Porsche 992.2 Turbo S hits 701hp

The Porsche 911 Turbo S has always been the “have your cake and vaporize the horizon too” version of the 911. It’s the one that does supercar numbers without turning into a stripped-out special. Now Porsche has given the 992.2 Turbo S hybrid hardware, and the point is not fuel economy. The point is 701 hp, 590 lb-ft, quicker boost response, and a claimed 0-60 mph run of 2.4 seconds. Porsche is calling it the most powerful production 911 ever, and for once that kind of headline doesn’t feel like marketing fluff. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### What actually changed? The big change is that the Turbo S is now the first 911 Turbo to use Porsche’s T-Hybrid setup. This is the same basic performance-hybrid idea that debuted on the updated 911 Carrera GTS, but the Turbo S gets a harder-core version with two electric exhaust-gas turbo(newsroom.porsche.com)n, and a compact 1.9-kWh high-voltage battery. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Why put a hybrid in a Turbo S? Because turbo lag is the enemy of drama and speed. A normal turbo waits for exhaust flow to build before it really wakes up. An electric turbo can spin up faster, so boost arrives sooner and more predictably. Basically, Porsche is using electrification like(newsroom.porsche.com)car that already lived on violent acceleration. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Is the power jump actually big? Yes — and not just on paper. Porsche says the new car makes 701 hp, which is 61 hp more than the previous non-hybrid Turbo S, while torque stays at 590 lb-ft. That sounds like a modest torque story, but the real gain is where and how the torque arrives. Mo(newsroom.porsche.com)it’s already gone. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Does the hybrid make it heavier? A bit, but not enough to blunt the point. Porsche says the new Turbo S weighs just 85 kilograms more than its predecessor despite the extra hybrid components. That matters because adding batteries to a rear-engined 911 sounds risky on paper. But Porsche’s(newsroom.porsche.com)k at. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### How fast is it, really? Officially, Porsche says 0-60 mph takes 2.4 seconds and 0-124 mph takes 8.4 seconds. It also says the new car is around 14 seconds quicker than its predecessor on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a lap of 7:03.92. That is a massive jump for what is still supposed to be the all-weather, everyday-usable 911. It’s not a GT2 RS-style monster. It’s the civilized one — just now with absurd pace. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### Is this still a normal 911 underneath? Normal-ish. It’s still the wide-body, all-wheel-drive, leather-lined Turbo S idea — coupe or cabriolet, comfortable enough for real road use, packed with active aero and chassis tech. But the engine itself has changed meaningfully. Older Turbo S mo(newsroom.porsche.com)s rethinking the flagship 911 at the mechanical level, not just bolting on an electric assist. (newsroom.porsche.com) ### What does this mean for Porsche? It means the hybrid 911 is no longer the weird new branch of the family. It’s moving straight into the core of the lineup. The Carrera GTS introduced the idea in 2024. The Turbo S turns it into the top-tier formula. That’s the important part — Porsche is showing that electrification in the 911 can be used to preserve the car’s character while making the numbers nastier. (jalopnik.com) ### So what’s the bottom line? The new Turbo S matters because it answers the question enthusiasts always ask when a legend goes hybrid — did it get softer? Turns out, no. Porsche used the extra complexity to make the 911 Turbo S quicker, sharper, and even more ridiculous, while keeping the same broad “daily supercar” missi(jalopnik.com)o sustain. (newsroom.porsche.com)