---
title: "Listen to the New 992-Generation Porsche 911 Rip Around Hockenheimring"
description: "Turns out, the new Carrera S is quite the vocalist."
date: "2018-12-17"
modified: "2018-12-17"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/25527/listen-to-the-new-992-generation-porsche-911-rip-around-hockenheimring"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Porsche News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "911"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Hockenheimring"
  - "luxury"
  - "porsche"
  - "sports car"
  - "sports cars"
  - "Videos"
---

# Listen to the New 992-Generation Porsche 911 Rip Around Hockenheimring

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We knew it would get 23 more horsepower than before, a trick feature called Wet Mode, [space allocated for electric motors](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25417/992-gen-porsche-911-will-go-hybrid-and-heres-how-report>), and a thoroughly digital interior with a design inspired by 911 cockpits of old. Until now though, we didn't know how the new Porsche 911 would sound.

Thankfully, onboard footage has surfaced of the 992 having a rip around Germany's Hockenheimring—[the future site of Porsche's latest Experience Center](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/24431/porsche-breaks-ground-at-future-hockenheimring-experience-center-site>)—giving us a pretty clear listen to how well the new car sings. And we're happy to say, it sounds pretty good.

https://youtube.com/embed/KmFJlgpzPNs

What you're hearing is a 3.0-liter, turbocharged flat-six making 443 horsepower and coupled to an eight-speed PDK automatic. While purists would likely want to hear what happens when you lop off the turbos and replace the PDK with a manual, [we're not sure that version of this particular car will even exist.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23316/report-next-porsche-911-gt3-will-be-turbocharged>)

According to the video's French description—which I was able to decipher without the help of Google Translate (thank you, Canadian education system)—[the rear-wheel-drive Carrera S](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25170/2020-porsche-911-unveiled-992-generation-displays-refinement-in-digital-form>) here was driven in Normal mode for the first lap, put into Sport+ mode for the second lap, and had its ESP fully turned off on the last corner, resulting in quite a rowdy slide.

Situated just 60 miles from Porsche HQ, the Hockenheimring Experience Center will let Porsche fans and customers try their hands at performance driving, simulated off-roading, or have a coffee in the three-story tower. It'll open in the fourth quarter of 2019.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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