THe 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo | Road & Track
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- On a SoCal runway used by General Patton to train soldiers for WWII, we line up the Turbo for the first of 50 back-to-back launches. Porsche's PR man called this test "abusive." We think it's a fitting tribute to the 911's 50th anniversary. The Turbo, however, does not do 50 launches. It does 61, because we get woozy from acceleration and lose count. Read the rest of the story at www.roadandtrac...
Makes it hard to argue the price of a Porsche is too high, relative to its competitors. 50 max launches in a row would surely break almost any car let alone one that is pushing the boundaries of engineering. The notion of this test is almost absurd. The fact that the car did it no problem is incredible.
But apparently I'm the only one that noticed the counter went from 45 straight to 50 with no video skips inbetween and no other launches. That would make... 46, not 50... xD
HOWEVER... I agree with your statement (and his) that the test is silly and absurd. ... but I'd do it, just to see if it could be done xD
As much as I love Porsche though... I still wouldn't choose a fine Porsche over a fine Jeep. :P I just can't turn down a good Jeep Wrangler, even for one of these. xD
Mitch Watts 1) Actually, it was 61 launches. 2) Silly and absurd? Yep, that's right up your alley. 3) Fine/good/nice Jeep Wrangler? Best of luck with that search !!!
Mitch Watts
Apparently you are not familiar with how to seamlessly edit video.
Mitch Watts Jeep over a turbo S lol... I have heard it all
Bossrah Apparently you are not familiar with how to open your eyes and pay attention to a video. Even seamlessly, there were no differences in the END of launch 46, to the beginning of launch 50, even subtly. Now please... pay attention. You might learn a thing or two. :D
Porsche claims 2.9s 0-60mph, car does 2.6-2.8
Nissan claims 2.8s 0-60mph, car does 3.
Conservative figures are always better in the long run.
+Tanmay Chhatbar best thing: putting conservative figures, impress everyone with it, and than it turns out the car is even better.
Stryke Exactly.
I'd be happier if the car I bought claims 3 secs, 0-100kph, but does 2.9, than if it claimed 2.8, but did 2.9.
+Tanmay Chhatbar this porsche can do 2.5
Wild Cat Whoa! That, I did not know. I just love the way Porsche claims figures. Even in a worst case scenario, it would be faster than you'd expect. Nissan on the other hand...
+Wild Cat No, i have a 911 991 Turbo S and under all weather conditions 2.6 was the best to reach. I also have a 997 with 620 BHp by chip and he does also not run faster than 2.6 sec.. At that numbers you will need verry soft rubber tires to deliver the speed, but they are actually not available and must pe produced extra for this.
BTW below 15° the cars is at 2.6 sec. and above 30° the car is at ca. 3 sec. so the Porsche claim is for usual temperature and altitude. At 0° thw car could have the most performance, bu the tire grip is bad, so ca. 12° has the best performace with usual summer tires.
People still wonder why Porsches are more expensive than Corvettes. Well, this is why.
I don't understand. Are you implying that a Z06 can't do this over and over? Do you, for some crazy reason, think Corvettes are unreliable? Lost me
Corvettes aren't unreliable.
But a Porsche a Porsche.
It isn't a old school 16v v8.
Its an high-end flat 6.
Learn how to build perfect cars and come back after u've done your homework.
A Z06 is just a good car a 911 is perfect.
btow1105
he's implying that Corvette's are equivalent to hot American garbage found in the back of a McDonald's dumpster
nastyALPHA Thats why Porsche had to recall every single GT3. Because they're perfect, right? Get real.
Porsche at least recalls their cars whenever there's a rare situation like this. GM and Ford blame it all on the customer.
...this is proof that the 911 turbo has no real competition
+Flo ronto Absolutely none. There is no other car to buy if you really want to crash into a tree going backwards.
No trees in NYC to worry about
+Flo ronto deb's just sad she can't afford one...
