM adaptive suspension that lowers the car by 0.4 inch. Porsche also deletes the rear seats, some insulation and sound-deadening material, and even the quilted seat and door panel inserts. (Also, you can't get heated seats. Sorry if you have a cold tuchus.) This boils down to $156.66 per pound of weight reduction. Our example also featured the $3,890 carbon-fiber roof that saves 2 more pounds, and it weighed a relatively svelte 3,550 pounds overall.

We previously tested a 992-generation 911 Turbo S without the package, and although it had some of the Lightweight car's options the glass, PASM, sport exhaust, and center-lock wheels-it weighed in at 3,628 pounds.