The big test: Porsche 911 GT3

PORSCHE 911 GT3 £127,820/£150,628 as tested

The 911 GT3 is the answer to that question. Every generation since its first iteration appeared in 1999 has been the answer, unless you happen to be one of those strange people who disavows the 911 – like QAnon supporters, they’re out there – when in fact everyone knows it’s the world’s best sports car. The GT3 is the best version, distilled motorsport genius rendered surprisingly biddable on the road.

But these are strange times, and the optics on the highly engineered hedonism that the 911 GT3 has always represented might not have the absolute clarity they once did. One of Porsche’s top brass assured me recently that the mighty work it’s done on the Taycan hasn’t pushed internal combustion into the background. Frankly, he sounded offended that I’d even suggest such a thing. The game’s not up yet.

 wail of exhaust. Then there’s the way that its front end dissects