Chris Harris video: 911 Turbo vs McLaren 12C
Two twin-turbo heavyweights in a classic England vs Germany showdown, Harris as ref
Well, the 991 Turbo marks a return to the model's lower-volume, higher-priced past.
As we've already said, the policy appears to have worked. The 991 Turbo is both far more enjoyable to drive and more characterful than the old 997, but it is also now stuck in a kind of pricing no-man's land. Significantly above your heavily specced Carreras it's but a few score shy of even more serious machinery.
The Turbo used to be the car that demolished supposedly faster and more exotic machinery, but the latest junior supercars are now so much more usable that they surely make the case for the Turbo less compelling.
To investigate this further, we spent a week in a McLaren 12C and the new Turbo S. This was no hardship.
Why did you not use launch control on both cars. Also was the TTS in sport plus mode, missive diff not just in torque but throttle map....I have done this test and if all the tts assets are used, its faster to 120.....Along with the 12C-SP as tested in that Colour is listed at 243k if it has CCBDs, the TTS as tested is 142k.....100k Diff......
Why did you not use launch control on both cars. Also was the TTS in sport plus mode, missive diff not just in torque but throttle map....I have done this test and if all the tts assets are used, its faster to 120.....Along with the 12C-SP as tested in that Colour is listed at 243k if it has CCBDs, the TTS as tested is 142k.....100k Diff......
The Turbo is a fine car but its not as quick as the 12C. And yes, the 12C costs a lot more but the Turbo is a lot of money for a car that looks not entirely unlike a £45k Boxster. And I say that as a lover of all things 911.
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