Porsche 997 Turbo Launch: Turbo Gets Toe-To-Toe With Competition, Can You Figure Out Who They Are?

As 001 is out in Portugal having a blast, I am stuck here in New York City. [grumblegrumble]  But I cannot help but notice the competitors against the new 3.8 Turbo.  In some of the comparison slides we see that the new Turbo is not a slouch by any means.

Although Porsche does not list the competitors in the slides, can you figure it out?

Let us know, below!


2010 Porsche 911 Turbo Photo Gallery





WIth the 997 Turbo down on horsepower, I was not sure if it would be able to keep up with the competition...



Clearly, that is not much of a concern as 0-62 MPH comes in a blisteringly fast 3.4 seconds.  And Porsche could be conservative with that particular time as 001 observed -- he did 60 in 3.1 seconds. 



And it consumes less than the competition by a significant margin.  With these numbers you want to be lower.  After the conversion, the Turbo achieves just over 20.5 MPG.








2010 Porsche 911 Turbo Photo Gallery