CHASING THE LEGEND
GUARDS RED TURBO. THREE WORDS that mean little or nothing to most people, but everything to people like us. And with good reason, for the 911 Turbo has been the very definition of next-level performance since the original 3.0 930 Turbo arrived way back in 1975.
Since then the 911 Turbo has continued in its forced-induction quest to humble more powerful and more obviously prestigious machinery. It’s safe to say it forever changed Porsche’s brand trajectory, not to mention the bedroom walls of generations of car-obsessed kids, such was the seismic effect this whale-tailed machine had on the fast-car landscape.
As a result, few if any model lines have enjoyed such sustained and successful development. Forty-five years of continuous evolution have seen the Turbo rapidly morph from a homologation special that laid the foundations for Porsche’s dynastic dominance of endurance racing into a sporting flagship that propelled the company’s rear-engined sports car into new and more lucrative territory as relentlessly as the car itself hurled its occupants at the horizon.
It’s all too easy to be blasé about the introduction of yet another ultra-fast Porsche, but the arrival of an all-new 911 Turbo is never less than momentous. A fact underlined by Porsche’s controversial decision to bestow Turbo and Turbo S names on its Taycan EV. This may have caused a few of us to grind our teeth, but it confirms the name resonates with enthusiasts of all denominations.
In this the seventh generation of 911 Turbo we’ve been treated to the greatest leap in performance between old and new generations in the model’s history. Yes, this is partly to do with Porsche launching the flagship Turbo S ahead of the regular 992 Turbo, but whichever way you slice it the new