+Evan Steeves Yes, haters.. they just make this car more special ;) Porsche is just rocket science at the time
What is amazing to me is that other cars can't do this. For too long, too many manufactures have been dropping huge engines into cars to get hero hp numbers that are meaningless because the power is unusable. Well done Porsche.
Memo to self. In some future date, pass on purchase of used sapphire blue metallic 911 Turbo S tested by Road and Track..
The 911 is the king of sports cars period
Yesss the 2021 turbo s its a ANIMAL
The magazine started all the 0-60 Times where between 2.6-2.8 seconds. They also said they actually did 61 launches. Doing one launch on the gt-r voids the warranty. Great engineering!
I am not buying any blue Porsche 911 from used car lot!!
No Problems - i drive 911 Turbos since 1992 and they just need good oil and propper fuel - no problems, even if you drive them hard, bcs. the cars are made for this and theirefor you pay the price.You just have to wait until the temperature is right and than you can kick the car as you want, the only expense are the Porsche fitting tires.
fuck no lol
haha, same thoughts here! :D But in general I think it's ok to buy a used Porsche. As Rick2010100 says, a Porsche is made for this territory :)
RASSEL ZAHID It's a shame too. If I were to buy one, it would be used and in that blue. I'll find one with the other rims on it.
I've launched my Gtr a thousand times on PlayStation and it never failed. Beats your fifty!
Just no
Dolboyob bratishka
@@MpowerRick take that stick out of your rear end and learn to take a joke.
the only car that has the same design in 2014 as in 1963 and still is the perfect sportcar. speed, acceleration, handling, quality, eveything is perfect.
Uta Sajaia tell that to an original 930 turbo owner... that car drives sketchy as fuck with standard suspension
Justus Raw of cource original 930 turbo cann't compete with new 2014 cars lol but desing is the same anyway
+Justus Raw As an owner of two 991s (turbo cab and gts cab) and two '89 turbo cabs I can tell you now that the 930s are the most fun cars to drive on the road. Of course their turbo lag is unbelievable, but that gives them character. I wouldn't describe either of them to be sketchy, but they do like to bump-steer. 911s are the best; they can't be beaten.
Charlie Long Sketchy and fun are the same thing for some people... i can only base my comment on what my dad told me about the 930 he used to own. Maybe he is just exaggerating a bit :D
+Justus Raw compare 930 with that days standards. not todays' cars :)
Car - totally unfazed. Driver - totally wasted.
mcdonaldm73 Much, much better. :-)))
mcdonaldm73 He looks like he's reached the limits of his ability, and carried on.
mcdonaldm73 When I'm a millionaire I'm going to ask myself, do I buy the Porsche or do I buy the Corvette ? Then I'm going to piss myself laughing as I walk into the Porsche dealer.
mcdonaldm73 Have a great weekend. :-)))
MrKeyboardCommando You can't compare a 911 with a Corvette. The 911 is also a luxury car.
Porsche was always making quality cars and always will !
They have the best reliability than any other car manufacture in the world.
TeK RaVeN orly?
Wrong. All it takes is a cursory glance into the myriad common yet extensive problems Porsches made in the last 20 years have given their owners to see that.
TeK RaVeN No, that badge of honor goes to Lexus.
Juzh123 Well, they are replacing all of the GT3 engines free of charge. Oops. Remember, Porsche pushes engineering to the very limits of physics. So, yeah, they will encounter problems from time to time (need I tell 996 owners about the rear main seal failures). But still, good cars.
"Clean car, driven very carefully."
+George Grunwald And never tracked
"Mostly highway miles"
Driven strictly only to the shop
Owner is an elder, swiss dentist.
Can't do that in no fuckin GTR
That's just brutal on a car. Very impressive engineering.
Extreme build quality
I hope someday I can buy a 911 Turbo S
They are great drivers cars, but just make sure it's a second car, you don't want to be relying on it as your daily driver because it'll be spending a lot of time at the dealers getting fixed, and dump it on someone else before the warranty expires.
