The technologies in the automotive industry are evolving so rapidly that it’s no longer shocking to see a production car with 1,000 horsepower or more on tap. Such figures are still difficult to be reached with combustion power alone though and this is where electric support comes to the rescue. Still, many customers are still preferring a purely ICE sports car over its new-age competitors with electric motors.
This is the case with the customers of the Porsche 911 Turbo S – the sports car from Germany has what could be regarded as an old-school 3.8-liter twin-turbo flat-six engine sitting behind the seats and generating a peak output of 650 horsepower (478 kilowatts) and 590 pound-feet (800 Newton-meters) of torque. The power reaches all four wheels and with no batteries, the coupe is relatively lightweight tipping the scales at 3,615 pounds (1,640 kilograms).
