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If you’ve read the recent comparison test in Car and Driver, you know that their editors found the handling of the new Turbo too prone to pendulous, delayed tail wagging and concluded that the overall driving experience was less exciting than you’d expect.

Now evo has published more criticism.

Here’s an excerpt:

the Turbo feels like a car at war with itself as much as with the circuit. I’m more aware of the rear-biased mass than in any other 997, and all corners bar the slow Hangar hairpin are accompanied by a pendulous sway of turn-in oversteer. It’s not catastrophic, but feels significant enough to need gathering up, and you have to get that done before you can focus on finding your apex. It’s a process made harder by a curious lack of feedback through the steering – just at the point you need to commit to your line. With the oversteer controlled and the Turbo apparently back on course, you squeeze on the power, only to find that it begins to understeer, imperceptibly at first, then more insistently as you attempt to get the power down. So you blend out of the throttle to regain front-end bite, only for the tail to feel light again… It’s a frustrating, scrappy way to make progress. We noted an increased edge to fast lapping in the 911 C4, and it’s something that more power and torque seems to have aggravated in the Turbo.

As has been with the case with 911s for as long as I can remember, less is more with the 997 model as well.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 13th, 2006 at 2:52 pm and is filed under Porsche, errata.