THE RECKONING
8th PORSCHE 911 TURBO S
No, your eyes are not deceiving you: a 911 hasn’t won eCoty. That should give the conspiracy theorists something to think about.
Astonishing on track, the 992 Turbo S is one of the most accomplished of its kind for a very long time. It has, as expected, performance in abundance, more than you can ever need on the road (as have so many of our finalists if we’re being frank), and how it uses its muscle is no less superlative inducing than any of the other supercars that arrived in Scotland.
Across any road in any conditions it has the ability to leave you short of breath and nodding approvingly at how it has processed the terrain and delivered you to your destination. And yet… this year, in this company, it couldn’t get out of the shadows of the others. Dickie, an advocate of the Turbo S, nailed it when he said: ‘There’s enough sense of occasion to feel like you’re in something out of the ordinary. That said, it can be a bit clinical and matter-of-fact about the way it throws you at the horizon.’
Others felt it only came alive when caution was thrown to the wind (hence its strong showing on