You must have owned ones before? and that's what I would be planning on doing with it, I doubt its cheap to fix any Porsche
Bryan Doherty No, I'm a family man so both out of my price range at the moment and no way I could justify it - maybe when the kids grow up and leave home - for now I have to make do with a 4 door (with 400bhp, so it's still quite fun).
My business partner has one, but he only does a few thousand km's in it a year, so it doesn't cause him any problems, but I've read of a lot of people having issues particularly with the earlier 991 911's when trying to use them as a daily driver - mostly electrical gremlins (though you may have seen the report about some models catching fire due to faulty gudgeon pins or something - pretty sure they have that sorted now) - I think they have just gotten so complex that Porsche are having problems with QC on them - no doubt they will sort it out in time - but then the next model will come out and it'll start again.
Well 400hp isn't anything to laugh at. Yea the GT3s catching on fire, they have that fixed. So it's probably wise to have it as a second car then, I'll probably something like a 3-series or another sports sedan to daily then. Well thank you for the advice, if I ever get one you saved me headache and money
I daily my 981 Cayman S. Basically same engine as the 3.4L 911. No issues so far. 1100+ miles a month. Works like a charm.
That's pretty impressive.
I would've liked to have seen each run measured and then the average 0-60 time after all 50 runs
The article states the fastest was 2.6 seconds and the slowest was a few tenths slower. So avg is prob 2.7-8ish.
you can launch and text at the same time
meanwhile 1st gen GTR35 owners void their warranty as soon as they press the launch control button
Justus Raw lmao
For my money, I'd still have the new 911 GT3. Yes it may have "only" 475 hp, but that's from a naturally-aspirated 3.8L H6. And the PDK in the GT3 has the cool feature where if one pulls back on both paddles at the same time, it's like putting the clutch in, and letting go is like dropping the clutch, for some Hooligan driving action. On regular paddle shift cars, doing that would just put the car into neutral. I'm surprised makers of dual-clutch cars haven't adopted that little, but superfun change. Even Porsche hasn't with their other PDK cars. And the GT3's stick now works like a proper sequential 'box's shifter: Pull back for an upshift and push forward for a downshift.
And I've owned turbocharged cars, supercharged cars...but there is nothing like the sound and pull of a high-powered naturally-aspirated car. Especially straight 6's and H6's.
Just my ever humble opinion.
Let me check that ... it will go into neutral when I pull both levers at the same time ... but never tried to rev it and put it back into gear for a 'burnout'.
goguhu Yeah, all other paddle shift cars would just go into neutral if someone pulls back on both paddles at the same time, but try it at speed. I saw a whole video where a Porsche factory guy talks about it. And it's only in the GT3. The PDK in the other cars is just like it was before.
Like try it at low revs in second gear, build up some revs, let go, and see if you can get some donuts going.
Or read the manual lol. It probably says exactly how it functions.
Sandra Rios
I'm quite sure I did make it to work int the 991 C4S, but I was not able to make it work in the 991 TS, I did not try to do a burnout though ... I'll put it on my list of stuff to try out :) Might be that this function got changed at some point in time (or that the TS produce too much torque and might shred the gearbox if you did that).
goguhu Yeah, as far as I know, they only made those tweaks to the PDK in the GT3 so that you can pull back on the paddles at any time, which again would be like putting the clutch in, and then letting go to "drop the clutch." Like a clutch kick to get a drift started-type situation.
Well it has a limited amount of launches though... Afterwards Porsche doesn't guarantee that it will still work as the first time.
That number is 2000 launches!!!
Wrong. I am a Porsche technician and this is simply not true. As long as it's under warranty its covered.
Ian Sherman
Meaning complain about it enough and it will get replaced.
