Summary
The latest Porsche 911 (known as the 992) made its debut at the Los Angeles motor show in November 2018, with the first customer cars arriving in the UK in the second half of 2019.
This page covers ratings and reviews for the ‘standard’ 911 coupé and cabriolet models. This includes the rear-wheel-drive Carrera and Carrera S models and all-wheel-drive Carrera 4 and 4S versions, which are available in coupé, convertible and targa body styles. The higher-performance 911 Turbo models have a separate page, as does the 911 GT3 lightweight performance model.
The Porsche 911 has received consistently outstanding scores from the UK media sources who have driven the car in its various forms, and is considered a significant improvement on the highly praised 991 generation.
Like earlier generations of 911, the 992 delivers outstanding performance while maintaining an impressive degree of everyday practicality. However, prices have been steadily increasing over previous models.
As of October 2025, the Porsche 911 range has a New Car Expert Rating of D, with a score of 56%. This is a significant drop in our new ratings system compared to the previous system, which only measured media reviews (which remain outstanding). In ownership terms, however, the 911 scores poorly with ratings of E for its CO2 emissions, reliability and running costs. We also don’t have a safety rating as the 911 has not been tested by Euro NCAP.
This diminished score reflects the shift in our Expert Rating Index to highlight ownership data rather than just driving dynamics, so it’s not surprising that the 911 is affected – along with every other Porsche model and most other sports/luxury cars.
- Porsche 911 Turbo (2020 onwards) – Expert Rating
- Porsche 911 GT3 (2021 onwards) – Expert Rating
- More Porsche Expert Ratings, new car reviews, news and features
Key specifications
Body style: Coupé, cabriolet and targa
Engines: petrol
Price: From £103,700 on-road
Launched: Winter 2018/19
Last updated: Summer 2024
Next update due: TBA
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Media reviews
Highlighted reviews and road tests from across the UK automotive media. Click any of the boxes to view.
Featured reviews
“The 992-generation Porsche 911 has taken time to reveal its character, but it’s evolved into a sports car with enormous breadth and ability.”
Model reviewed: 2024 update (992.2) Coupé range
Score: 9 / 10
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Evo
Yousuf Ashraf
“The Porsche 911 is the definition of a usable sports car. It’s devastatingly quick and fun in all its forms but also easy to live with every day, although the rear seats are best suited to children.”
Model reviewed: Coupé range
Score: 9 / 10
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Carwow
Tom Wiltshire
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The Car Expert
Model reviewed: 911 Targa 4S
“Porsche has nailed the brief with the 911 Targa 4S. If style and practicality are key to your sports car, you won’t be disappointed.”
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“The latest 992-generation Porsche 911 is a driving experience that’s close to perfect.”
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Auto Express
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche 911 is the consummate sports car because it’s beautifully built, engaging to drive, and highly desirable.”
Author: Antony Ingram, Jordan Katsianis
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Model reviewed: Cabriolet range
Score: 9 / 10
“The drop-top version of the Porsche 911 is still a genuine sports car, with driving dynamics that almost match its coupe sibling. But there is a hefty premium to pay for the 911 Cabriolet over the Coupe, and the limited availability of a manual across the line-up isn’t ideal.”
Author: Alastair Crooks
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Model reviewed: 3.6-litre petrol/electric hybrid Carrera GTS
Score: 10 / 10
“The latest Porsche 911 GTS is a wonderful exercise in showcasing how the 911 can change with the times. Porsche has not only integrated hybrid power without diluting the essence of the 911, but done it in such a way that it adds a welcome layer to the car’s character. With supercar-like performance on tap, the GTS is now a very different beast to the regular Carrera.”
Author: Jordan Katsianis
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Model reviewed: 992.2 Carrera facelift range
Score: 9 / 10
“You needn’t think of the base Carrera as the poor man’s Porsche 911. It’s every bit as fast as it needs to be, throwing precision, stability and even refinement into the mix as well. The price has crept up in recent years, and you’ll need to pay close attention to how many option boxes you tick. But in short, the 911 remains the do-it-all everyday sports car it’s always been, with greater polish than ever.”
