991 Turbo vs Turbo S

[DMC2]

Is anybody actually buying the standard Turbo? All the reviews and chat has been about the S, don't think I know or have spoken to anybody going for the standard Turbo...

Just curious.

[mrdemon]

As every one options up the cars and people seemed mighty pissed off that the last Turbo S was launched later last time but people spent 20k on standard options.

I would say not many people will buy standard when you can buy the S from the start.

[blueSL]

Yes, I was one such, optioned up my 997.2 turbo before the S came out to pretty much where the S came in minus ceramics. Now being really hit by depreciation. Turns out the 991 turbo is not yet in production, they seem to be producing turbo S's first for people with money to burn in case they go off to McLaren.

My dealer (and taking what the salesman says with a pinch of salt) advises going for a base turbo only if you are going to put the minimum on it - Sport Chrono being the main omission from the standard spec. Options bundled with the car as standard always retain value better than those added as, well, options.

Based on a fresh quotation for my turbo, 4 years, 17k miles, halved in value, I'd spend £65k to go a turbo, £86k to go to a turbo S, both with a handful of sensible options.

[DT398]

blueSL said:

Yes, I was one such, optioned up my 997.2 turbo before the S came out to pretty much where the S came in minus ceramics. Now being really hit by depreciation. Turns out the 991 turbo is not yet in production, they seem to be producing turbo S's first for people with money to burn in case they go off to McLaren.

My dealer (and taking what the salesman says with a pinch of salt) advises going for a base turbo only if you are going to put the minimum on it - Sport Chrono being the main omission from the standard spec. Options bundled with the car as standard always retain value better than those added as, well, options.

Based on a fresh quotation for my turbo, 4 years, 17k miles, halved in value, I'd spend £65k to go a turbo, £86k to go to a turbo S, both with a handful of sensible options.

I was told the same but I walked into an OPC at the weekend and they had a regular 991 Turbo in the showroom. Didn't even have sport chrono!

[Martian O]

I've already seen two standard Turbo cars on the road!

[Helicopter123]

Turbo S.

Base Turbo will need to be priced to sell as a used car - everyone will want the S