Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet

The Turbo S has always been the 911 you could use without ceremony. The Cabriolet keeps every part of that and takes the roof away, so the same car that handles the morning commute becomes the one you take out at dusk along JBR. Porsche has spent decades making the Turbo faster while keeping it friendly, and this generation is the clearest version of that idea. It manages to be genuinely quick and genuinely easy at the same time.

Power comes from a 3.8 litre twin-turbo flat-six making 640 horsepower, fed through an 8-speed PDK and all four wheels. The numbers read 2.8 seconds to 100 km/h and on to 330 km/h, but the more telling thing is how undramatic it feels getting there. Below the redline it is smooth and quiet. Open the throttle and the flat-six wakes up, and with the roof down the sound reaches you with nothing in the way.

Dubai is built for this car. The roof drops in around 12 seconds at up to 50 km/h, which is exactly enough time at a Marina junction. The all-wheel drive grip makes the heat and the long straights of Sheikh Zayed Road feel routine, and there is room for four at a push if dinner becomes a group plan. The dry warm tarmac suits it, and the Palm at dusk is where it belongs.

Renting it for a week of Dubai evenings makes more sense than owning one and watching it depreciate in a garage. We deliver it to your door full of fuel and detailed, with insurance and delivery already covered in the daily rate, and collect it when you are finished. The price you are quoted is the price you pay.