Driving Guideline
2008 Porsche 911 Turbo – Feature – Car and Driver
Somewhere in Stuttgart, an engineer is kicking wildly at the 911 Turbo’s 480-hp flat-six engine, easily kicked because it’s in the wrong place—at least according to physics textbooks—and because it makes his job of producing one of the most desirable sports cars in the world increasingly difficult.
The storied 911 Turbo was Nissan’s benchmark for the 2009 GT-R, quite a compliment, considering the GT-R itself has been in development for 39 years. Perhaps a result of the quest to retain a streetable ride despite being heavy with trappings of luxury, the 911 Turbo behaves a bit like a racehorse at the limit: It’s fast, but there’s an ever-present possibility of control becoming suddenly very relative. “Spring-loaded for oversteer” is how one tester described the Turbo’s display of midcorner drop-throttle oversteer, a trait associated with 911s, since, well, always. Read the rest of this entry »