Hybrid power pushes the most serious non-GT variant of the 911 beyond 700bhp
The new ‘992.2’-generation Porsche 911 Turbo S has arrived on UK roads. The twelfth technical iteration of this wild, revered, extra-special sports car in a history of a little over half-a-century, the Turbo has gone hybrid. Imagine suggesting that idea twenty years ago. Imagine even thinking it. Well, Zuffenhausen’s out to prove that you should be excited by it. And, as it turns out, with very good reason. Adopting a widely reworked version of the 3.6-litre hybrid flat six that the ‘992.2’ Porsche 911 GTS received in 2025, the new Turbo S uses two smaller electrically roused turbochargers (one per bank) rather than just one. It carries over the 911 GTS’s gearbox-mounted electric drive motor, but turns up the wick on that also. The influence of what’s gone on in the engine bay even reaches the car’s suspension and steering. Operating at 400 volts, Porsche’s T-Hybrid system enables technical upgrades for the Turbo’s PDCC active anti-roll bars and four-wheel steering systems, making them faster acting.That’s the technical digest, which we’ll revisit in more detail in a month or so after we’ve borrowed a Turbo S Coupe for a full Autocar road test. For now, we’ll settle for an advanced flavour of how compatible with UK roads this even more powerful, electrified ‘übermensch’ 911 has become, courtesy of a £209,100 Turbo S Cabriolet; having first sampled a Coupe on roads in Spain late in 2025.
