2010 Porsche 911 Turbo Laps Nurburgring 10 Seconds Faster than Predecessor

Porsche 997 911 Turbo Facelift

By Zack Newmark
October 14, 2009 7:05 PM
Filed Under: German, Porsche

The 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo has reportedly posted a laptime of 7 minutes and 39 seconds on the Nurburgring.  That time beats out the last 911 Turbo by about ten seconds.

For 2010, the 911 Turbo uses a 3.8-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder engine that pumps out around 500 horsepower and up to 480 ft-lb of torque.  This represents a 20hp increase over the 3.6-liter engine the German automaker used to use.

Power figures notwithstanding, the new 911 Turbo saves 25 kilograms by using the dual-clutch gearbox instead of the previous version's automatic.  At just under 1600 kilos, the 911 Turbo now has a 309 hp per tonne power-to-weight ratio.

The weight has been trimmed by 25kg in models with the new dual clutch gearbox over those running the old automatic to an impressive 1595kg, giving it a power-to-weight ratio of 309bhp/tonne.

With all-wheel drive, the $132,800 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo goes from 0-62mph in about 3.4 seconds.

Source: autocar

Comments

car-o-bar
October 14, 2009 7:12 PM
Time for Nissan GTR to get on tread mill.

jerry05cod4
October 14, 2009 7:26 PM
still about 13 seconds slower than gtr... great improvement though... love the car

AG4
October 14, 2009 7:45 PM
Only thing with the GT-R, you need a Nissan test/racecar driver to get that lap-time. Anyone else and you'll be way off.

radmeister
October 14, 2009 9:24 PM
I would say it's the other way around, the porsche is more tempermental and therefore harder to control, plus it has less computer asists. I would bet that anyone off the street would have an easier time driving around the ring in the GT-R. I want the new GT2 to come out, and slap that GT-R around the track.

AG4
October 14, 2009 10:06 PM
@radmeister

What I mean is even other racecar drivers can't get close to Nissan's claimed lap time for the GT-R.


Edited by user on October 14, 2009 at 10:06 PM
scratchy996
October 15, 2009 12:12 AM
all independent tests made with the GTR are far away from Suzuki's time. either he is some kind of super ninja driver or there is something fishy about Nissan's claimed time.

sub39h
October 15, 2009 7:49 PM
@ radmeister

stop being such a fanboy. both the GT-R and the Porsche 911 Turbo are pick-up-and-play supercars.

also, i agree with the other statements. the Nissan's GT-R lap time makes NO sense and is likely to be falsified. Germans are way too rigid to lie about their times.

neunelfer
October 14, 2009 7:28 PM
how can that be? porsche 911 turbo already did 7:38 on the nurburgring, if the facelift version is 10 s faster, that would bring it to 7:28. I don't get it.

scratchy996
October 14, 2009 8:11 PM
true , maybe it's a typo.

jslcarfan
October 14, 2009 7:47 PM
good call neunelfer, I thought the previous car did it in 7:38 as well. something is wrong here. . . http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Nissan-GT-R/235197/ . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times . . . http://www.worldcarfans.com/108093060/porsche-accuses-nissan-of-cheating-on-gt-r-nurburgring-record-lap-run look like 7:38 last year according to all these.


Edited by user on October 14, 2009 at 7:54 PM
LeonOfTheDead
October 14, 2009 8:15 PM
Who wrote this article? Not even checked to say the same sentence is wrote twice. smells of marketing stunt from a full Ring lap away

ght
October 14, 2009 11:11 PM
Only thing with the porsche, you need a porsche test/racecar driver to get that lap-time. Anyone else and you'll be way off.

jslcarfan
October 14, 2009 11:47 PM
The source of this info. . "posted a laptime of 7 minutes and 39 seconds" was from autocar.co.uk they must have had a typo someone on there is saying now that the new time claim is 7:27. If thats true thats fast, a huge jump from last year. with the PDK and torque vectoring on the 2010 I can believe it. heres their correction:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/forums/p/9232/70713.aspx#70713


Edited by user on October 15, 2009 at 12:18 AM
scratchy996
October 15, 2009 12:22 AM
WCF should check their sources.

catchmyshadow
October 15, 2009 1:25 AM
autocar should check their sources first, 7:27? that´s more like it.

abugatti
October 15, 2009 3:44 AM
997 turbo is true super car and this new PDK one is even better, but i still think GT-R is bit faster.. because every test i've seen such as Top gear, 5th gear, Autocar...they all say GT-R is faster and easier to drive super fast.

scratchy996
October 15, 2009 1:03 PM
the new 997.2 turbo wasn't on Top Gear , Fifth Gear or Autocar. it doesn't only have PDK , more power, more torque , better suspensions, better handling , less weight, it also has Torque Vectoring, that's what made the GTR so fast. the GTR lost the only advantage it had.

BavarianMS
October 15, 2009 5:21 AM
wow that is definitely faster then GTR. Because no one simply got Nissans claimed lap time or even came close.

meizterwerk
October 15, 2009 8:06 AM
gtr still looks good than this.

Carbon_Dew
October 15, 2009 11:14 AM
The GT-R and 911 Turbo are in leagues of their own. It's like comparing a GTI to a ST... The ST is an amazing package, faster, better handling and cheaper but the GTI is still given respect!

catchmyshadow
October 15, 2009 1:38 PM
the difference is the TT makes u smile all day, all year long. the GT-R makes u smile for one lap until it breaks down and u are faced with warranty issues.

porschecarreragtmay6
October 15, 2009 5:41 PM
Go check wikipedia a added in a 7:27 flat for the Turbo and it is right behind the GTR.

porschecarreragtmay6
October 15, 2009 5:48 PM
Proof of 7:27. http://www.carsinaction.net/article_Rocket_997_Turbo_Rocks_Ring_2508.html

Wikipedia... I forgot to put the link in my previous post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCrburgring_lap_times#Production_vehicles

carbonfibreguy
October 18, 2009 12:22 AM
thanks! I think IMO that nissan is just straight up lieing about having sub 7:30 times, especially in a car that heavy with almost all luxuries in it. i'd like to see a race one of these days, between the 997 turbo, the new one, CGT and the GTR. all on slicks.

crazy_golf_driver
October 16, 2009 8:25 AM
You never know.... nissan might just have their own "STIG"....but lets face it, Porsche know how to build a track car.

K
October 29, 2009 8:56 AM
I was hoping that the facelift will be more than this. It's almost like her predecessor.

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