Porsche 911
(1964 - 2023)
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Ferry Porsche described the characteristics of the Porsche 911, which has been built for 50 years, more aptly than anyone else: "The 911 is the only car in which you can drive from an African safari to Le Mans, then to the theater and then onto the streets of New York." In this anniversary report, the various Porsche generations are briefly described and six influential exceptional models are presented, supplemented with 90 pictures from 50 years of the Porsche 911.
In 1965, Porsche presented the first targa, a safety cabriolet for the future. Fifty years later, four generations of 911 with targa bows invite comparison and show how and where vehicle technology has developed the most. This driving report shows four generations of Porsche 911 targa in pictures and compares driving impressions over five decades.
The Porsche 911 with the 2.4-liter engine was only built for two years. As before, they were available as a T, E or S model in three performance levels. Even the cheapest model offered a lot of driving fun and good everyday characteristics and was the most ordered 911 version with almost 4000 carburetor versions produced. This vehicle report takes a closer look at the special features of the 911 T and its siblings and portrays a 911 T 2.4 from 1972 in an up-to-date version, supplemented by historical images and sales documents from the time.
Forty years ago, Porsche presented the Carrera RS 2.7 for the first time in Paris to an astonished but eager-to-buy fan community. Even at Porsche, nobody would have believed that 1,580 of these vehicles would be built, and the sales department even had to be persuaded to sell the car! The road car was joined by a pure racing car, the RSR 2.8, followed a good year later by the two RS/RSR 3.0s with a strong racing design. This report summarizes the development of these two vehicles and compares the different brothers in detail in pictures. The article is supplemented by an original brochure, advertising subjects and lots of historical images.
For the 1974 model year, Porsche presented a completely revamped 911 as the so-called G-model. The new 911 not only proved itself in the test reports, but also in what is probably the only endurance test carried out by AMS magazine. This vehicle report portrays a Porsche 911 with 150 hp from 1975, summarizes contemporary test reports and shows the car in current and historical pictures. Enclosed are the sales brochure, price list, color charts and press documents. A complete documentation.
When Porsche launched the 911 Turbo, the first European production sports car with a turbocharger, in 1974, the signs on the horizon looked bad with the energy crisis and fears of inflation. But 500 planned units soon turned into thousands and even tens of thousands to date. Eight generations have been built to date, this report compares them and shows the air-cooled ancestors in particular in over 200 pictures.
The Carrera 3.2 Speedster from 1989 is one of the rarities in the Porsche 911 line of ancestors. It was only built for a few months and the number of units was correspondingly small. And it looked very different from the other vehicles from Zuffenhausen. As a result, it proved to be very valuable. This report, which also looks back at its predecessors, clarifies whether the car meets the high expectations from the driver's point of view.
In 1965, Porsche abandoned the Cabriolet for the time being. It would be 17 years before it was possible to buy a completely open 911 for the first time. But only with the naturally aspirated engine - turbo fans had to wait even longer, even though the 1981 prototype still had a turbocharger. It was not until 1987 that the factory finally delivered the open Turbo to customers. This driving report with many current and historical photos attempts to clarify whether the long wait was worth it.
...is not always well done. As a completely new design, the Porsche 911 GT1 for the 1998 season was supposed to make up for the two unsuccessful previous years. But even as a pure racing car without any reference to series production, the 911 GT1/98 only managed a single victory - but it was the most important one to be won that year. This article tells the story of Porsche's last Le Mans overall winner from the 20th century.
While Mercedes-Benz was gaining ground in the GT1 class at the end of the 1990s, Porsche was struggling on the racetrack. But when it came to winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of Porsche's automobile construction, the GT1/98 had exactly what was needed.
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