992 V 991GT3 Touring

For over 20 years, Porsche’s GT3 has cemented its legend within the 911 dynasty, one which enhances the 911’s natural penchant for performance with additional flair and emotion.

Powered by a high-revving, naturally aspirated flat six engine, fed to the rear wheels by – traditionally – a manual transmission, the GT3 is the purist’s 911. The race version has accrued an envious horde of class wins in competition, and while the production version isn’t as hardcore as the all-out Rennsport, itself very much a track car with licence plates, a GT3 nevertheless embodies the hallmarks of Porsche Motorsport.

However, since 2017, a new legend has been born out of the GT3 nomenclature. The Touring Package gave a new focus to the GT3’s capabilities, its brief to refine that magic of the Motorsport department and make this 911 more suited to the road. The 991.2 GT3 was thus the first to bear the ‘Touring’ script on its decklid as part of a revised rear, which featured a traditional 911 ‘flat back’ profile with active wing borrowed from its Carrera sister. Still retaining the winged GT3’s explosive 500hp engine, the Touring’s more subtle styling proved captivating.

That first Touring became an instant classic right from launch, and its star has never fallen, for several reasons. Seen as the everyday 911 R, even if key omissions such as a single