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Porsche is presenting the top-of-the-range model of the 911 series at the IAA Mobility motor show in Munich: an innovative twin-turbo powertrain with T-Hybrid technology makes the new 911 Turbo S the most powerful production 911 to date.
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00:00I'll never forget the first moment I saw a 911, and I'll never forget the silhouette.
00:11There's just something so beautiful and so iconic about that image.
00:17This brand hooked me.
00:22When I started racing with Porsche, I didn't just feel the speed, I felt a connection.
00:28It was like being part of this really unique, special family.
00:35And today, this family lets me into the most sacred place.
00:43Good morning.
00:44Hi, good morning.
00:45Patrick.
00:47Contractor or supplier?
00:53There's this little town outside of Stuttgart,
00:56around 7,500 inhabitants.
01:00And then there's just as many Porsche employees developing these dream machines.
01:05Precision, German style.
01:07And I love it.
01:08And in BISOC, everything is top secret.
01:12So German engineering.
01:14The perfection.
01:15And honestly, I've always wondered, what's behind it?
01:18What's the magic?
01:19Where does it come from and why?
01:26Hey Patrick.
01:27Hey Frank.
01:28Good to have you here.
01:29Great to be here.
01:31Let's go inside.
01:32Great.
01:35Frank, is that what I think it is?
01:37Yes, it is.
01:38This is the very first 911 Turbo S from 1992.
01:42Only 86 of them built.
01:44Wow.
01:45Back then, it was our base model for the GT race cars in the US.
01:49It's beautiful.
01:53Ready for the reveal?
01:56Show me the next icon.
01:57Here we go.
02:27Oh, wow.
02:32There it is.
02:34Frank, it's gorgeous.
02:36I totally agree.
02:38I get goosebumps.
02:39It's beautiful.
02:40The new body looks muscular and seriously modern.
02:43But the first thing that catches your eye is the new front.
02:46So this is the active cooling vents, right?
02:47Yes, exactly.
02:49Beautiful.
02:52I love this color.
02:53A lot of little detail here.
02:54I have new air vents and titanium tailpipes.
02:57The perfect match for the rear.
03:01Beautiful.
03:03So, what's inside?
03:07We've upgraded our most advanced engine.
03:10The 3.6-liter T-Hybrid with the second electric turbo.
03:14And rumor has it it's the most powerful street-legal 911 ever made?
03:19It is.
03:20711 horses.
03:21Really?
03:22And 800 Newton-meter of torque.
03:24Oh, gosh.
03:26We've also fine-tuned the suspension and the aerodynamics is more intelligent than ever before.
03:32How does that translate to the road?
03:34On the famous Nordschleife, the new 911 Turbo S is 14 seconds quicker than the previous one.
03:40Down to 7 minutes and 3 seconds.
03:42Without sacrificing comfort or day-to-day usability.
03:45Oh, 9 to 11, gotta go.
03:49It takes me 8 minutes to the test bench.
03:51Important meeting.
03:53A special ID card.
03:54Your access to the wind tunnel and the engine department.
03:56Have fun.
03:57Oh, fantastic.
04:00Oh, yes.
04:01Okay.
04:02Let's see what this magical little card has to offer.
04:07And when we're here in Weissach, it's like we're all kids in a candy store.
04:13Vorsicht!
04:35Hello?
04:36Hello?
04:37I'm here.
04:38What?
04:42Hi.
04:43Hi.
04:44Sorry.
04:45It's forbidden to be here.
04:46It's so beautiful, though.
04:47I know.
04:48I know.
04:49But we are not allowed to stay here.
04:50Right.
04:51Yeah.
04:52I would want to get sucked into it.
04:54Here we are, in the heart of the wind tunnel.
04:56Ah, grazie.
04:57Bravo.
04:58Bern, so good to see you.
05:02Hello, Patrick.
05:03I was wondering if you got lost.
05:04Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
05:05I had an opportunity to kind of sneak around.
05:08I got the special card from Frank, so thank you.
05:10Okay.
05:11So let's talk to us and aerodynamics.
05:13Beautiful.
05:14I love that.
05:15We have big improvements.
05:16So we have 10% less drag.
05:18Really?
05:19Than the previous model.
05:20Uh-huh.
05:21And the best drag coefficient of 0.3, which is really impressive for such a wide car and that tire dimensions.
05:28Right.
05:29And where did you find the most gain?
05:31We did some improvements in the underbody flow.
05:34Okay.
05:35Some new components that cover, for example, the rear axle.
05:38Uh-huh.
05:39And we also improved the active aerodynamics.
05:42I will show you in detail.
05:43Okay, great.
05:51So, Bern, tell me what's going on now.
05:52Yeah, the previous Turbo S already had some active aero elements.
05:56Uh-huh.
