Was ist das?This is the new 424bhp 911 GTS. It fits into the 911 range above the S and below the GT3, and is the second time the GTS badging has been seen on the benchmark rear-engined car.
The first time we saw it on the 911 was at the very end of the 997 lifecycle, back in 2011. That car was a ‘greatest hits' of the 997 range all rolled up into one car, and priced a good £20k less than it would have cost if you'd got busy with the configurator.
With its more powerful motor, delete-option rear seats, wide body and a stack of detail improvements, it was, by quite some margin, the best value, most complete, 997-gen 911 you could buy.
Same story with this one?In many ways yes. But not entirely, as you have to be careful with how you spec it to get the best from the formula: tick a few of the wrong boxes and you'll be missing the point.
The sweet spot is the base GTS with two-wheel drive and manual seven-speed box. This car offers a barge-load of extra power and useful options over the standard Carrera S for not much more money (relative to the price of the car, at least).
The rear-drive manual version is also, by a stretch, the purest-handling, most fun of the GTS mini range, which also includes four-wheel drive and cabriolet options.
What do you get with the GTS that the S doesn't have?It's a laundry list of the small and large, but the major features are a more powerful engine than the Carrera S's - a 30bhp hike to 424bhp, the Carrera 4's wider body, 20-inch centre-lock wheels, Sport Chrono Pack and sports exhaust.
The GTS package costs around £7,500 more than a standard S, but specced individually the engine upgrades alone would set you back almost £2k more than that, so the rest of the stuff, according to TG Man Maths, is effectively free.
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