Innehållsförteckning för No. 184 från Total 911

Usually when Porsche announces a new model that isn’t a 911, my schedule is barely affected. I’ll typically get a sound night’s sleep, as embargoes these days tend to lift around 23:00 UK time, safe in the knowledge that every other corner of the automotive world is attempting to turn the internet upside down rehashing the same basic information garnered from a single, brief Porsche press release. The Taycan launch was a little different. Porsche has dedicated substantial resources to its first electric-only sports car, with PR and comms in overdrive in the months leading up to its official reveal around a week before the 68th IAA, Porsche’s home motor show. It’s proven very difficult for anyone to ignore such fanfare around the Taycan – not that we’d want to.…

It was Singer Vehicle Design who really turbocharged the modern-day backdate craze as we know it. The California company’s 964-based reimaginings are chiefly responsible not just for the popularity of the backdate movement itself, but also for the 964 generation in general. Want a 964 C2 Coupe with manual transmission and no sunroof? You’ll pay 993 money for it, and that’s if you can even find one these days. As we’ve seen, many companies from around the world have sought to jump on the bandwagon, offering their own stamp on this whole backdate ideology. But what if Porsche decided to make its own retrobuild using mostly Porsche parts, specially made to your order? Now to be fair, that’s not the case here, but it’s pretty darn close. There’s a buzz…

911s in the data file are organised in rows according to release date, beginning with the very first model in 1964. Many models were available in Coupe, Targa and Cabriolet forms, with the option of automatic transmission. Here, data has been provided from the Coupe variants unless stated. All data here has been compiled, where possible, from Porsche’s own figures. General valuations This reflects the general market trend for a model’susedvaluecompared to the previous financial quarter. The review for 2020 Q1 will be January. The review for 2019 Q4 was October. Ratings Each model is rated out of five in our half-star system according to their performance,handling, appearance and desirability.…

Throughout the entirety of its 71-year history, Porsche has used the race track to develop future technology for its road cars. And so it was that in 2010, the company began the 911’s foray into hybrid technology with the launch of its innovative GT3 R Hybrid works racer. Launched at the Geneva Motor Show, this Weissach-bred 997 melded a naturally aspirated flat six engine to an electrical front axle powered by two electric motors, which provided 120kW of additional power for up to eight seconds. However, in a twist from the usual hybrid layout in a road car, which normally involves the deployment of heavy batteries – a set-up deemed far from ideal in a race car – Porsche’s GT3 R Hybrid used an electrical flywheel power generator to feed…

Current ‘Porsche Turbo’ headlines may well be reserved for the company’s first all-electric sports car, the Taycan Turbo – a bizarre name given the car is completely devoid of any turbocharger. However, the latest iteration of the real thing, in 911 terms, is just around the corner. Total 911’s spies have captured a 992 Turbo in testing without any camouflage for the very first time as it leaves Porsche’s development centre at Weissach.…

Porsche reveals first electric race car ‘99X’ single seater will compete in Formula E for upcoming debut season Porsche has unveiled its first all-electric sports car ahead of its competitive bow into Formula E later this year. Two of the open-cockpit, single-seater race cars, named the 99X, will compete in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship beginning in November, piloted by works drivers Neel Jani and André Lotterer. Bedecked in Porsche’s traditional racing colours of white, red and black, Porsche says the 99X will serve as a development platform for future fully electric production models. Meanwhile, the rest of Porsche’s Formula E effort is taking shape. TAG Heuer has been announced as the main partner, and Pascal Zurlinden, director GT factory Motorsport since 2018, will take on a key role…

Sometimes in life you need to jump and have faith things will work out. Having covered many thousands of miles in the States, I’d long wondered what it would be like to drive across this great country in one of my own cars. One winter’s day last December I booked a couple of flights to Nashville without clearing my six-week travel plans with my colleagues at work. It would also mean my partner, Renée, who I planned to take with me, would face a similar predicament. We decided to take the plunge. I found very little information to help take my own British-registered, C16 993 Carrera S to the States. Others had asked the question on forums before, only to be ridiculed, the perplexed wondering ‘why?’ It’s not for everyone,…

When the last drop of petrol has run out and historians write the definitive history of the combustion engine, Porsche’s flat six will undoubtedly feature extensively: few if any engines evolved so effectively over 60 years. What the historians will also show is that for decades manufacturers got away with making what they always had. Many pre-war engine designs, notably British, French and American, lasted well into the 1960s. Germany, on the other hand, with the strongest engineering tradition, had the advantage – if you can call it that – of starting from scratch in 1945, and also in having Daimler Benz, an engineering powerhouse. This meant that when in the 1960s the US started to legislate air quality and mpg targets, an engineering-led firm like Porsche was far better…

It was a warm, early evening on Sicily, and Campofelice, a small town on the northern coast, came at just the right time for a much-needed caffeine hit. I’d recently arrived with my photographer and partner, Iris, to research the 1973 Targa Florio race. Leaving the café on Campofelice’s main street, a double espresso keeping sleep at bay, we caught sight of a painting in the window of a little gallery across the road. It appeared to be a Porsche 911 sitting in a tree. We were intrigued and, crossing over for a closer look, identified it as an RSR. Rather than sitting in the tree, the car appeared to have been wrapped around it – and at some speed. But 911s getting wrapped around trees is, unfortunately, nothing new.…