05:57So, for example, the rear wing.
05:58Right.
05:59That rises depending on speed and the driving situation.
06:04So, you can see we still have the inflatable front spoiler.
06:08Uh-huh.
06:09It's a lot of downforce.
06:10And we optimize the variable air cooling flaps.
06:14So, we better control in our thermodynamics and drag.
06:18Wow.
06:19And we have a new and very effective feature.
06:22It's an active front diffuser.
06:24You can't see it now because it's located here at the underbody.
06:29Oh, right there.
06:33What's really impressive is just, it's just small little fine tuning and refinement, isn't it?
06:38Exactly.
06:39It's in the details.
06:40Yeah.
06:41Sorry, gotta go.
06:42Oh, okay.
06:45Must be some sort of secret code word.
06:53Elf, try, sick.
06:54Lunchtime.
06:55Mahlzeit.
06:56Mahlzeit.
06:57Mahlzeit?
06:58Mahlzeit?
06:59Mahlzeit.
07:00What?
07:02If you go to Vysok, there's so much magical energy here.
07:07Engine development's gotta be around here somewhere.
07:12Patrick.
07:16Matthias.
07:17Hello.
07:21Hello.
07:22I'm glad you found us down here.
07:23Yeah, I got the key.
07:24I just go through a technical debrief from a 911 Turbo S together with my suspension colleague.
07:34Great.
07:35Do you want to join us?
07:36Yes, please.
07:37I'd love to.
07:39Oh, wow.
07:40Oh, so that's the Turbo.
07:41Yes.
07:42That's the E-Turbo.
07:43And it's one of the most important components of the drivetrain.
07:47Mm-hmm.
07:48And that's how the Turbo can boost and recuperate.
07:52What a great perspective.
07:54That's great to see it at this size.
07:56But what's the actual size like in the car?
07:58Please stretch out your right hand.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Ha-ha.
08:01This is the E-Turbo in real size.
08:04And now you can stretch out your left hand.
08:06Oh, wow.
08:07Look at that.
08:08So we used two Turbos to massively increase the engine power.
08:13And each of them is lighter and more compact than the Mono Turbo and the GTS.
08:18This is so cool.
08:20And now you see here is the complete package.
08:22Mm-hmm.
08:23In the front there is the exhaust system.
08:24Mm-hmm.
08:25In the middle there is the intake system.
08:26On the right and on the left side are the turbochargers.
08:29And here in the middle are all the control units that we need to run the system.
08:33Do you want to see the engine in action?
08:35Yeah.
08:36Look over there.
08:45The sound is incredible.
08:46Oh, yeah.
08:47I love it.
08:48And the chassis also profits from the high-voltage system.
08:52The new electro-hydraulic Porsche dynamic chassis control acts even quicker than the previous system.
08:59So that really helps you in the corners, doesn't it?
09:01Yes.
09:02It helped us to improve stability and agility at the same time.
09:04Wow.
09:05But maybe you should try yourself on our test track, the Prüfgelände.
09:08Oh, yeah.
09:09Yes, absolutely.
09:13That was great, wasn't it?
09:14I love a little theory.
09:15But what I really need right now is a little bit…
09:19Oh, more theory.
09:21Jason.
09:23Oh, hey, Patrick.
09:27I can't say I'm too surprised to see you here.
09:29You race these cars, yeah?
09:30Yes, I do.
09:31We've got a little intervention for you today.
09:33Oh, God.
09:34I don't think there's enough math in your life.
09:37And I'm here to change that.
09:38Oh, fantastic.
09:39So, Patrick, I'm going to teach you how to calculate the zero to 200 and back down to zero kilometers per hour time for the new 911 Turbo S.
09:48Okay, let's do it.
09:49All we're trying to figure out is this T right here.
09:51We know our change in velocity already.
09:54It's 200 kilometers per hour, right?
09:56Acceleration equals force divided by mass.
09:59Okay, great.
10:00That's all we need.
10:01The thing is, there's a lot of forces.
10:04So, the car, of course, is trying to accelerate the vehicle with the traction force.
10:09This one, this one right here, is equal to mass times acceleration.
10:13That's the A we're looking for.
10:14We also have to keep in mind aerodynamic drag.
10:17We have to think about rolling resistance.
10:19We have to think about rotational acceleration, like the wheels and tires and brake rotors and drive shafts.
10:26Are you with me so far?
10:28Okay, great.
10:29So, we need to solve all of this for that A.
10:33So, we're going to ignore and we're going to say we're on a flat surface.
10:36So, we don't need to think about gravity pulling the car downhill.
10:39What is this block right here?
10:40I have no idea.
10:41It's a little chunk of time.
10:43Okay.
10:44So, all we're doing is we're just adding up these little chunks of time.
