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| Review The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS with high-speed mobile |
If you want to buy is important to always understand and read reviews about the Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
To Porsche anoraks, the GTS badge has a strong pedigree. It first appeared on a very successful racecar back in the 1960s, and that's something most people actually in the market for a brand new 911 won't care about one bit. What will matter, however, is how the GTS offers the second finest 911 driving experience after the GT3 yet doesn't compromise the qualities that make lesser versions such useable everyday road cars.
The Carrera GTS hunkers down even further thanks to an extra-wide 44mm
rear track in comparison to the Carrera S. This extra width works with
the 305mm wide rear (and 245mm wide front) tyres to hold this car flat
and steady through corners.
As you turn the key and the engine fires to life, it’s impossible to mistake this for anything other than a Porsche. The engine’s throaty rasp at idle is meaningful and stirs the right emotions. While it’s not like a traditional V8 muscle car, the note is deep enough and offers a harrowing howl as you plough through the rev range.
The seating position is literally perfect. The steering wheel sits neatly in the hands, while the gear lever and pedals are intuitively placed for easy and seamless shifts, even when attacking corners.
As you would expect from such a sporting vehicle, the clutch is quite heavy and the gearshifts tight and short. This combination gives you a genuine feeling of involvement. Two excellent features are the rev-match (in Sport Plus) on downshifts and anti-stall.
If, for example, you are in third gear wanting to shift to second and have Sport Plus mode active, the electronics will immediately determine the correct engine speed for a seamless match between the flywheel and driveshaft speed. The result is not only a heel-toe-esque blip on downshifts, but also a perfect, stutter free transition to a lower gear.
Further to this, an anti-stall feature will immediately restart the car if you accidentally dip the clutch or cause the car to stall — or so I have heard, because I never stalled it. Well, only once, but it was on purpose.
Actually, our test car was fitted with around £10,000 of options, most of which are folly like the GTS interior styling pack (£2,234) which adds some pointless carbon fibre bits, contrasting stitching and extra GTS logos. The Sport Design Pack (£1,223), however, is worth considering as it includes a ducktail spoiler that really enhances the 911's looks. And of course you'll be wanting Bluetooth (£558), parking sensors (£639) and cruise control (£269), but really Porsche, it's a bit of a cheek that these aren't standard.
And that sums up the 911 buying experience - it's a bit of a numbers
game. If you can: step up to the GTS but add very little. Once you've
spent the cash you'll soon forget about the price differential over the S
and just enjoy this thoroughly delightful and engaging sports car which
comes with lots of worthwhile extra kit, more performance and some
extra heritage... not that anyone really cares about the last bit.
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