Ian Sherman Haha even better.... wow
TheArfdog
Its all up to the dealer really. But Porsche gives you their blessing to launch the hell out of it. If anything fails during the power train warranty it will be covered, they won't deny it from launch control usage.
If you feel the effectiveness of launch control is diminished at all, i'm saying you could probably complain about it and get the clutches replaced. Either way, I wouldnt ever worry about it, the PDK is pretty solid from what I've seen.
Ian Sherman The way it should be. If they offer up a function, they as the manufacturer should back it up. If it's really all that great, it should be as durable as the rest of the car.
Porsche R&D department probably launched the car 500 times, just for people like this guy, to make sure it didn't come unglued. Good stuff!
Priceless. Every launch, he had a smile on that face. AWESOME!
+Jeffery Queen It could be get better..
watch?v=ZQCFgJalNo4
I keep coming back to this.
Simply hilarious!!!😂
Why all the hostility towards the GT-R? People, relax, they are both awesome cars lol. You guys are just as bad as the fanboys you ridicule.
By the way, I want to clarify some things about the GT-R, because there is a swarm of misinformation regarding their transmissions.
- Launching the GT-R does NOT void the warranty anymore. This has been fixed since 2010.
- The 'glass transmissions' spoken of are the 2008 GT-R, which is 6 years old now. They are now much stronger.
- Instead of voiding the warranty, launch control allowed for 4 consecutive launches, and is then locked out for 1.5 miles of driving. You can then launch it another 4 times. Unless you're launching your GT-R like the guy is in this Porsche, that's insignificant.
that's more information than necessary.
***** not really, considering the misinformation.
your said information was readily available everywhere since a couple of years ago. It is more than necessary. don't copy and paste.
Didn't copy and paste. I paraphrased and brought the information here since some people are too lazy to find it for themselves.
This is a pretty stupid argument you're having with me right now. As if there's some sort of shortage of letters on TH-cam.
50 back to back launches, all under 3 seconds and even a few no hands, damn! Never seen anything like this...
Such a beautiful simple in appearance vehicle with and awesome engine to back up the good looks. What more could one want in a car for weekend fun or shredding the backroads, this car has it all and I want one for daily driver.
4 years later and this is still a top 10 car vid for the launch
thank you road & track, this is a cool video. I think i should bring this up, where are all the GTR fanboy?
Imagine how much better they will be 4 years down the line. Absolutely insane to think they could get any better then they are now!
the video is dedicated to all those who are complaining about the 911s price or Porsche`s pricing in general.
do this to a GT-R and it will will break down.
Put a 458 italia on the Nordschleife a dozen times in a row and it will overheat, break down or whatever, in contrast to a 911.
A Porsche is NOT expensive, it is the best reliable sportscar you can get for the money, as simple as that.
Great video...he's like a kid on a go cart. I wonder if Carfax will start keeping tabs on how many times owners use launch control as a heads up to the new owner :)
Is Road and Track back from the dead on TH-cam?
Awesome :).
Yeah..... How did that turn out for you LMAO
This video is still amazing three years later.
This was like watching someone go from sober to wasted.
You guys really gotta have Caswell host more of these videos... I think if he keeps doing them regularly they'll blow up, very cool!
Ladies and Gentlemen, you have just witness what it is like to have too much fun.. LoL
Porsche, "the other car companies just can't make' em like this... "
True ,true
Very impressive. This is hell on most clutches.
Porsche 911 is the best car in the world in my book. And all years are nice!:-)
That's probably more fun that the reviewer's had in a good long time. Very impressive, thanks for the video! Kudos to Porsche.
if you anyone has anything negative to say about this your crazy I'm not even a fan boy but this is amazing !!!
What an absolute beast of a car.
If I had the money for it, I would definitely buy it.
What if this car had been a Nissan G-TR? well, maybe you would have not stood at the end of the video alive. This shows pure GERMAN technology. Pure passion through cars. But I have to admit that at the lunch ·30, I was starting to get uncomfortable.
