911 (997) Autobild tests the Porsche 997 Turbo.

[Yperion]

Those lucky guys at Autobild got invited to Finland to try out the new Porsche 911 Turbo (997). Some of their comments: "a wolf in wolf's clothing", "the increase in traveling comfort is particularly pleasing", "the new Turbo is without a doubt the most complete 911 ever, and the sports car best suited to everyday use, all year round".

I imagine that the pleasure of testing the 911 Turbo was tempered by the frustration of driving it on the Finnish snows, where not even the new 4 wheel drive system could ground the 480 hp and 680 Nm of the 3.6 liters flat-6 engine. Compared to the 996's engine, it has 60 hp and 60 Nm more and should have a smoother power curve, thanks to the variable geometry turbocharger.

Autobild via Eurocarblog

 

[dOmInIX]

Wow, damn lucky Germans...

Car looks awesome!!

 

[MikeJ]

Frustration? What frustration? I would think the only frustration there would be the absurdly low speed limits.

 

[audi_rudy]

wow loving this car more and more.
They may mean that it is hard to test it properly having to worry about the snow and driving it safley

 

[klier]

Frustration? What frustration? I would think the only frustration there would be the absurdly low speed limits.

And the cold

 

[Zonda]

Frustration? What frustration? I would think the only frustration there would be the absurdly low speed limits.

I'm not dissing your country, but Finland is a stupid country when it comes to speed limits. There was talk about limiting the top speed for motorcycles to 110km/h

Sounds like an awsome car