TECHART Tsport R: Elevating the Carrera T with Carbon, Power and a Dash of Folklore
German tuner TECHART has once again rolled up its sleeves and waded into the oily heart of Porsche’s 911. The latest creation is the Tsport R, presented as a standalone concept but in reality a carefully tiered program for the 992.2 Carrera T. The promise? More power, more drama, and a generous dose of carbon fibre glamour—things Porsche itself would never dare slip past Stuttgart’s accountants.
Unveiled in Leonberg, the Tsport R extracts an extra 111 horsepower and 80 Newton-metres, lifting the Carrera T’s output to 505 hp and 530 Nm. The sprint to 100 km/h drops to 3.4 seconds from the stock 4.1, and 200 km/h arrives in 9.7 seconds—territory uncomfortably close to the GT3.
TECHART splits the program into four stages with names that sound lifted from a German hiker’s diary: Anstieg, Höhenmeter, Kurvenrausch and Berggipfel. In practice, these represent ever-pricier bundles of carbon and aero addenda. The entry-level Anstieg brings the power boost, new exhaust pipes and a modest rear wing. As buyers climb the hierarchy, they collect visible-carbon front splitters, side skirts, diffusers, mirror caps and ultimately towering rear wings better suited to Alpine switchbacks than the Stuttgart–Munich autobahn.
Inside, TECHART plays to its strengths: bespoke leather trims, Alcantara, contrast stitching and the pièce de résistance—a gear selector carved from millennium-old oak salvaged from peat bogs. It is both delightfully eccentric and faintly absurd, with each piece said to be unique to its owner. For PDK buyers, a “manual look” shifter is offered, delivering none of the extra engagement of a true gearbox but at least the illusion of it.
While the press release trumpets “unfiltered driving pleasure,” questions linger over how much is genuinely new. The extra muscle comes courtesy of a remapped control unit, and while the aero looks imposing, its functional value will need proving beyond the spec sheet. Pricing, production numbers and weight remain conspicuously absent—always a sign that what’s on sale is less a technical revolution and more a finely packaged marketing exercise.
Still, the Tsport R is a well-calibrated answer for those who find the Carrera T’s quiet purism too restrained. It delivers more horses, more noise, more carbon and just enough mystique from an ancient oak forest to make the sales pitch irresistible.
