This black Porsche 911 Turbo S with a black interior is based in Los Angeles. Black on black turns the widest, most powerful 911 we run into transport nobody at the valet stand asks about twice. Book it for the fastest car in our fleet and the least conversation about it.
Launch control is the reason to book this car. Left foot on the brake, Sport Plus selected, throttle to the floor, release, and the all-wheel-drive system fires torque forward through the nose the instant the twin-turbo flat six spins up behind you, a shove that catches passengers with their mouths open. Sixty arrives in 2.6 seconds. On Angeles Crest Highway the width you feel walking up to the car disappears once you are moving, the nose simply following the wheel while the rear axle puts 590 lb-ft down without drama. It rides comfortably enough for the freeway back into the city and never once asks you to work for the speed.
Black on black over the wide Turbo body is the least conspicuous spec this car could wear, which is why it gets booked. Shot in a parking structure near Rodeo Drive or against the glass towers downtown, the paint reads as shadow rather than shape, and only the centre-lock wheels and the yellow brake calipers behind them give away what it actually is to anyone who looks twice. It photographs best in the evening, under artificial light, where reflections give the panels definition that flat daylight takes away. This is the car for content that needs to look serious rather than loud, shot low against Beverly Hills at night rather than wide against a canyon at noon.
This is the only 911 Turbo S we keep, and black over black is the right colour for what this car is for. Anything brighter would work against the point, which is speed without spectacle. It is based in Los Angeles rather than Orange County, which puts it closest to the airport pickups and the Beverly Hills clients it is usually booked for. There is no lighter or louder version of this exact car in our fleet to choose between, only this one, in the colour that lets 640 horsepower's worth of business happen without a crowd forming around it first.
This is the 911 Turbo S, black over black, the widest and most powerful 911 we run. The 3.7 litre twin-turbo flat six sends 640 horsepower and 590 lb-ft through all four wheels, with a front axle that engages only under load. Standard on this trim and present on this car: carbon ceramic brakes with yellow calipers, active anti-roll control, rear-axle steering, adaptive dampers, and Sport Chrono with the dash-top stopwatch and mode dial. The cabin runs 18-way sport seats in black leather with a Bose sound system. Four seats and a frunk in the nose mean this is a car you can actually pack for a weekend, not just a straight line.