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    THE BIG-SELLER

    Apr 01, 2021 4 minutes

    The 911 has dodged many bullets throughout its near six-decade existence. After the Stuttgart sports machine was pulled back from the brink of death in the 1980s, the following decade redefined the model, but new beginnings didn’t come without controversy — the arrival of the water-cooled 996 in 1997 was Zuffenhausen’s most pronounced rethinking of the original 911 concept. Despite cries of disdain from purists upset at the new 911’s joint development with the ‘lesser’ 986 Boxster, the 996 was a necessary reaction to Porsche having to embrace modern technology and call time on its line of air-cooled cars. Thankfully, the move proved to be a huge success.

    Fast, hugely capable and refined, the 996 was a pivotal 911, but

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