10:46We're finding the area under the curve.
10:49This is like baby calculus.
10:50It's pretty cool.
10:51Time is equal to the integral of our velocity from one point to another of the inverse of acceleration with respect to velocity.
11:00Using the actual numbers from Porsche as well as some of my own estimates, we take our total acceleration time.
11:07We take our total braking time.
11:09We add them together and what do we get?
11:1112.7 seconds.
11:14Well, let's see if your math is right.
11:17Ah, yes.
11:18Let's do that.
11:19Thank you, Jason.
11:20Georgie.
11:21How are you doing?
11:22Long time not to see you.
11:23So good to see you.
11:24How you been?
11:25Good?
11:26Good.
11:27Have you been to the track?
11:28It's been a while.
11:29Well, I'll show you the line.
11:30Thanks, Jason.
11:31Okay, great.
11:32Yeah.
11:33See you, man.
11:34Oh my goodness.
11:47Awesome.
11:48Oh, this is fantastic.
11:53The car gets always better and better.
12:05The power output you could just feel.
12:06Yeah.
12:07Incredible.
12:08With the T-Hybrid, it's just amazing.
12:10It's just amazing.
12:11The acceleration is incredible.
12:13The e-turbo, just a huge step forward for me.
12:16Drivability of the engine is amazing.
12:18Right.
12:19And for me, it's just a perfect mixture of comfortability on the highway.
12:23Right.
12:24But still, it's super sporty and you can just play around with the car so much.
12:27Right.
12:28It's a really perfect car.
12:29Oh, shit.
12:30Look at that.
12:31I can't wait for me to drive now and you get to sit in this city.
12:34All right.
12:35Let's go.
12:36Oh, nice.
12:37See, I'm getting comfortable with this now.
12:38How are you doing over there?
12:39That's comfortable.
12:40Oh, nice.
12:41See, I'm getting comfortable with this now.
12:43How are you doing over there?
12:44That's comfortable.
12:45That's comfortable.
12:46Yeah.
12:47Yeah.
12:48Yeah.
12:49Yeah.
12:50Yeah.
12:51Yeah.
12:52Yeah.
12:53Yeah.
12:54Yeah.
12:55Yeah.
12:56Yeah.
12:57Yeah.
12:58I'll tell you, the braking is really nice.
13:07Really predictable.
13:08Yeah.
13:09It doesn't have that sort of over-grippy thing.
13:11Yeah.
13:12Biggest brakes ever on a 911, man.
13:18So smooth.
13:19The suspension is really something else.
13:21We have a Porsche Dynamic chassis control, like we know from the previous turbos.
13:25But now we have an electro-hydraulic system.
13:28So we use a high voltage battery to power it so the system is even quicker.
13:34So on the direction changes, the car is even more crisp and more precise.
13:38Right.
13:39So for me it works really, really well.
13:40Right.
13:41A little drift there.
13:42Don't kill me, mate.
13:45Woo-hoo-hoo!
13:47So with all of these numbers that we're hearing about, are they absolutely true?
13:53Is it all BS?
13:54There's only one way to find out.
13:55All right, let's go talk to the airport.
13:58You need to get out of the car, you're too heavy mate.
14:00I'm just trying to have fun now.
14:02All right, we start with the launch.
14:12Zero, 200, zero.
14:22And 200, two, zero.
14:24Wow, that was quick.
14:2712.6.
14:29He was right.
14:30Good job.
14:34All right, let's talk to Jason.
14:3512.6 seconds.
14:38Perhaps Jorg skipped breakfast.
14:41It's the perfect supercar.
14:43You can use it as a daily driver.
14:45You can take it to the track.
14:46It has the performance, the reliability.
14:48Absolutely brilliant.
14:50Hey, I've got a little bit of time before my next flight.
14:53Are you up for a bit more whiteboard math?
14:55You know, I forgot something in the car.
14:58Jorg.
14:59He loves, loves math.
15:01Great.
15:14Woo hoo hoo!
15:23Good morning.
15:24Good morning.
15:25Good morning.
15:26Good morning.
15:27Patrick.
15:28Contractor or supplier?
15:30International movie star.
15:32Right.
15:33Nice.
15:34Hello, Bern.
15:35Hello, Patrick.
15:36Good to see you.
15:37I was, I was...
15:38Wait a minute.
15:39You were, you're absent-minded.
15:40What is it?
15:41I was wondering.
15:42Let's start over.
15:43Then I'll show you the line, please.
15:44Oh, come on.
15:45Let me go first.
15:46See you, Jason.
15:47Oh, it's locked.
15:49Perfect.
15:50I don't think there's enough math in your life.
16:01Oh, really?
16:02And we're here to change that.
16:03Fantastic.
16:04Fantastic.
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