The instructors were telling us the car generates about 1.2G during this process. Off the line, even as a driver, prepared for the impact, it is pretty much impossible to keep your head completely stable during launch control. But we were able to sample the insane launch control system over a 0-400m run, and then for the second run stretch the 911’s legs over 1000m with a rolling start. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to attach our Vbox to the car, or tack on our GoPro to record the runs due to strict security measures and time constraints. Porsche gave media a couple of runs on runway 16L/34R (for all the airport fans) to try it out. Porsche claims 0-100km/h takes just 2.7 seconds, with 0-200km/h crossed off in 8.9 seconds. Even so, it is one of the fastest and quickest-accelerating combustion-engined vehicles currently on the market. This has four seats, power everything, climate control, and normal door trims and a decent boot. Keep in mind this isn’t technically a supercar or a hypercar. We hit around 306km/h (it could have been more but we weren’t concentrating on the speedo), and the instructors were hitting 320km/h. Wait, what? Yep, Porsche Australia has managed to find and pull all of the right strings to book out a runway at Sydney’s international airport for a day of launching starts and high-speed runs in the 2021 Turbo S. What better place to sample it than on an international airport. And now the all-new model has just arrived in Australia. That alone draws in, justifiably, a huge amount of respect from car and driving fans. It’s been around for generations, and the same essential formula has been carried through the entire way. The Porsche 911 Turbo is a proper legend of the motoring world.
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