PORSCHE 911 992 CARRERA 4 GTS REVIEW | Sweet Spot of the 911 Range?

[@pstastny45]

992 GTS Manual RWD guy here and dont have any complaints ;)

[@jairusestabillo935]

thats cool. Porsche's 911 cars are always my dream with manual. I've been searching for 2023 and up models with both manual and awd but its hard to find. I am wandering if Porsche discontinued the Manual+AWD on 911s.

[@connorluka7149]

MANUAL ONLY 911

[@voyager5333]

Absolute dreamcar.

[@lostecosse6231]

I'm picking one up tomorrow in Zurich, its 1.30am and I cant sleep! 🤣🙈 Great review thanks for doing, I've watched them ALL but this was super thorough 👌🏻🙏🏻

[@karlhurn]

Many thanks and congratulations on your GTS, you won’t regret it 👍

[@viveksoi3106]

I’m picking up next Monday 🥂😀

[@mcunhabr]

If you add PASM (13:23) you will remove de dual springs that makes the GTS a GTS! You can check it in porsche's configurator. Just click the exclamation close to the PASM option, you will see the alert in the bottom. I've almost click that option when ordering mine, because its free... Don't make that mistake! Normally, if Porsche's give you a free option is because you're giving-up something better!! Be aware about that.

[@kwakufordjour9568]

GTS already comes 10mm lowered, for a much stiffer ride but you can deselect that which will raise it up 10mm like what you get with the S model. I personally like the lowest settings even if I get a stiffer ride

[@mcunhabr]

@@kwakufordjour9568 isn’t that… in gts if you don’t select PASM it will come with gts’s specific suspension(called as GTS PASM (also 10mm lower), tat uses dual coils. But if you select PASM (and it’s free to gts) you will give up from this especial gts suspension and get the same PASM from lower versions (like S or standard). You can’t make the gts the same high of an S removing the PASM

[@kwakufordjour9568]

@@mcunhabr I see

[@mcunhabr]

@@kwakufordjour9568 just to be clear , you’re 110% right about the stiffer part. The gts PASM is much more stiffer than the standard PASM. If you prefer a little softer configuration, you should mark the PASM to remove the gts PASM (remembering that this will remove the main characteristic of a GTS).

[@kwakufordjour9568]

@@mcunhabr exactly why I will leave it the way it comes

[@simondeakin5961]

Great review. Straightforward, easy to watch & none of the hyperbole. Collecting my new GTS 4 Cab this Thursday from Porsche Swindon. Weather looks to be half reasonable over the Easter weekend so looking forward to using it open topped.

[@karlhurn]

Thanks Simon 🙏. Glad you enjoyed it and congratulations on the GTS 4 Cab 👍.

[@connorluka7149]

Color?

[@alankusevitsky6831]

Starbucks and Porsche shouldn't be in the same ad. Worst coffee, Porsche best😂

[@connorluka7149]

1000% correct

[@stevehurn9412]

Base Carrera with a few choice options and in Viper green would be the one for me.

[@tracer1127]

Much preferred the noise from inside the car as you were driving compared to the noise from the wind as you explained the options with the door open. I’ve no doubt that the quality sound system blasting out some decent sounds would take care of the tyre roar. I could live with it no problem, great review.

[@JRepairs-xj4xl]

One of the most honest reviews I've ever seen about 992. I'm getting the 4s in crayon colour with completely my own specs.

[@karlhurn]

Many thanks 🙏 Glad you liked it. Crayon is awesome. Enjoy! 👍

[@yogiyo888]

