Innehållsförteckning för No. 201 från Total 911

Right now, it’s tough out there. National lockdowns are having a profound impact on our day-to-day wellbeing, and the restrictions on our freedoms have also thwarted businesses too. Then there’s the reality of consequences surrounding Brexit, with ensuing implications for both trade and casual travellers. I needn’t go on, as the whole point of a magazine (or any enthusiast media) is to provide a dose of escapism, but you get the picture… so what on earth are we doing presenting you with a dozen or so cars to buy?! Despite the hardships, there is opportunity – lots of it. Prices at the top end of the Porsche marketplace have receded, there’s no doubt about that, and a general readjustment of values across the board (apart from at the bottom, interestingly)…

For the love of cars Dear Sir, This letter is dedicated to all people involved in the making, publishing or contributing to car magazines. It all started in 1986 with De AutoGids (BE). I was 12 at that time and bought my first copy with the little pocket money I had. I had to wait two weeks until the next edition, it seemed ages. I read it front to back. They contained the prices, specs and options of every car on the Belgian market. I spend hours and hours optioning cars and making different configurations. 35 years later I still do that – thank god for online car configurators! A few years later I discovered Autovisie (NL), featuring a very young Ton Roks, the experienced Nico De Jong, with photos…

London: the capital of England, and a global powerhouse of culture and commerce. Home to around nine million people, you might be surprised to learn that an array of special sports and supercars are hidden all over the conurbation. Various collections are stored discreetly in and around the Greater London area, and all manner of exotics can be spied crawling the city streets on any given day. It’s been like that for years: these days you just need to stand on the old Brompton Road (or watch the thousands of videos on YouTube) for five minutes to witness automotive exhibitionism from the Lamborghini-wielding nouveau riche, but a generation or so ago the venue was the financial district, and the car was the Porsche 911 Turbo. Yes, during the boom of…

Singer announces DLS production switch to Multimatic Production of Dynamics & Lightweighting Study to remain in UK Singer founder Rob Dickinson has revealed the company’s highly anticipated DLS cars will still be built in the United Kingdom, albeit with Multimatic rather than Formula One outfit Williams. As was reported in our 200th special issue, guest edited by Dickinson himself, the company was in the final build stages of the first five DLS cars. However, after Singer terminated the agreement with Williams to build the Dynamics & Lightweight Study reimagining in the autumn, Multimatic was hired to fulfil production of initial orders and then undertake the full process of subsequent orders thereon. Multimatic is a Canadian company providing what it says is “innovative automotive components, systems, complete vehicles and engineering services…

Scott Gardner Job title Workshop manager Place of work Porsche Centre Bournemouth, UK Time at Porsche 14 years I will receive in the upcoming weeks from the Lisbon Porsche dealer a 992 C4 (not the S as I feel I don’t really need the extra power) that is a great deal. It’s a service car from October with very few miles that they use for “dynamic drive tests” and I will take the opportunity to replace my 991.2 Carrera 4 with this new fantastic model. The thing is that I enjoy listening to music in the car and this one comes with the basic Sound Plus system and not the Bose. Is there any way I can upgrade this by installing a class D amplifier and replacing the six standard…

Look back through the Porsche 911’s racing history and you’ll be sure to find a commendable mixture of both naturally aspirated and turbocharged cars which have propelled the manufacturer to success in competition. “This Turbo S is only around 50kg heavier than a 997 GT3 Cup” With atmospheric RSRs flying the flag for Porsche through the 1960s and early 1970s, by the late 1970s and 1980s it was forced induction that allowed Porsche to dominate its rivals. By the 1990s and the creation of the Porsche Cup (which was later rebranded to Supercup), Weissach created a specially built Cup car for its flagship one-make series. These were race cars of the road-going Carrera (and then GT3) Rennsport equivalent of the time, and have always been naturally aspirated. At first glance…

As we well know, the 996 is famous for being the generation which took the 911 from air- to water-cooling, thereby serving the single biggest step change in the Neunelfer’s long and decorated history. Twinned with Pinky Lai’s striking exterior design which deviated substantially from 911s of old, the 996 really did herald a time of innovative thinking at Porsche, the company daring to be different in the face of a battle for its very survival. Mr Lai described to Total 911 just last year how the 996 was thought of at Porsche as the company’s last bullet: with sales down and costs rising, this new 911 really was the last chance for Porsche to return to profitability or face extinction. The analogy is ironic because, once the 996 entered…

