2021 Porsche 911 Turbo First Drive Review: Laughing In The Face Of Winter
Mar 04, 2021 at 12:00pm ET
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Verdict
9.6
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10
February in Michigan is cold. Very cold. It is not a place for sports cars, let alone 572-horsepower, rear-engine rocket ships. And yet that's what I'm driving – blasting, really – down a slush-covered portion of my favorite on-road evaluation loop, unconcerned about the 17-degree temperatures and the lousy roads.
The Porsche 911 Turbo has long been the king of all-weather sports cars, pairing exceptional performance with the surefootedness of all-wheel drive, and that's not set to change with the 2021 model year. But for the latest generation, dubbed 992, Porsche has upped the ante, matching the output of last year's 911 Turbo S and adding a sport-tuned version of Porsche Active Suspension Management for the first time. Combine that with our tester's Goodyear Ultragrip Performance winter rubber and the Wet driving mode that premiered a few years back on the Carrera S, and the result is an almost infallible winter companion.