Porsche 991.2 911 GTS
MOTOR Magazine Australia|August 2017

Very different to the howling atmo car it replaces

Dylan Campbell
Porsche 991.2 911 GTS

MUCH LIKE the Carrera and Carrera S, the new turbocharged Porsche 991.2 911 GTS features a very ‘new’ personality compared to its predecessor. Gone is the previous atmo 3.8-litre flat-six with that truly sonorous 7800rpm redline, replaced with a twin-turbo 3.0-litre flat-six. Power is up from 316kW to 331kW, torque 440Nm to 550Nm.

Unsurprisingly, peak torque is now available from 2150rpm, previously 5750rpm. Redline is now 7200rpm, down from 7800rpm. The 991.2 GTS runs larger turbos than the Porsche Carrera S and slightly more boost (1.25 bar), for 22kW and 50Nm extra.

Meanwhile, inline with continued strong demand for new 911s, prices for the GTS have also gone up, around $14,000 for the rear-drive PDK Coupe we tested (all-wheel drive Coupe pictured). Porsche would counter you get more performance and standard equipment than the previous car.

And absolutely you get more performance. What’s been lost in revs and, as we’ll later get to, noise, the new 911 GTS has gained in pace. A lot of pace. With PDK and launch control the GTS does 0-100km/h in a faintly ridiculous 3.7sec — 0.3sec quicker than the atmo 991, and 0.2sec quicker than a 991.2 Carrera S.

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