Thanks for a very relevant thoughts on the GTS. To me, this particular 992 911 GTS really does not fully provide for the two primary segments of the Porsche buyers: one a casual sports car drivers and the other a hardcore high-rev, stick shifting heal-toe drivers. The “S” version of the Carreras are extremely capable cars and offers more performance than 99% of the buyers’ can ever fully deploy. It does that while keeping a daily drivable ride and characteristics. GTS on the other hand does not inherit the NA engine from the GT3 so it just cannot offer what a GT3 car can offer in terms of sensory satisfaction. While its cornering capabilities are quite more pronounced in GTS over a Carrera model, it does at a damning cost of ride quality and very annoying road noise which renders it quite unpleasant to drive around most of the time. So, it definitely isn’t going to be a GT3 and it provides you the level of performance that you really won’t need, all at the cost of usable comfort. So, anyone looking to get in to their first 911, my recommendation is a Carrera S or 4S. They are amazing cars to own, if it is your one Porsche. I like my 718 Spyder over anything else for a Sunday drive through the canyons and the Turbo S for putzing around town, just for its muscle. I am no longer running around the tracks so I have no need for a GT3. But if I had to pick one sports car to reward myself, it would be the 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet. It is a great device for anyone who loves spirited driving, ready to go any time, any place.

[@KaneGregory]

Yes the old cup holders were cool but with the new ones at least there isn’t coffee all over the dash and floor they actually hold a drink!☕️🤯🔫

[@bensherman6212]

That reg is bang on 👌

[@neiljoseph904]

I’d take the entry level 911 Carrera with a just a few options; that’s more than enough car and a big saving over the GTS. Love this colour - very understated and very cool. Great review, thank you 🙌🏽

[@karlhurn]

Thanks Neil 🙏👍

[@davidkeenan5989]

There are some nice insights here, thanks. I think you mentioned the light design package, which I believe is the extra interior lighting available as an option.

[@karlhurn]

Thanks 🙏. Yes, my daughters love that 😂. It’s the Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) that’s the system that turns the lights into corners and has auto dip. 👍😎

[@p0sitiv467]

You are right. Matrix Led Lights is more expensive option, 2k euro in Poland.

[@gordonknipe4677]

Thanks for you honesty. No other reviews mention the overly harsh ride. My GTS is due in October with normal PASM not Sport PASM. Hope i made the right choice

[@karlhurn]

That sounds like a good idea. I mentioned in the Cayman GTS 4.0 video that Porsche GB spec’d that car without the sport PASM so it was 10mm higher to allow for the UK’s shockingly bad roads. I think you made the right choice. Congrats on your GTS 👍👌

[@surajvenkat]

I got my GTS three months ago. Originally ordered S but somehow managed to get a GTS, definitely feels more special and an event, can't say the same for S and base. Ride is not harsh I live in northern California totally acceptable daily. You made the rite choice.

[@gordonknipe4677]

Did you get the PASM Sport or normal PASM? @@surajvenkat

[@surajvenkat]

@@gordonknipe4677 normal PASM with no RAS

[@gordonknipe4677]

Thanks. I also had 2020 Carrera S with Sports Chrono & Sport PASM. Found it harsh so went to M5. Going back with GTS with Normal @@surajvenkat

[@mluckynikko77]

Great pro and con!

[@ASRmann]

Great review 👍🏽

[@karlhurn]

Many thanks 🙏. Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@gazof-the-north1980]

6:39 = Afterburner on! ❤❤❤❤

[@billnorblat4047]

You can deselect the stiff suspension on gts and opt the back seats in the T

[@Billybmusic]

how?

[@Ian_James_Storer]

You get to drive some lovely things

[@karlhurn]

I feel very lucky. I’m very grateful to the Porsche PR team, great people, amazing products 👌

[@RB-xv4si]

Porsche really really need to start bringing the double wishbone front suspension down to the Carrera line. At least the GTS should have it. It really is the pinnacle of front suspension setups for a sports car.

[@karlhurn]

That would be great and would suit the GTS 👍. Although it does make the GT3 more special 🤔

[@RB-xv4si]

@@karlhurn that’s my problem with Porsche. They’re using the double-wishbone setup to make their Halo car more special; and they shouldn’t. All 911’s are six figure sports cars. Even a Mazda Miata and Honda Accord have a double-wishbone front setup. There really is no excuse for Porsche. They’ve been skating by with struts for decades and taking advantage of the fact that very few call them out on it.