Author: Richard Ingram
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Model reviewed: T (2023)
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche 911 Carrera T is simply the one of the best models in the 992-generation’s range.” (Alastair Crooks)
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Model reviewed: GTS
Score: 9 / 10
“The latest GTS is another intoxicating 911, with impressive performance, huge levels of grip, fabulous steering and a beautifully finished cabin. It’s not cheap, but even at £108k, it has few serious rivals.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol manual Carrera S coupé
Score: 9 / 10
“The manual gearbox is slower, burns slightly more fuel and is fractionally more polluting than its dual-clutch automatic equivalent. Yet subjectively, it is more engaging, more fun, and more 911 with three pedals, despite the shift itself still not being perfect.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Targa 4S
Score: 9 / 10
“It’s not cheap, but the new Porsche 911 Targa is a lovely thing to look at, is great to drive and in 4S guise extremely rapid. We’re not totally convinced about the roof down refinement, which seems to spoil the idea of having a Targa in the first place. But overall this is yet another winner from Porsche.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“If you can’t quite stretch to the more expensive Carrera S, you’re unlikely to feel short changed by this new entry-level 911 model.”
Model reviewed: 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Score: 10 / 10
“It drives exceptionally well, and feels composed even when worked hard over a highly demanding road.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet
Score: 9 / 10
“The Porsche 911 Cabriolet is a brilliant driver’s car and a superb grand tourer, mixing a wonderful chassis, huge performance and a luxury feel with the pleasures of open-top motoring.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic Carrera S coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“While there was never much doubt, this latest 992-generation Porsche 911 manages to improve on its already accomplished predecessor in near enough every way.”
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Auto Trader
Model reviewed: 911 GTS
Score: 9 / 10
“Common to all 911 models is spectacular performance, great looks, huge desirability and an arch blend of tech and tradition. With token rear seats it’s even half practical for a car of this nature.”
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Model reviewed: Coupé range
Score: 10 / 10
“The latest Porsche 911 is superb. It’s beautifully engineered and supremely capable, and a properly involving experience for the driving enthusiast. It should be right at the top of anyone’s sports car short list.”
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Model reviewed: Cabriolet range
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche 911 Cabriolet is as good as its fixed-roof sibling. With a powerful engine, excellent cabin quality and brilliant handling, the Cabriolet is a delight to drive, while owners can take advantage of sunnier weather to enjoy one of the best, most rewarding motoring experiences possible.”
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Car
Model reviewed: Carrera T coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“The Porsche 911 Carrera T? is a Goldilocks moment: purists may demand more grunt and more go, track-day fanatics may still lust after the GT models and the open-air brigade will seek out a 911 Cabriolet – hell, rally-raiders with money to burn can even now pick the go-anywhere Dakar. But this is 911kind at its purest: modest muscle that’s just enough, yet never not enough. T stands for terrific.” (Tim Pollard)
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Model reviewed: 911 GTS
Score: 10 / 10
“The Carrera GTS is once again a finely judged halfway house between the sensible and extreme end of the 911 range. It’s focused yet practical, fast but enjoyable and has the required aesthetic tweaks to subtly remind everyone that you’re in more than just a boggo 911.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Score: 10 / 10
“The appeal of the soft-top Porsche 911 is that you can drop the roof, enjoy the sun and revel in the flat-six soundtrack. It even does all the practical stuff a 911 always does, with plus-two rear seats and, of course, unaltered boot space. In fact, the cabriolet is arguably the more versatile 911.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“A wickedly capable and rewarding driving tool, convincingly versatile like few rival sports cars and painfully desirable, it’s a masterful reinvention of a timeless concept.”
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Carbuyer
Model reviewed: Targa range
Score: 9 / 10
“The latest 992-generation Porsche 911 is the best yet; fast, fun and hugely capable.” (Ben Custard)
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Model reviewed: Coupé range
Score: 9 / 10
“The latest 992-generation Porsche 911 is the best yet; fast, fun and hugely capable.”
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Model reviewed: Cabriolet range
Score: 8.6 / 10
“The Porsche 911 Cabriolet offers convertible thrills with very few downsides”
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Daily Mail
“Is it perfect? I would argue it’s as close to perfection as the market has achieved yet – and explains why so few brands bother to release a rival to one of the most well established four-wheeled entities.”
