2026 Porsche 911 Turbo Hybrid confirmed
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The performance car brand is expanding its 911 Hybrid line-up with confirmation a Turbo Hybrid variant is heading to showrooms with German-made batteries – and there's another manual 911 coming too…
German car maker Porsche has confirmed the first 911 Turbo Hybrid will be added to the line-up as part of a range-wide facelift for the sports car due in the second half of the year – which will also see the return of a manual transmission-equipped 911 Carrera S.
Porsche Deputy CEO and CFO Lutz Meschke told Carscoops the facelift of the 992.2-generation 911 will include a more potent hybrid for the 2026 model year, with Porsche-owned Varta supplying its battery.
While further details have not yet been announced – including if and when Australia may receive the 911 Turbo Hybrid – the news follows the 2024 launch of the first hybrid version of the sports car, the 911 Carrera GTS.
It introduced the new 'T-Hybrid' system – short for 'turbo hybrid' – to the 911 range, which teamed an all-new 3.6-litre turbo six-cylinder petrol engine with a gearbox-mounted electric motor and lithium-ion battery.
It gives the 911 Carrera GTS 398kW/610Nm for a 312km/h top speed, but according to Carscoops, the 2026 911 Turbo Hybrid that will sit above the GTS will use an upgraded version of the same powertrain with between 600hp-700hp (447kW-522kW).
That compares to the 427kW from the current petrol-powered 911 Turbo's 3.8-litre twin-turbo six-cylinder, sold as a coupe and convertible in Australia and priced from $463,200 before on-road costs.
It also means the 911 Turbo Hybrid will not be a plug-in hybrid and will have a relatively short electric-only capability, with a relatively minor reduction in emissions.
Porsche recently said hybrids are a focus for the brand after it announced it will develop internal combustion engines for models previously developed as battery-electric only.
The change came after it revised plans for 80 per cent of its line-up to be battery-electric by 2030, with the final 20 per cent left specifically for its famous 911 sports car.
As well as its volume sellers – such as the Cayenne SUV – it may include petrol versions of its Boxster/Cayman sports car, previously planned to be electric only.
Before the 911 Turbo Hybrid kicks off, Mr Meschke said the manual gearbox will return with the addition of the 911 Carrera S to the range, with production starting in the first half of 2025.
Apart from the limited edition 911 S/T, the only manual 911 on sale in Australia is the recently updated 911 GT3.
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