HISTORY AND TECH In Porsche nomenclature, ‘S’ usually denoted sporting or ‘Super’ and its first application to a 911 was in 1966. The 911S would set the standard as the fastest 911 until the 2.7RS usurped its crown, and the S was demoted to second fiddle before it disappeared in 1976. Subsequently there was a 911CS (Clubsport) and a 911RS (Rennsport) and even a Turbo S, but a plain 911 with an S, in this case ‘Carrera S’, had to wait for the mid-term facelift 993 in 1996. The 993 was the evolutionary descendant of the 964 which had arrived at a time when Porsche’s financial woes were beginning. The 964’s disappointing sales led to a fundamental reappraisal of the 911: in the performance stakes it was still class-leading, but…

Ron Lang Ashland, Oregon @ronlangsport Model 2.4S Year 1972 Acquired 2018 Model 930 3.3 Year 1982 Acquired 2019 Model 964 CARRERA 2 REIMAGINED BY SINGER Year 1991 Acquired 2018 Model 964 C4 SAFARI Year 1991 Acquired 2018 Model 993 TURBO Year 1997 Acquired 2015 Model 997.1 TURBO Year 2007 Acquired 2020 Model 997.2 GT3 RS 3.8 Year 2011 Acquired 2016 Model 991.2 CARRERA 4S Year 2017 Acquired 2017 It’s always the little things that make all the difference, right? For example, I have an extra brand-new MOMO Prototipo steering wheel that would fit nicely on the 1972 911S. But then, the stock wheel has its own charms. Though it has a very large diameter, I do like the thin grip of the leather-covered wheel. So what to do? Perhaps I…

The guest editor of Total 911’s milestone 200th issue, Rob Dickinson’s meteoric rise to prominence in the Porsche industry has been spectacular over the past decade or so. His company, Singer Vehicle Design, has turned the automotive landscape on its head with its striking ability to breathe stunning new life into old 911s, creating an entirely new sub-genre of extremely detailed, bespoke restorations in the process. Dickinson’s infatuation with the 911 began at the age of five when, from the seat of the family’s VW Beetle, his father pointed out a Porsche 911 overtaking them on the Autoroute in the south of France. Success in the music industry would allow for Dickinson to indulge in his 911 passion while growing up in his native Britain, but it’s fair to say…

MARKET ASSESSMENT 2 020. Who knew? Buoyed with positivity at the beginning of last year, a global pandemic and a sub-optimal Brexit has impacted on the car market, though as Paragon’s Mark Sumpter says: “The honest answer from any car dealer is we cannot read the market presently.” That’s not to say it’s not moving, Sumpter adding: “This week we’d want to buy 2015-year 991s, because we sold three last week.” Brexit might not have been the perfect resolution, but all the specialists we’ve spoken to admit that at least with it done there’s a bit less uncertainty out there, the possible difficulties ahead because of it presenting more of a short-term chicane than a roadblock. Indeed, all our specialists admit that now it’s passed, there’s something of a pent-up…

PANAMERICANA CONCEPT The Panamericana – given to Ferry Porsche for his 80th birthday in 1989 – was the result of a curiosity from within Porsche to look at the off-road market. Originally designed to take on the Carrera Panamericana, a famous race across Mexico which the company dominated in the 1950s, the Panamericana featured long travel suspension as well as an early nod to 993-generation body styling. While Porsche never pursued the Panamerciana as a production project, it is credited with providing the inspiration for the 986 Boxster roadster and Cayenne SUV model lines realised either side of the Millennium. MILLIONTH 911 Built, quite obviously, to celebrate the fact Porsche’s production of its iconic 911 sports car had reached seven figures, the Millionth 911 was a uniquely specified 991.2-generation Carrera…

In all markets the Carrera S has a particular cachet, and this is even more apparent in the UK. Prices fall between £70,000 for a Tiptronic C2S to £90,000+ for a fully optioned manual C2S. The £70-£100,000 bracket certainly opens a broad swathe of other 911 possibilities. 991 Carrera T At around £70,000 for a 2018 model this, the most ‘traditional’ of the modern 911s, might appeal to a C2S buyer, though its everyday practicality could be offset by its far larger dimensions. The modern models have nothing like the visibility of earlier 911s, and the Carrera T will also depreciate significantly, like most current Porsches. 3.2 Clubsport A rare 911 even in LHD, a Clubsport is a deeply satisfying but more demanding drive for the price of a concours…

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Since 1974, the Turbo has stood at the pinnacle of the 911 range as the ultimate do-it-all super sports car. Boasting big power and a lavish spec (the original 930 had few options because most came as standard) without compromising on practicality, the Turbo was viewed at the time as the 911 in its ultimate form, and has been admired by enthusiasts ever since. A used Turbo represents a lot of car for the money, but in modern times the Turbo faces much stiffer competition from rivals inside and outside Porsche. As we’ve discussed before, the Taycan is beginning the charge (ahem) towards electric luxury sports cars, while naturally aspirated GT 911s are currently viewed as more desirable by enthusiasts. So where does this leave the used Porsche 911 Turbo?…