The upcoming Porsche 911 Turbo S, debuting this year, will be hybrid
Porsche 911 Turbo S will be coming as a Hybrid, which does give it more punch, but the German brand needs to find ways to make it lighter in order to keep the performance going in this generation of the coupe.
New Delhi: Porsche introduced the first 992.2-generation 911 variant a year back, and the lineup isn’t all done and dusted. After the launch of the facelifted GTS, Carrera, Targa, and GT3 models, the Porsche CEO, Oliver Blume, has confirmed during the half-year earnings that the Turbo S is set to make its appearance later this year. A non-S model is also likely to make an appearance.
Blume also reinforced that the Turbo S will be coming with a hybrid setup, which isn’t a big surprise for anyone. Back in October 2024, former Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke had revealed that the 992.2 Turbo S would be electrified. The upcoming 911 will be using Varta batteries after Porsche acquired V4Drive GmbH from AG Group recently.
Notably, the GTS also features cylindrical cells from V4Drive, rebranded as V4Smart following Porsche's acquisition of the majority share in March. The 1.9 kWh battery packs used for the car T-Hybrid drive system are produced at the Ellwangen and Nordlingen locations. By the year’s conclusion, Porsche are targeting to grow the workforce to 375 employees across the two sites for the upcoming new hybrid 911s in prep. While there are rumours that the GT2 RS could also come as a hybrid but it hasn’t been made official.
Blume, though, has said that Porsche are looking at a new variation and investing capital to make it quicker as well. The GT2 RS wasn’t available during the first half of the 911 cycle, as the most track-focused variant usually arrives at the end of the production cycle.
As a hybrid, of course, the Turbo S will have more punch. In its previous incarnation, it produced 640 bhp and 800 Nm from the twin-turbocharged 3.8-litre boxer engine. Of course, Porsche needs to find ways to cut weight as it will be a lot heavier. In the GTS, the extra weight goes up to 46 kg.
Porsche’s two-door lineup, though, isn’t just limited to the 911. The production of the 718 Cayman and Boxster also ends in October, although Blume has said that plans for the electric next-gen is still in the plans. The EV duo will likely arrive after Cayenne, which debuts this year before it goes for sale in 2026. Zuffenhausen have reversed the sequence of the launches, with EV sports cars earlier scheduled to come first.
In 2028, Macan will still get an ICE successor in 2028 though there is no indication if the Boxster or Cayman will come after the 982. Porsche, though, is going full steam for the EVs in the segment. It is a risk because the main attraction has been the engine,s and with the coming EVs, the manual gearbox will also bid farewell.