In the mid-1990s, Porsche had to modernize the 911. Building an air-cooled car with bones dating back to the early 1960s simply wasn't sustainable, so Porsche had no choice but to go radical. The ...
The classic age of the Porsche 911 had two major chapters. One was all about the original series that was in production from 1964 and up to 1989. And the other was focused on the entirety of the ...
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Usually we see anniversaries coming from a mile away, but the 20th anniversary of Porsche's venerable 911 GT3 blindsided us; let's chalk it up to "time flies when you're having fun." Yes, two decades ...
It’s hard to believe, but Porsche has been producing the GT3 for a quarter of a century. And across four different generations of the 911—996, 997, 991, and 992—the GT3’s philosophy has remained the ...
Driving any Porsche 911 is special. But when that 911 has the GT3 badge on its engine lid, that's when you start wondering how much your children are worth or whether Satan exists and would be willing ...
Available in both naturally-aspirated and twin-turbocharged forms, the so-called “Mezger engine” was Porsche’s most impressive road-legal powerplant for nearly fifteen years. Hans Mezger was probably ...
The Porsche 911 GT3 RS is Porsche's most powerful normally aspirated 911, as well as its most track-focused car. The 911 GT3 RS, designed as an enhancement of the 911 GT3 model, is a relatively recent ...
This Porsche 996 GT3 was once a wreck — but thanks to meticulous rebuilding, it’s back at the Nürburgring, and it’s better than ever. The car has been transformed from a crumpled shell into a roaring ...
Onboard footage captures a Porsche 996 GT3 during flying laps at Assen, giving viewers a close look at the car in motion on a racing circuit. The video focuses on the driving experience from inside ...
That first 996 GT3 became the nucleus of a new GT department within Porsche, a kind of special ops division that has created each subsequent generation of the 911 GT3 and GT2 families, along with the ...
Porsche never officially imported the 996-generation 911 GT3 RS into the U.S., but owing to its rarity, the car made it onto the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Show and Display list.