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Porsche 911 Carrera review covering 1997 - 2005
Monday 28 July 2008
If ever a sports car could be described as a legend, the Porsche 911 is it. Around in one form or another for over a quarter of a century, the 911 had carved a reputation as a slightly malevolent, air-cooled rear-engined beast. In 1997, with the launch of the ‘996’ series, the 911 had ‘malevolent’ and ‘air-cooled’ struck from its vocabulary. These water-cooled Porsches were a huge step forward, their dynamic excellence silencing most of the critics who felt it heretic to liquid cool a 911. The handling was transformed as well, giving the 911 a more mature, benign personality. Tracking down a good used 996 series Porsche 911 is a quick way of jumping the waiting list without taking a wrong turn down the road to financial ruin. Here we take a look at the seminal 911, the rear wheel drive Carrera 2.
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Of all the versions of the 996 generation Porsche 911 offered, the GT2 is the most controversial. It’s the fastest, scariest, most focused and most expensive and divides opinion like no other recent 9
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If the 996 generation of the Porsche 911 was the period when the car matured, the 997 series saw the car develop an even more polished sheen. Where it was once quite easy to see the Volkswagen DNA in
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Pragmatism hasn’t always been a Porsche strong point. Take the 911 as a for instance. There are no solid engineering reasons for the engine to be slung out the back. It introduces all sorts of comprom
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There’s something wonderfully incorrect about a soft top Porsche 911. The first thing to remember is that this is a technically brilliant car. The other consideration you’ll need to have tucked away i
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