Porsche 911 vs Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)
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Porsche 911

$299,990 - $548,888

2025 price

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Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

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Summary

2025 Porsche 911

2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

By Andrew Chesterton

By Stephen Corby

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Engine Type

Flat Twin Turbo 6, 3.6L

Electric motor type

Permanent Magnet

Fuel Type

Premium Unleaded/Electric

Vehicle type

Battery Electric

Fuel Efficiency

11.0L/100km (combined)

Electric range

530 km

Energy consumption

20.5 kWh/100km

Battery capacity

102.00 kWh

Seating

Likes

Incredible acceleration and agility
Hybrid tech never intrusive nor obvious
Digitalised cabin experience a plus

Design
Power delivery
Interior quality

Dislikes

Potent power and can feel less enthralling than ICE
Supercar-level pricing is getting out of control
Road noise slightly impacts daily drivability

Rear end design too plain
Obscenely heavy
Too expensive

2025 Porsche 911 Summary

The icon is electric. Well, kind of.

This is the new Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, which ushers in a facelift for the brand’s most famous model — and it’s one that introduces a pretty major change.

That faint whistling you hear is most likely the distant wails of the Porsche purists, because this new 911 is now a hybrid.

Yes, the Carrera GTS features Porsche’s clever T-Hybrid engine, which is the brand’s take on electrifying the world’s most famous sports car.

It’s faster than the model it replaces, but it also fundamentally alters the formula that has made the 911 the world’s most iconic sports car.

The question is, does it alter it for the better?

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2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev) Summary

Ask any opinionated car enthusiast why it is that they hate electric cars, and you’re going to hear the same word revving them up - “noise”.

Sure, EVs might be fast, and even the most old-world-loving petrol head (are we going to have to come up with a new term, soon? Power crazed? Amp-head? Copper top?) will grant you that they can be fun to drive, but the argument is that you just can’t love a car as much if it doesn’t make shouty sounds.

But there is one bunch of well-heeled car lovers who will demur on this topic, and for whom the idea of switching a big, stupidly powerful V12 engine for whispering electric motors seems to be no issue at all - Rolls-Royce fans.

They have, allegedly, been knocking down the doors at Goodwood, demanding that Rolls build them an EV, and finally it has arrived, in the stunning shape of the Spectre, and the orders are pouring in.

We flew to the Napa Valley in California to try it out.

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Deep dive comparison

2025 Porsche 911 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)

Verdict

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The t-hybrid might be an entirely new propulsion system for the 911, but the net result is unchanged – power, poise and performance on tap.

Note: CarsGuide attended this event as a guest of the manufacturer, with travel, accommodation and meals provided.

Verdict

Personally, I was very much taken with the looks, and the feels, of the new Rolls-Royce Spectre, which delivers everything you’d expect from this brand, and seems to have lost nothing by switching to electric propulsion. The trick, it seems, in turning your brand into an EV one is to have made your cars silent in the first place.

But the real verdict comes from the people hurling their Spectre orders at the company, which has received so many of them it’s being forced to ramp up production. And 40 per cent of pre-orders are from new customers. Honestly, it’s as if they were all just waiting for an EV to drop a million on.

Porsche 911 vs Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev) What's the difference?

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Porsche 911 vs Rolls-Royce Spectre (bev)
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