Porsche 911 992 Carrera Turbo S Cabrio — Rome

There is a particular quality to the way a 911 Turbo S Cabrio moves through traffic that no other open-top sports car quite replicates. The rear-engine balance, the way the flat-six pulls without hesitation from low revs, the composed ride that somehow coexists with genuinely sharp turn-in — it makes the car feel smaller and more agile than its performance numbers suggest. Drop the roof and the sound changes character entirely: mechanical, direct, almost intimate at city speeds, then broadening into something serious the moment you clear the ring road toward the A24. The 2026 Porsche 911 992 Carrera Turbo S Cabrio we hold in Rome is configured for real driving, not static display. It is the kind of car that rewards an early departure from Fiumicino with the top down, heading south-east through the Castelli Romani — Frascati, Marino, the lake at Castel Gandolfo visible through volcanic hillside bends — before most of the city has finished breakfast. The SS218 through those towns is narrow enough to appreciate the 911's compact footprint and wide enough to enjoy its mid-corner composure. A half-day loop returns you to EUR or Via Veneto before afternoon heat sets in. For something more committed, the route north on the A1 toward Orvieto covers roughly 120 km of autostrada before you exit into the kind of Umbrian hill country where the Turbo S chassis earns its engineering. The all-wheel-drive system and adaptive damping handle broken surfaces and tight switchbacks with a confidence that makes the distance feel shorter than the map suggests. Handover is arranged at Fiumicino Airport, Ciampino, or an agreed hotel or residence outside Rome's ZTL-restricted historic centre — the camera-enforced zones in Centro Storico, Tridente and Trastevere make kerbside collection impractical without permits, so we plan delivery points that keep the process clean. One variant is available. Daily rates begin at €1,200, and we walk through deposit structure and insurance detail before you sign, so there are no surprises at return.