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2023 Porsche 911 Turbo S
“One of the cleanest Turbo S examples currently available in Canada.”
Why this Turbo S deserves your attention
There is no shortage of fast cars in Canada, and no shortage of 911s either. What is genuinely rare is the intersection of the two done properly: a Turbo S specified with restraint, driven sparingly, and maintained without a single shortcut. This GT Silver example, showing 8,400 kilometres and one careful custodian, is that intersection. The Turbo S has always been Porsche’s quiet flagship — the car engineers buy when they stop needing to prove anything. Six hundred and forty horsepower routed through all four wheels, a PDK gearbox that thinks faster than you do, and a cabin trimmed in Black and Bordeaux leather that will still look correct in twenty years. The service file reads like a metronome: every interval, every stamp, all of it at a Porsche Centre. Factory warranty runs to 2027, which removes the last rational objection. Priced beneath its own comparable set, this is not a listing that shouts. It does not need to. It simply waits for the buyer who understands what they are looking at — and moves before someone else does.
Six hundred and forty horsepower, wearing a business suit
The moment the flat-six comes to life, the Turbo S announces its dual nature. There is a brief, hard-edged bark — a reminder of what lives behind the rear axle — and then the engine settles into a cultured idle that would not embarrass a luxury sedan. This is the whole car in one gesture: violence, immediately composed.
Pull out into traffic and the first impression is not speed but civility. The PDK slurs its shifts imperceptibly, the ride from the adaptive dampers is firm without ever being brittle, and the cabin at a hundred kilometres an hour is quiet enough for conversation at a murmur. You could commute in this car every day of the winter — many owners of the type do — and never once feel you were making a compromise.
Then you find an empty on-ramp, rotate the mode dial to Sport Plus, hold the brake, and let the launch control do what it was built to do. The acceleration is not dramatic in the theatrical sense; it is relentless in a way that recalibrates your understanding of the word. There is no wheelspin, no drama, no pause — just the horizon arriving early and your passenger going quiet. The first time, everyone laughs. The second time, they ask you to do it again.
The steering deserves its own paragraph. Razor-accurate off-centre, beautifully weighted, and — thanks to the rear-axle steering — attached to a car that behaves as if its wheelbase shrinks in tight corners and stretches at speed. Direction changes that should unsettle a car this capable simply happen, cleanly, with the body flat and the ceramic brakes standing by with reserves you will never fully use on a public road.
What lingers after a day with the Turbo S is not any single number. It is the absence of friction. Highway refinement that shames grand tourers, visibility and dimensions that work in a city, a front axle lift for steep driveways, and beneath it all a chassis of near-limitless composure. Most supercars ask something of you. This one simply asks where you would like to go — and how quickly you would like to arrive.
Exterior — restraint as a statement
GT Silver is the connoisseur’s choice on a Turbo S: it lets the widened rear haunches, the active aerodynamics and the centre-lock wheels speak at a conversational volume. The paint on this example presents without blemish — a depth of finish that reflects covered storage and careful hands. Park it beside anything louder and watch which car draws the longer look.
Interior — the Bordeaux cabin
The Black and Bordeaux leather interior is a specification you rarely see and immediately want. Adaptive sport seats show no meaningful wear, the Alcantara headliner is unmarked, and the Sport Chrono clock sits atop a dashboard that balances analogue tradition with a crisp digital instrument display. It is a cabin built for four-hour journeys, and it smells like a car that has been looked after.
The numbers, for the record
2.7 seconds to 100 km/h is not a statistic. It is a re-education.
Equipped without apology
Adaptive Cruise Control
Radar-guided distance keeping down to a standstill.
Apple CarPlay
Wireless, integrated into the 10.9-inch PCM display.
Head-Up Display
Speed, navigation and Sport Chrono data at eye level.
Night Vision Assist
Thermal imaging that spots pedestrians before you do.
Carbon Ceramic Brakes
PCCB — fade-free stopping power, 410 mm front discs.
Sport Chrono Package
Launch control, mode dial and lap-precision timing.
Burmester High-End Audio
13 speakers and 855 watts of concert-grade sound.
Rear-Axle Steering
Shrinks the car in corners, steadies it at speed.
A documented life
This example has been carefully maintained with documented servicing and meticulous ownership throughout. Every interval was completed at an authorized Porsche Centre, every invoice retained, and the digital service record is unbroken from delivery to today. For a future owner, that file is worth more than any verbal assurance — it is the car’s biography, written by professionals.
Mileage that tells a story
At 8,400 kilometres over three years, this Turbo S has averaged significantly below annual driving norms — a pattern that suggests weekend and occasional use rather than daily commuting. The practical consequences are what matter: minimal wear on consumables, a drivetrain still in its youth, and a warranty that runs to 2027 with most of its patience intact.
Why buy this vehicle
The benchmark, not a contender
The Turbo S remains the standard by which every all-weather supercar is measured — usable ferocity with a Porsche warranty behind it.
A history without asterisks
One custodian, full Porsche Centre servicing, and documentation that reads like a logbook kept by an enthusiast — because it was.
Priced below its own market
At C$259,900 against a comparable-set average of C$268,000, the numbers favour the buyer — quietly, but measurably.
Mileage that preserves value
At 8,400 km, this example has covered a fraction of typical annual use, leaving both its mechanical life and its collectability largely intact.
Protected until 2027
Factory warranty coverage removes the early-ownership risk that shadows most used supercar purchases.
Where it sits in the market
The long view
Turbo S values have historically found their floor early and held it. A one-owner, low-mileage, fully documented example sits in the most defensible corner of that market.
Meridian Sports & Prestige
Purveyors of significant automobiles since 2003
Twenty-three years in business, a factory-trained workshop, and a reputation built one fastidious delivery at a time. Meridian holds a 4.9-star average across more than 1,100 verified reviews, has been named a Porsche Premier Dealer four times, and backs every car it sells with a certified 200-point inspection and comprehensive warranty options. In-house financing is available, with terms arranged before you visit.
Six domains, independently verified
Mechanical
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✓ PassExterior
✓ PassElectronics
✓ PassTires
✓ PassPaint & Brakes
✓ PassPowertrain
- Engine
- 3.8L twin-turbocharged flat-six
- Power
- 640 hp @ 6,750 rpm
- Torque
- 800 Nm @ 2,500–4,000 rpm
- Transmission
- 8-speed PDK dual-clutch
- Drivetrain
- Porsche Traction Management AWD
Chassis
- Suspension
- PASM sport, −10 mm
- Steering
- Electromechanical, rear-axle steering
- Brakes
- PCCB carbon ceramic, 410/390 mm
- Wheels
- 20" front / 21" rear, centre-lock
- Kerb weight
- 1,640 kg
Dimensions
- Length
- 4,535 mm
- Width
- 1,900 mm
- Height
- 1,303 mm
- Wheelbase
- 2,450 mm
- Cargo
- 128 L front + rear bench
Provenance
- First registered
- March 2023, Ontario
- Owners
- One
- Accident record
- None reported — CARFAX verified
- Service
- Porsche Centre, every interval
- Warranty
- Factory coverage until 2027
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