[@AvtarDhillon]

Mate nice video and thank you. I would only get that steering wheel and I agree the python green or shake blue are amazing, I was looking into getting the turbo S as a daily driver ? Have you compared this vehicle to that one ? I know a massive price difference etc but I will look more into this model etc

[@karlhurn]

A Turbo S is possibly the best daily driver 911 you could buy. Eye watering pace and amazing comfort. Have a look at my Turbo S review kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHO5c4p7aM2Ffqssi=8T9Fb6wflMjBnUU-

[@stevey-nwas1230]

​​@@karlhurnlooking at a daily driver... Am between a used carrera s/4s or a turbo s. I do alot of city and motorway driving ie weekends away Which porsche do you think is best suited to my needs?... Porsche salesman said the carrera model is best suited for my needs

[@karlhurn]

@@stevey-nwas1230 ooh, great question. I think that would really be down to the price and image. Both will easily do the job. The Turbo S has a ‘high roller’ top of the line vibe’, the Carrera S is more understated. If you need pace with confidence inspiring sure footedness, the Turbo S is that, but the Carrera 4S will do that too. So are you a high roller or understated. I’d probably go Carrera 4S and buy a nice watch with the spare cash 👌

[@226Liu]

12:31 Agate grey ? It looks like adventure green🙄 ….. anyway it’s a beautiful color with matte black combination

[@karlhurn]

It said Agate Grey on the spec sheet 👍. Nothing pops under UK skies.

[@mikew9113]

You can soften the suspension of the GTS by flipping the switch. Try it.

[@Billybmusic]

meaning ?

[@michaelwolpmann9453]

Meaning the suspension will not drop 10mm unless you activate the switch for it. The ride firms up only if you do that but not uncomfortable.@@Billybmusic

[@Billybmusic]

@@michaelwolpmann9453 not sure I understood and I’m a GTS owner. In general I think the ride is firm

[@theusefulchannel]

It's now 128k before options.

[@franzbranntwein3722]

911 Gts ist der beste 911 !!

[@gusseisern1151]

Great car, i am Lucky to get a convertible

[@karlhurn]

Enjoy 👍

[@connorluka7149]

Same, but manual :)

[@bud3111]

What is that exterior color?

[@karlhurn]

Agate Grey Metallic

[@bud3111]

@@karlhurn thank you!

[@keithjackson4985]

I love and hate these cars at the same time! Love the technology and way they drive. I hate the price of options and purchase! Hate!

[@bfighter8930]

How long to order and take delivery of a gts 4 model, in the US? Thanks!!

[@karlhurn]

Not sure on that. But your local Porsche dealer will be able to advise.

[@bfighter8930]

@karlhurn OK thanks!!!

[@bbgt6299]

Pirelli tires ? If yes switch to michelin n tirenoise is much less

[@karlhurn]

Yes! That was Spike Feresten’s fix for his GT3 Touring 👍

[@biffbifford402]

Wonderful vehicle. But this one’s gonna cost..

[@richardburhouse8725]

It feels from what you’re saying that a Carrera 4S would be a better daily driver than the GTS? Less noise, powerful enough, slightly more compliant on crappy Uk roads?

[@karlhurn]

I would say so yes. Or step up to the Turbo S, review of which coming soon 👍

[@richardburhouse8725]

@@karlhurn good to know, I have a 992 C4S as my daily and love it. I have a GTS on order but have just decided to cancel the order and wait for 992.2 C4S next 👍🏻

[@karlhurn]

@@richardburhouse8725 Sounds like a smart move. Around 12k on list price saved to really spec that 4S how you want it, or treat yourself to a nice watch 👍

[@mikew9113]

@@karlhurn Disagree. The Carrera 4 GTS is a fantastic daily driver, better than the Carrera 4S IMO, with much better exhaust sound, bigger turbos and boost, best specs of the Turbo S but more driver friendly than the GT3 for less money. Quit whining and enjoy the ride.

[@karlhurn]

@@mikew9113 Different strokes for different folks. Porsche has a variant for everyone 👌

[@p11v]

So, the special things on this car are noise and firm suspension? A strange value proposition, I gotta say.