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Daily Mirror
Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic Carrera S coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“The new Porsche 911 is stylish, sleek and super fast – and is the best-looking model since the 1960s classics.”
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Evo
Model reviewed: Coupé range
Score: 9 / 10
“The latest Porsche 911 is more complete than ever, but it takes time to discover its character”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera coupé
Score: 9 / 10
“It’s a struggle to think of directly comparable rivals for the 911. Considerations are Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage at £120,900, and the £104,195 Mercedes-AMG GT. Both have the measure of the 911 for character, but for usability and price the Porsche still has the edge.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Score: 9 / 10
“The compromises are small with the new 992 Porsche 911 Cabriolet – it’s a brilliant open-air 911.”
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Parkers
Model reviewed: 911 Cabriolet range
Score: 9.4 / 10
“Soft-top 911 is closer to the Coupe than ever”
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Model reviewed: 911 coupe range
Score: 9.6 / 10
“Porsche’s raised the bar again with its iconic sports car”
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The Sun
Model reviewed: 911 Carrera S coupé
“The beautifully engineered, iconic and heroically fast Porsche 911 is the ultimate sports car”
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The Sunday Times
Model reviewed: 911 Carrera S
Score: 9 / 10
“Still the benchmark.”
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The Telegraph
Model reviewed: 911 Carrera coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“If you’re buying a weekend or track day toy, you might desire a little more power. But if you all you want is an entertaining, involving and even vaguely practical day-to-day sports car, you need look no further up the 911 range than its entry-level model. The Carrera is still one of the best there is.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet
Score: 9 / 10
“Scoff about who might buy the 911 Cabriolet all you like, but the fact remains it’s a quite stunning sports car. It maybe wouldn’t be the first choice for a track-day enthusiast, but on the road you’ll never want for more from it in terms of handling, comfort and blinding speed.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera S coupé
Score: 10 / 10
“A classic replacement for a classic supercar. With the wealth of new supercars on sale it’s easy to forget how much fun, how practical – and just how fast – Porsche’s 911 is. And this, the eighth incarnation, is one of the best.”
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Top Gear
Score: 9 / 10
“The 911 is still definitive, stretching the poles of a sports car’s abilities without putting a foot wrong.”
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Model reviewed: 911 Carrera S automatic
Score: 9 / 10
“This is a car that pulls off the rare trick of being crushingly competent but still brimming with charm. Fastidiously honed and developed, but not at the expense of fun. The world’s greatest sports car? I’m not going to argue with that.”
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Safety rating
Independent crash test and safety ratings from Euro NCAP
No safety rating
As of October 2025, the Porsche 911 range has not been crash tested by Euro NCAP.
Given that previous generations of 911 have never been tested, we’re not expecting this one to be put through the Euro NCAP programme, either.
Eco rating
Independent economy and emissions ratings from Green NCAP
No eco rating
As of October 2025, the Porsche 911 has not been lab tested by Green NCAP.
Due to its price and exclusivity, it is unlikely to have its emissions tested in the future.
Running cost rating
Monthly cost of ownership data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by Clear Vehicle Data
| Fuel consumption | Average | Score |
| Petrol models | 28 mpg | E |
| CO₂ output | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
| Petrol models | 257 g/km | E |
| Insurance group | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
| All models | 50 | F |
| Service and maintenance | Cost | Score |
| Year 1 | £579 | E |
| Year 2 | £1,262 | E |
| Year 3 | £1,931 | E |
| Year 4 | £2,389 | E |
| Year 5 | £2,990 | E |
| Overall | £9,151 | E |
Unsurprisingly, the Porsche 911 is a pretty expensive car to own and run, according to whole-life cost numbers provided exclusively to The Car Expert by our data partner, Clear Vehicle Data.
The car’s insurance premiuns sit in the highest possible bracket, and the 911’s service and maintenance costs over five years of ownership are higher than the market average too.
