2021 Porsche 911 Turbo Beats McLaren 620R, Old 911 Turbo S At The Track
Porsche's new 911 Turbo was just 0.3 seconds slower than the Lamborghini Huracan Evo
The 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo may have been upstaged by the 641 HP and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) Turbo S, but it is still a force to be reckoned with.
SportAuto put Christian Gebhardt behind the wheel of the German sports car for a hot lap of the Hockenheim-GP, and it did a 1:49.3. Thus, it managed to beat the McLaren 620R (1:49.4), old 911 Turbo S (1:50.0), Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S (1:52.8) and 718 Cayman GT4 (1:53.9).
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The new 911 Turbo came three tenths of a second behind the Lamborghini Huracan Evo (1:49.0), which, in turn, was beaten by the Mercedes-AMG GT R (1:48.5) and McLaren 600LT (1:48.9). Moving further up the chart, we can see that the Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro did a 1:48.0, and the latest 911 Turbo S posted a 1:47.8. The Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, McLaren 765LT and Ferrari 488 Pista completed the run in 1:47.3, 1:46.2 and 1:45.9 respectively, whereas the McLaren Senna still holds the unofficial record at the German track with 1:40.8.
Unveiled last summer, the 2021 911 Turbo has 32 HP more than its predecessor, with its twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat-six producing 572 HP, while torque has gone up by 29 lb-ft (40 Nm), at 553 lb-ft (750 Nm). Top speed is the same, at 198 mph (320 km/h), but the 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) sprint is now dealt with in 2.7 seconds, a 0.2 seconds improvement.
The 911 Turbo Coupe has an MSRP of $170,800 and the Cabriolet starts at $183,600.