With its new-for-2010 direct-injected, 3.8-liter turbocharged flat-six, the upgraded 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has fired a shot across the bow of the world's supercar armada. Promising better performance, better fuel economy and better emissions, this tweaked 997 should hold the fort until the 998 appears in a couple of years.

With 20 extra horsepower motivating the lightened (by 55 pounds) all-wheel drive coupe, it should be noticeably quicker than its 2009 counterpart. How much quicker? Autocar is reporting that it's a full ten seconds faster around the Nurburgring Nordschleife than a 2009 Porsche 911 Turbo. That means the new Turbo just breaks into the 7:30s at 7m 39sec.

That still puts it behind the rival Nissan GT-R at 7:28 after former Formula One driver, Toshio Suzuki, went out and shaved more than a second off the car's previous best. Of course, Porsche still has a possible Turbo S model in the works and already produces a wicked 911 GT3 RS that can probably close the official gap between them and Godzilla.

 

That's pretty sweet but does it come with a nice price increase as well?

BTW, I think you should have omitted the last paragraph... haha

 

10 secs?! damn that's insane improvement...

 

Good job Porsche. Now for Lexus to announce the timing on the LFA!

 

Very nice. Love the steady improvements.

 

I want i want i want i love 911 turbos.

 

Some other magazine reported it did it in 7:27(?)
before that it was 7:49.

Which is it?

 

Nice improvement for an already exciting car.

 

Something VERY suspicious here. I refuse to believe the 'Ring numbers until I here some official confirmation from Porsche themselves. The 2006-2009 Turbo supposedly ran the 'Ring at a best time of 7:38 last year. In 2006, the Turbo achieved a 'Ring time of 7:49.

Instead of saying this "10 seconds faster" sillyness, why is the *actual* 'Ring time of the 2010 Turbo not being reported?

 

Because '10 seconds faster' gets more attention.

 

Example:

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"The new 2010 Porsche 991 Turbo is 10 seconds faster on the 'Ring, thanks to a host of improvements.

The 2010 Turbo achieved a 'Ring time of 7:28, beating the previous best Turbo time of 7:38"

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Would something like that be SO hard to report ?

 

http://www.carsinaction.net/article_...Ring_2508.html

This site is reporting a new 'Ring time of 7:27 for the 2010 911 Turbo. Apparently the biggest change to the 2010 Turbo is the addition of torque vectoring technology to the AWD system. The GT-R had an advantage with that, now the Turbo has torque vectoring too.