This is an incredible feat by Porsche. But I gotta give credit to this guy, he made the video very enjoyable.
German Engineering anyday =D
build race party representing! hell yeah Bill please tell us you will be the face of road and track on the tube of you from now on?!
Didn't it jump the count from #45 to #50? I mean it didn't stop recording or change scene? Either way highly impressive.
I remember watching this video many years ago when the car just came out. Curious as to where this car is now after all these years, and all of those hard launches.
Will Porsche ever let you test a car again? Impressive but that car is going to need some love sooner then later....
drive like it's stolen. here we go
Wow 2.6. I've never been a huge fans of Porsche, but I do know that their cars are one of the few sports cars that can take extreme punishment over and over.
my nissan micra could do that all day too. just not quite as fast? why is this so amazing?
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***** Thanks for that. Good stuff.
***** LMMFAO xD
Too fucking right, Lawrence. NISSAN MICRA, the last of the thoroughbred muscle cars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
uhm because your micra doesn't make over FIVE HUNDRED HORSEPOWER pushed to all four wheels. but you drive a micra so you probably don't understand car stuff lol
I do launch control frequently in my base 2022 911 (992) with Sport Chrono. In normal and Sport mode, it revs to 4k RPM before launching, in Sport Plus mode it revs to 5k RPM before launching. It is the exact same PDK transmission that they put in the Turbo's and GT3 variants. Those cars have way more HP and torque than a base 911, so I figure I can launch it as much as I want. The tire smell is magnificent!
With all my respect, I don't think that Ferrari could do the same....
***** No the Ferrari would break down after the 20 start - that my comon eperience with that cars. The Ferrari is for sunday, the 911 is for every da yuse.
Bahahaha that's amazing and the look on his face every time he launched was priceless! I've got a 996TT no launch control not as robust as the 2014 but even if it was I doubt I would ever torture test my own car like that! That being said it's great to see how reliable Porsche is I doubt very much that any other car manufacture could do the same test without breaking down or like he said going into limp mode!
This video made me laugh absolutely amazing:)
I have a 2019 turbo and ferrari 458. I'd never take the horse to track day in the summer. Porsche is the most reliable exotic....yes....exotic...out there.
Finally an entertaining person from road and track!
I never thought much of Porsche but that's fucking impressive.
Love it man this is bad ass! Caswell + Porsche + road and track = awesomeeee
maybe nissan need to take a lesson for the gtr.
i wonder what the difference is
I can still remember the day's when breaking into the 5's for 0-60 was amazing. this is just crazy.
Impressive, great video! Regards from Portugal!
That's impressive. Seeing a car being able to do 0-60mph under 3 second, 50 times back to back is awesome. I would love this to become a standard benchmark for testing.
I wonder how long it would go, it has to break at some point. 75? 100? 200? 400? I want to see it continue till it finally has enough.
Buy one, and test it by yourself 🤷♂
Talk about abusing the car! 50 launch controls is excessive. What were you expecting, a break down?! It's a Porsche!!
Actually it was 61.
very impressive. although i wish they timed the launches to see if the last 10 were still in the 2's. judging from his reactions though, they probably were. damn i need this
Was this a one time thing or is Caswell going to be beating cars for R&T from now on? Hope this will be the norm.
Stig Msr well this video at least proves u can launch it 10 times without stopping. i mean heck, dude just launched, stopped for 2 seconds, then literally launched again without his hands on the steering wheel. if i do that in my 718, i dont think it would survive 3 runs in a row
"You get what you pay for."
Porsche built their reputation through endurance races like Le Man and Daytona 24 hour races. Probably the only true super car manufacturer if you believe being able to drive a vehicle with such capabilities everyday all year round is what makes it really super.
I thought they would break it.
Question: did it consistently get under 3.0 sec every time?
that's a good question they really didn't answer
Good to see you back in action.
He's having way too much fun lol
mad respect for this Porsche. lifetime clutch is awesome!