[@karlhurn]

Well if you put it like that 😂. Of course with the firmer ride comes better handling when pressing on, so it depends on what you want. There’s also more power than the S, which is never something people don’t want. Throw in those focused looks and those centre lock wheels and it could be the car for you?!

[@Superbustr]

The GTS is basically a GT3 but with a more comfortable better (non track) road feel in addition to more creature comforts. There are numerous special things about the 992 GTS that only true Porsche aficionados would get: 1 -You can option it with a wing the same as a GT3. (Even though no one orders it, which is a resale mistake) 2 -You can option it with the Turbo Wheels. 3 -You can option it with 4 wheel drive as a Carrera 4 variant. 4 -You can option it with the custom bespoke interiors of which several of them only are available on the GTS. 5 -You can option it with a 7 speed manual which you would be surprised to hear how rare it is in the Porsche Lineup and even on other manufacturers cars. The GT3 and 911 s/t offer a manual but they are different; while both of those cars are overpriced and don't have as good of a road feel. 6 -Whether it matters or not you get slightly more power than the base or s versions without going into hyper car territory with the turbo series. 7 -You can option the GTS as the most loaded model variant in Porsche's lineup which would be a 992 911 -> Targa -> 4 -> GTS.

[@kendoan5032]

@@Superbustrnice summary.. sort of affirming my choice for the 4 GTS to be arrived in my garage in a month.

[@agnesf2659]

I came from Saab and Volvo turbo cars. The only time I test drove a 911 4S and a Panamera 4, surprisingly both of them didn’t excite me as I highly expected😢. Drive just like a normal decent German car with a classic exterior. Not very special to me. 😢 My salesman told me I should have tried GTS models. That was somewhat a frustrating experience which turned me off buying a 911.

[@karlhurn]

That’s a shame. Sounds like you need to find the right 911 for you. GTS is more visceral, but might be a bit much everyday. Maybe you’re a Carrera T person? 👍

[@donndee3587]

Maybe you should stick to your Volvo estate you borrowed from a family member 😂

[@donlopezdeaguirre4048]

Idiots, who drive Skoda or Lada have a opion about a 911...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@exoticwhipsbroadspipesandbags]

@@donndee3587😂fr I drove a 992 4s and it was amazing It was much better than the F82 m4 that I actually owned

[@richardpohl7091]

great review all of your audio is terrible though especially going over the spec in a windstorm

[@karlhurn]

Thanks, I think? Only the spec sheet audio was bad. Sorry about that.

[@shaun8453]

Is this car for sale ?

[@karlhurn]

No. It’s a Porsche GB press fleet car.

[@johnshepherd2666]

Too loud ???? too much noise...you sound like Harry(s) Garage.....you had too much wind noise on your mic.

[@karlhurn]

Yeah sorry about that. 😅

[@karlhurn]

@@s1dubbzz751 thanks 🙏. It’s also called forgetting to put the furry bit on the mic 😂

[@scottcarson3059]

Why a front wheel drive number plate lol

[@stephenteerling7373]

could stand for "four wheel drive"

[@max-vb3pz]

tire noise ?Michelin is the answer

[@karlhurn]

Yes maybe 🙏 I think that’s how Spike Feresten of Spikes Car Radio solved the issue with his GT3 Touring 👍

[@Gino20202]

That's without question NOT Agate Grey. That looks like Aventurine Green.

[@karlhurn]

No, definitely Agate Grey.

[@McGregen]

What is this licence plate? Front wheel drive? Why? But it's a carrera 4 gts. Funny.

[@karlhurn]

😂

[@bertraminc9412]

Porsche needs to redesign the door closing on their 911 series. The 1980’s cars had it right. These close like a cheap corvette!

[@billnorblat4047]

Great car, depressing spec

[@billnorblat4047]

That's for ambient lighting

[@art-is-lazy4509]

Crap colour

[@mikew9113]

Aventurine Green Metallic is quite beautiful in this car.

[@elite4124]

What color is your 911 ?

[@connorluka7149]

@@elite4124correct ! Love mine

[@KKMcK1]

Exquisite!!!