From the December 2023 issue of Car and Driver.
0–150–0 mph: 19.3 seconds
Base: $233,560 | As-Tested: $253,510
Power and Weight: 640 hp • 3691 lb • 5.8 lb/hp
Tires: Pirelli P Zero PZ4; F: 255/35ZR-20 (93Y) NA1, R: 315/30ZR-21 (105Y) NA1
Brakes, F/R: 16.5-in vented, cross-drilled carbon-ceramic disc/15.4-in vented, cross-drilled carbon-ceramic disc
The world’s premier business-class rocket ship required less than a half-mile to hit 150 mph and return to a stop. Setup was easy: Select Sport mode, which keeps the active front and rear spoilers in their low-drag position, then hit the Sport Response button to increase the launch-control threshold from 4000 to 5000 rpm. After that, hang on for a four-wheel burnout, followed soon thereafter by the quarter-mile mark (10.5 seconds) and 150 mph (13.5 seconds). The biggest challenge in the Turbo S was nailing 150 without sailing too far into the deeper reaches of the speedometer before hitting the spectacular brakes, which were second only to the GT3 RS and the Dark Horse with a 586-foot stop.
The Turbo S was the only car here that had us eyeing our taxiway and thinking, “Forget 150. This damn thing could hit 200 mph here.” So we aired up the tires to their highest-speed pressure setting and confirmed that suspicion, sending the Turbo S to 201 mph with room to spare. What a car. What a machine.
And so, thanks to a nail in the tire of a Tesla Model S, the Porsche 911 Turbo S won our Silver Jubilee 0-to-150-to-0-mph contest. But even if we don’t wait 25 years to do this again, it looks highly unlikely that an internal-combustion car could win a race to 150 mph and back ever again. To which we say: Who wants to go to 200?
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Senior Editor
Ezra Dyer is a Car and Driver senior editor and columnist. He’s now based in North Carolina but still remembers how to turn right. He owns a 2009 GEM e4 and once drove 206 mph. Those facts are mutually exclusive.
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