Pretty amazing technology, must be a blast to drive
0-60mph in 2.9 seconds is just insane for a street car. It would literally take your breath away... And make you grin ear to ear ha ha.
So I take it you bought it?
PLEASE...please do this with a GT-R and post video...
It could probably do 10-20 launches and than just destroy its transmission....
***** Whatever the outcome, I would love to see it.
So, that's pretty much the best job ever. I have driven older Turbo 911's and loved them. I can't imagine what this one must be like. Maybe someday...
I bet that having sex with a women isn't the same after having this much fun with the 911 Turbo S. PS By the expression on your face, I have come to this conclusion.
I've done this at the drag strip with my '93 fox body, then drove it home. Good job Porsche.
Ladies and Gentlemen......There is no substitute.
You sir are having too much fun. :P
This is why I want a Porsche and not a Ferrari. I'd never do this though, 'cause it's super abusive.
+CMS3139 On your turbo? Or just regular 911
***** Porsche would not offer this feature if the car or driver could not handle it.
***** What year?
***** I made the same decision, because after the Porsche warranty you can mod the turbos to S performance and more with just a software modification. If you install a water/alcohol injetion system system you get 30% more performance and also a intercooler systeme fueld by the onboard window cleaner water tank for the fraction of the regular S price.
***** Awesome dude! I hope to be in the same position when i get to be an adult(i am only 14) and i get my masters in medicine to become a Physicians Assistant, as well as getting a minimum wage job in high school and college and save that money up.
Super impressed; a true beast!!!
Not a Porsche fan but, fast..
I'm in love! Lol
he drove it like someone else owned it
Nice piece of engineering. Even mighty gtr needs time to cool the coupling elements after 5 starts in a row.
wow WTF is this, how this is even possible?? On the first try doing lunch control on my BMW E60 M5 I broke the clutch :(( Sold the car and got my self my dream machine BMW E93 M3 and I NEVER attempt lunch control since I purchased, easy way to say I am afraid I will brake it again, even DCT is perfect compare to old SMG.
I hate Porsche, and I think Porsche's are pricey pumped up VW Beetle's with a spoiler. Well done Porsche I think this is pushing the boundaries of engineering.
In the future I just may buy one, I think this is the answer, but I will have to sell my organ parts to afford one.
Well there's your problem. You pressed the "lunch control" button. Try launch control next time ;)
thenewmedic ha ha you got that right; probably I was eating lunch while launching the car and that did not work :))
***** Well that M5 is much older and heavier than this newer lighter porsche,
for a second there, He looked like they happiest guy on the planet
If I race a focus st and I beat him in my Brz. It is not because my car is faster. It is because I am a better driver than him.
Launch control takes all the skill out of drag Raceing. Still a wonderful piece of technology.
This isn't a lame ass simple-minded drag car though.
vtecnegro85 but launch control IS a show off thingy, it's banned from F1 for a reason
No driver skill involved to get a 2.9 seconds zero to sixty. Just write a check. Sorry do a wire transfer.
If you bought a BRZ for the purpose of drag racing, I think you might be missing something. Take it to the track!
Derek Ferrell Good point Derick. I know when to back off. The ST driver so confident I had to do it. I never take on the Civic Si drivers. They snap off shifts like clockwork. Most of the time I drive it like an economy car and enjoy 30+ MPG. At least until the road gets twisty.
I remember that when the GTR just came out on the market, it was limited to just three launch control starts in a row. Not sure where Nissan stands on this subject now. It speaks volumes.
im not sure why there is so much hate for the GTR in the commets.
That is honestly amazing.
I liked it when they had only the word Turbo at the back... now it looks like a billboard.
You can option what you want it to say on the back of your porsche.
monkeypainter808 I know you can ask to remove it and leave the back blank but not sure if you can ask for just the older style... i could be wrong though.
