I was in a Porsche 997 Turbo S. Confident. Focused. Flat-out. Then a C63 AMG appeared. And it absolutely humiliated me. The sound, the speed, the brutal torque—this thing came out of nowhere and left ...

Porsche's 2014 911 911 Turbo S is the quickest-accelerating road-going series production 911 to date: faster than the latest 911 GT3 (“Reloaded,” Sept. 2), faster than the 997 GT2 RS and ...

The “Mezger” engines in the 2009 and earlier 997 Turbo produced about 480 horsepower and aside from a few potential coolant leak issues this is a largely faultless engine. What’s more ...

Even here things are kept discreet: the standard turbos have been retained and none of the electronic fiddling can be detected by Porsche’s ... 997 Turbo at 4sec dead, and the Carrera GT at ...

But this time the Turbo S model has appeared less than a year after the gen2 997 Turbo made its debut ... It's the fastest accelerating road car Porsche currently makes, and probably the fastest ...

until a roaring C63 AMG showed up and changed everything. I was behind the wheel of a Porsche 997 Turbo S—one of the most capable machines of its era. But this Mercedes? It refused to back down.

Listen, imaginary person that is now too embarrassed to comment, the Porsche 997 Turbo's cheapness is relative to its overall value, which as it stands, is a hell of a lot. It doesn't mean that ...

If I'd blown twice the money of a 997 Carrera on this ... A GT3 has character -- a Turbo does not. The two cars here are, though, showcases for Porsche's technical wizardry.

Related: 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera S Gets More Power, $148,395 Base Price If you understand any Carrera S from the 997 generation ... the senses like the 911 Turbo. The S is supposed to be a ...

The second most powerful 911 from the 992.2 phase is nearing its debut. Enter the facelifted Turbo S with virtually no camouflage. Pictured with daytime running light stickers at the Nurburgring ...