Reliability rating
Reliability data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by MotorEasy
Total claims: 80
Average repair cost: £1902.91
Last updated: April 2025
Reliability score
All data based on MotorEasy average workshop costs for extended car warranty claims
As of June 2025, the overall Porsche 911 family has a very poor reliability rating of 12%, according to workshop and warranty data provided exclusively to The Car Expert by our partner MotorEasy. This applies to both the current 911 range and previous generations.
Also worth noting is the very high average repair cost for 911 repairs, at nearly £2,000. In most categories, the average repair bills are significantly higher than normal, but the most notable is engine repairs, which is the most common problem area and also the most expensive. The average repair bill for faults with the famed Porsche flat-six engine was almost £3,500.
If you own a Porsche 911 or are interested in buying a used 911, make sure that any used car warranty covers all these critical areas.
Warranty rating
New car warranty information for the Porsche 911 range
| Overall rating | B | 68% |
| Petrol or diesel models | C | 41% |
| Electric or hybrid models | A | 82% |
| New car warranty duration | 3 years |
| New car warranty mileage | Unlimited miles |
| Battery warranty duration | 8 years |
| Battery warranty mileage | 100,000 miles |
Porsche’s new car warranty is generally average, with a duration of three years and no mileage limit. In addition to the standard new car warranty, the new 911 Hybrid has an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty for the battery components.
Warranty on a used Porsche 911
- If you are buying an ‘Approved Used’ Porsche 911 from an official Porsche dealership, you will get a minimum 12-month warranty included.
- If you are buying a used Porsche 911 from an independent dealership, any warranty offered will vary and will probably be managed by a third-party warranty company.
- If you are buying a used Porsche 911 from a private seller, there are no warranty protections beyond any remaining portion of the original new car warranty.
If you’re looking to buy any used car that is approaching the end of its warranty period, a used car warranty is usually a worthwhile investment. Check out The Car Expert’s guide to the best used car warranty providers, which will probably be cheaper than a warranty sold by a dealer.
Recalls
Official DVSA safety recalls that have been issued for the current Porsche 911
Date: March 2024
Recall number: R/2024/140
Model types: All
Build dates: 07/2020 to 02/2024
Number of vehicles affected: 2,032
Defect: It is possible that the front and rear window panes were not manufactured in accordance with specifications and their bonding to the body is therefore insufficient.
Remedy: The front and rear windows on the affected vehicles must be checked and, if necessary, replaced.
Date: November 2023
Recall number: R/2023/319
Model types: All
Build dates: 03/2021 to 10/2023
Number of vehicles affected: 1,048
Defect: The side airbag installed in bucket seats may be activated unnecessarily.
Remedy: Recode the airbag control unit.
Date: September 2021
Recall number: R/2021/317
Model types: All
Build dates: 11/2018 to 04/2021
Number of vehicles affected: 4
Defect: The screw connection of the pressure input rod of the brake booster may not have been tightened according to regulations.
Remedy: The brake booster must be replaced or reworked depending on the vehicle type.
Date: December 2019
Recall number: R/2020/108
Model types: All
Build dates: 02/2019 to 12/2019
Number of vehicles affected: 581
Defect: There is a possibility that the hazard warning lights will not be activated after pressing the button in the centre console.
Remedy: Re-program the operator control unit in the front centre console.
As of September 2024 (our most recent data point), there have been four DVSA vehicle safety recalls on the 992-era Porsche 911 range to address different issues.
Not all vehicles are affected by recalls. You can check to see if your car is included in any of the above recalls by visiting the DVLA website or contacting your local Porsche dealer.
If your car is affected by a recall, the vehicle must be repaired and you should not be charged for any work required. If you are buying a used 911, you should insist that any outstanding recall work is completed before you take delivery of the vehicle.
Awards
Trophies, prizes and awards that the Porsche 911 has received
2025
- Autotrader Awards – Best Luxury Car
- News UK Motoring Awards – The Sunday Times Legend Car
2023
- News UK Motor Awards – The Sunday Times Car of the Year (Sport Classic)
2020
- Auto Express Awards – Best Performance Car
2019
- Auto Express Awards – Best Performance Car
- News UK Motor Awards – The Sunday Times Car of the Year
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