The Porsche 911 may be a time capsule of sports car design, but it’s also a true performance pioneer. Case in point: The 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, the first-ever hybrid 911.

Getting right into it, the GTS’s T-Hybrid system starts with a traditional flat-six engine: 3.6-liters fitted with one large turbocharger. Between the turbo’s turbine and compressor is one of two electric motors, the other embedded in the eight-speed PDK. The small 1.9-kWh battery doesn’t provide enough juice for electric-only driving. Instead, this performance-minded system ups GTS output to 532 horsepower and 449 lb-ft of torque, 59 horsepower and 29 lb-ft more than the last GTS.

On the road, we loved the immediate response at low speeds, but some hot laps around Spain’s Ascari Circuit let us fully appreciate the collab between gas and electric.

Not only do you have that boost and slower corners like this, the low end boost, and it’s really low end, but when you get back on the throttle and now you’re climbing up the tach, the power just keeps coming on and it doesn’t relent. And again, that’s also the teamwork that’s happening with the powertrain. The advanced technology that’s going into this and making sure you have enough boost pressure when the turbo is feeding directly to the electric motor, when it is feeding back into the 1.9kW hour battery. It’s all happening seamlessly.

And like the hybrid powertrain, the transition into the 992.2 generation is mostly seamless. The biggest shakeup is inside, where the lone analog tachometer has gone digital like the rest of the gauge cluster had already done before. And just below there’s another 911-first, push-button start ignition.

The 2025 Porsche 911 arrives in dealers this fall, starting just over $120,000. The GTS T-Hybrid coupe will arrive soon after, starting over $165,000. It’s a big step forward for Porsche, and we can’t wait to see what comes next.