Enigma w you can have only 911 or porsche or turbo or all at once
kraenk12 ok , thats cool to know then .. thx
No this is wrong.. you can put whatever you want on the back! Just ask your Dealer... my Dad has also the old 993 "Turbo" Logo on his 997 Turbo ;)
Porsche IS an icon. Nissan well..Porsche IS an icon
How can something be a lifetime part and good for over 100k miles? Tell that they are good for 1 million miles and only then you can call them "lifetime parts".
Just 1 million miles?! Irv Gordon has done 3 million miles in his Volvo P1800. =o)
100k miles is generally regarded as the life expectancy of a vehicle nowadays
Its hard to make a binding statement for a manufacturer.
There are not only the miles, but also the usage (more short or more long distances). Some materials age due to brittleness, even without beeing used (rubber parts e.g.). Then there are different complexes of loads acting on a component with different drivers' habits. Some meticulously intent on warming-up and cooling-down an engine, others directly kick their motors to the max with starting it up. Then there are different kinds of road and climate conditions with all the customers home countries.
I've had a VW Golf Mk III with a second generation TDI, which normally produced 81kw. But I changed a resistance at the pressure sensor and looped a potentiometer into the injection pumps signaling cable. This led to 3psi more boost pressure and lot more diesel per combustion stroke and in the end to 23kw more power. I drove the thing hard on the German Autobahn without having a speed limit, as you can imagine. But the motor was still fine after 153.000 miles, cause I always used to drive longer distances at once and always knew how to warm it up and cool it down.
The 100k miles might be the minimal breaking distance and only in the worst cases. Normally Porsches survive their owners. I don't know any other auto brand in the world, whose older models still are running, like most of the older Porsches do. (Excuse my English)
Eric V Gtfo out of here, this isn't the 90's anymore.
Lifetime of the car, not lifetime of the driver.
Older video but awsome. I watched like maybe 10 times , since he posted it
dear santa
That's some impressive engineering and tolerances!
Damn, that's a tough car. A GTR is cheaper but won't hold up to that kind of abuse. You get what you pay for.
I think he had a "crisis".
Put it up against a GTR, better still 25 GTR's. 2 LC starts in a GTR means either your transmission is gone, or your warranty is gone. From what I've heard, both.
Hi C. Anderson: I can tell u one thing, u should do your homework better, right '-)
First, the guy said 516 'foot-pound' (lbs-ft) and NOT Nm (it´s correct: 700 Nm = 516 lbs-ft), because the americans don´t use the metric System!
Second, the official figure for 0 - 62 mph is 2,9 secs, the fact that the Turbo S can do it mostly even faster, only speaks even more for this beautiful masterpiece. That means Porsche is being honest with their figures, well they´ve always been.
For example the official 0-62 mph time for the GTR is 2,7 secs, but NO ONE was ever able to reproduce that figure, rather something like 3,2 secs. Think about that.
Yes you're right about the GTR........I have not seen one single video on youtube or anywhere where a stock GTR has EVER beaten a porche turbo s in a straight line. Even the Nismo wasn't a match. At the end of day a GTR will get me from point A to point B at a track and then break down. I want a car that get me from one end of the country to the other.
;-) Exactly, I mean the GTR ain't that bad,it costs definitelly like half the price of a porsche turbo S,but the point is, practically all 911 derivates - especially the turbo S and gt2 - are extreme versatile - u can be very fast on any racetrack,and like u said u can even use them for a longer trip. And 50 launches in a row! That's almost insane :D without showing a weekness. Hats off. Now I only need some 200 grand '-) C ya
Well it's been a damn while since you guys uploaded a video...
What happen at 51.
read the description....it has done 61......they had so much fun that they lost count
Amazing car. Putting out so much torque so many times to the tarmac is simply incredible engineering! Got a friend who's buddy have a Gallardo and he says he can only do 4 runs an afternoon. Unless he wants to repair the car. Dunno if its his opinion or lamborghini's tho.