At $149,250 for the Turbo and $182,050 for the S, they will also cost thousands more than their immediate predecessors – saying nothing of some worthy, less expensive competitors.

This prompted a consideration of what kind of toys Turbo money could otherwise buy – bearing in mind that a Porsche customer would not cross-shop a Turbo S with, say, seven $25,000 Volkswagen GTIs.

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