Ben Przekop Mercer Island, WA Model 996 40TH ANNIVERSARY Year 2004 Acquired MAR 2018 They say you never forget your first love, and in my case that definitely includes my first Porsche! My lifelong passion for the sports cars from Zuffenhausen started with a sceptical test drive of a 2003 996 Cabriolet in Seal grey. The scepticism lasted one corner… this car was unlike anything I had driven before. There was a nimbleness, a directness and an immediacy to everything, including the powerful engine, and it made driving a totally new experience. But a bit of oversteer wiggle on a tight corner reminded me of that pendulum of an engine hanging out behind the rear axle, and right after buying the car I booked a one-day Porsche Sport Driving School…

When someone is quoted as saying “a garage without a 911 is just a dark hole”, you know that person deserves a place in these pages. The man who uttered those words was Walter Röhrl, the septuagenarian whose involvement with our marque dates back more than half a century and includes acting as development driver and official Porsche Brand ambassador for the last 26 years. Born in Regensburg, Germany, in March 1947, he would buy his first Porsche at the age of 21 – a used 356. It was the beginning of a connection with the marque that has endured ever since. Twice a World Rally Champion and four-time Monte Carlo Rally winner, it was 1981 when he tackled the San Remo event in a 911 SC (right). His co-driver…

Porsche commits to internal combustion engine Launch of 992 C4 underlines commitment to traditional Porsche power Porsche has used the 68th International Motor Show at Frankfurt to release eight new models, including two new 911s, to underline its future product strategy. The company announced that moving forward it will focus on three drive technologies for its sports cars: highly emotive petrol engines, powerful plug-in hybrid powertrains and all-electric drives. It demonstrated its commitment to continuing with the internal combustion engine by unveiling the 992 C4 Coupe and Cabriolet. The new C4 in both Coupe and Cabriolet body styles borrows a water-cooled clutch and front differential from the 992 C4S. Wet Mode and PASM come as standard on the C4, though Porsche Torque Vectoring with an electrically controlled rear limited-slip differential…

By definition any 911 is a driver’s car, but the proliferation of Porsche’s sports car, through both time and model variation, means some 911s are that little bit more engaging and interesting to drive than its contemporary models. As cars become ever more complex, weightier and increasingly remote, we’ve picked some 911 highlights which celebrate what’s arguably been taken away from more modern machinery: the unfiltered joy of pure driving. Our quartet spans key eras of the 911 in the form of an early car, modern classic, recent Rennsport and the outrageous present, each example putting the driver at the very core of their existence. A not-inconsiderable tract of time and huge technological advances differentiate the first and last 911s that we’re driving here, but each represents one of the…

“The Taycan is fascinating,” said August Achleitner, also known as ‘Mr 911’, when we discussed the future of Porsche and the 911 at his retirement interview. He’s not wrong. This new model isn’t a 911, but it’s such a significant new Porsche that to ignore it would be futile, even in a publication dedicated to a car which, thus far, has been exclusively fitted with a rear-mounted flat six internal combustion engine. The Taycan, as the Mission E production car has become known, will never feature such an engine – or any engine at all, for that matter – but over the past few years every engineer or person involved in its creation and development has not only described it as “a proper Porsche”, but has always referenced the 911…

Anyone with even a passing interest in Porsche’s motorsport activities can’t fail to be aware of its history at Le Mans, one that encompasses a record 19 outright victories. The last of those appearances on the winner’s rostrum was in 2017 with the dominant 919 Hybrid, but two decades previously, the 1990s was a more barren affair at Le Mans for Porsche. The 15th win had been achieved in 1994 with the Dauer 962, a racer that was capable, but showing its age. It would take until 1998 to chalk up the 16th victory, and that would come courtesy of an entirely new, 911-derived design – the Porsche GT1. Porsche knew that it needed something fresh to remain competitive, and that its new racer needed to look like the 911,…

Data file Full specs, ratings and market values of every 911, including the 964 Carreras, can be found beginning on page 94 Plus Showroom Looking for a new 911? The classifieds from our independent specialist partners are the first place you should start your search Servicing & tuning Get the very best from your Porsche 911 with the help of our selected performance and maintenance specialists Porsche lifestyle Helping you make the right lifestyle choices to complement you and your 911. Don’t just drive Porsche, live the brand Insurance & finance Get your Porsche covered with the best insurance deals for road and track to ensure happy, safe motoring…

Online commentators began calling it ‘the massacre of Monterey’ after what turned out to be a pretty disastrous week for sellers of classic and collector-grade Porsche. As the hammers began to fall (or not) at the sale of various auction houses, a trend was quickly identified: buyers were not willing to spend anything like the sums of money we’ve been used to seeing for the likes of the 997 GT2 RS, 991 R et al. As a result these once highly desirable 911s, all with a build run of less than 1,000 units – comfortably so in the case of the 997 GT2 RS – either went unsold, or were siphoned off for significantly less than even their lower estimate. So are the disappointing results from Monterey Car Week the…