Key Takeaways
- Facelifted 992 911 Turbo S Cabriolet spotted testing at Nürburgring with updated bodywork.
- New design includes rounder intakes, no separate daytime running lights, and new rear wing.
- Hybrid power expected to push Turbo S to around 700 horsepower.
Porsche has been spotted testing the facelifted 992 911 Turbo S Cabriolet at the Nürburgring ahead of its reveal later this year or early in 2025. The test mule is wearing only mild camouflage, but Porsche has realized that an all-black color scheme is just as effective at hiding updates. Also highly effective is simply fitting the prototype with bumpers that are far from the finished product, as evidenced by the rivets around the lower front intake shrouds. There’s some camouflage over the headlights, but we already know how the updated graphics will look thanks to the recently facelifted 992.2 Carrera.
Enhanced Aerodynamics With Active Properties
The front fascia wears the same adaptive air guides in the intakes as the regular 911, and it appears that these intake scoops may become rounder with the facelift to help set the Turbo models further apart from their Carrera cousins. In our minds, this resembles the 996 Turbo design slightly, but again, we’ll have to wait for the production bodywork to be fitted before we can be sure of how extensive the changes really are. Presumably, the Turbo will also lose its separate daytime running lights, integrating everything from low beams to turn signals in a single cluster.
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At the rear, the changes appear to be more comprehensive. For a start, the exhaust tips appear to have moved further apart and are no longer housed within the rear diffuser trim panel. Air outlets that previously flanked this diffuser panel appear to have disappeared for the time being, and the rear bumper reflectors have been resculpted to match. The diffuser panel itself is closed on this development mule, but there’s a good chance that the vented design of the 992.1 Turbo may be carried over. As we know, Porsche is always looking for ways to enhance aerodynamic efficiency.
Is That A New Wing?
The most obvious change is to the rear spoiler, which appears to have morphed into a wing. Rather than a flat panel atop an adaptive spoiler, the 992.2 has added winglets to its spoiler’s base element, now topped by a more sharply angled wing with a support on either side. As before, the third brake light is integrated into the spoiler. As for what we can expect under the skin, reports suggest electrified power courtesy of the 911 GTS T-Hybrid system will appear for the first time, but only on the range-topping Turbo S.
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For the record, the current 911 Turbo offers 572 hp, and the Turbo S delivers up to 640 ponies. With some subtle tweaks, we expect the regular model to breach the 600-hp mark, while the hybridized Turbo S is likely to get close to 700 hp – a perfect starting point for the inevitable GT2 RS. Whether the new 911 Turbo continues to retail below $200,000 ($197,200 MSRP for 2024) remains to be seen, but we’ll bring you more detailed information as we get it.
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