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I (lol)ed because "turbo" and "turbo-s" are a naming convention from their conventional cars that is fairly non-sensical on an electric car given that they don'

I (lol)ed because "turbo" and "turbo-s" are a naming convention from their conventional cars that is fairly non-sensical on an electric car given that they don't have turbochargers. Eg. Macan < Macan S < Macan Turbo Of course, the two non-turbo Macan models above both turbochargers so the moniker really just means "the fastest model" in Porsche speak.

detaro 7y ago
The combustion non-turbo 911s also have turbochargers, so yes, long time marketing label, not feature description.
- lutorm 7y ago
  hilarious :)
- theluketaylor 7y ago
  Plus the GT2RS has a turbo but doesn't have a turbo trim. And the various GT3 cars don't have a turbo.
- TylerE 7y ago
  That’s more a marketing thing and emissions driving them to use small turbo 4 cylinders. Up until 2-3 years ago the bae 911 was naturally aspirated
clouddrover 7y ago
> that is fairly non-sensical on an electric car given that they don't have turbochargers Lots of things have had "turbo" terminology over the years. - PCs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost - Video games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II_Turbo%3A_Hyper_Fighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II_Turbo%3A_Hyp... - Folk music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk
- Dylan16807 7y ago
  In areas where it didn't already mean a very specific feature. If I bought a sound card and it had "turbo boost" I would laugh pretty hard too! And if Intel started selling 'turbo' processors that couldn't turbo, that might even be bad enough to get lawsuits...
giobox 7y ago
I’m surprised people are getting so pedantic about using the Turbo moniker on an electric car. Sure, historically in cars it has typically referred to a type of forced induction commonly used on combustion engines, but it’s also been generally used to mean “FAST” in virtually every other marketing field for decades. I love cars, regardless of the means by which they generate forward motion, and couldn’t care less Porsche called this one a Turbo - it’s performance characteristics are entirely in keeping with what one expects from a Porsche with the Turbo branding.

detaro 7y ago

The combustion non-turbo 911s also have turbochargers, so yes, long time marketing label, not feature description.

lutorm 7y ago
hilarious :)
theluketaylor 7y ago
Plus the GT2RS has a turbo but doesn't have a turbo trim. And the various GT3 cars don't have a turbo.
TylerE 7y ago
That’s more a marketing thing and emissions driving them to use small turbo 4 cylinders. Up until 2-3 years ago the bae 911 was naturally aspirated

clouddrover 7y ago

> that is fairly non-sensical on an electric car given that they don't have turbochargers Lots of things have had "turbo" terminology over the years. - PCs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_button or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost - Video games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II_Turbo%3A_Hyper_Fighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_II_Turbo%3A_Hyp... - Folk music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk

Dylan16807 7y ago
In areas where it didn't already mean a very specific feature. If I bought a sound card and it had "turbo boost" I would laugh pretty hard too! And if Intel started selling 'turbo' processors that couldn't turbo, that might even be bad enough to get lawsuits...

giobox 7y ago

I’m surprised people are getting so pedantic about using the Turbo moniker on an electric car. Sure, historically in cars it has typically referred to a type of forced induction commonly used on combustion engines, but it’s also been generally used to mean “FAST” in virtually every other marketing field for decades. I love cars, regardless of the means by which they generate forward motion, and couldn’t care less Porsche called this one a Turbo - it’s performance characteristics are entirely in keeping with what one expects from a Porsche with the Turbo branding.