I’m currently on a plane to Spain to drive one of the most anticipated cars of the year (and maybe even the decade): the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, the first road-going 911 with a hybrid powertrain. It combines a brand new single-turbo 3.6-litre flat-6 engine with an electric motor and a lightweight battery pack, and I’ll be driving it both on the roads around Málaga and at Circuito Ascari. What I want to know is what you want to know about the new 911 T-Hybrid.
On its own, the new GTS’s 3.6-liter engine makes slightly more power than the outgoing car’s 3.0-liter twin-turbo engine, and the turbocharger is electrically powered. The hybrid system’s electric motor is mounted in the PDK transmission and produces 54 hp and 110 lb-ft, and the total output is 532 hp and 449 lb-ft. A 1.9 kWh battery pack is mounted in the frunk where the 12-volt battery used to be, and Porsche says the GTS T-Hybrid is only 103 pounds heavier than last year’s GTS.
Porsche says the new Carrera GTS can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 2.9 seconds, 0.3 seconds faster than before, and that its top speed of 186 mph (300 km/h) is 0.6 mph (1 km/h) faster. Other upgrades include wider wheels, lower suspension, new electro-hydraulically controlled roll stabilization, and standard rear-wheel steering. Styling-wise, the facelifted 992 gets new active aero elements, redesigned lighting, a fully digital instrument cluster and a controversial start/stop button.
What questions do you have about Porsche’s first hybrid 911? What do you want to know about how he drives? What are your questions about its engineering and packaging? What do you wonder about the new styling? I also drive the updated version of the base Carrera, which uses the same engine as before. Let me know in the comments below, and I can answer it all in a few weeks.
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