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Unpopular opinion incoming: the Carrera T is the most exciting new 992 release this year, usurping the recent GT3 RS. Why? It’s attainable for everyone – that is, anybody who walks into a Porsche Centre and puts down a deposit, even with no prior buy

Among the rural idyll of central France, a 996 Carrera 4S is at play on an entertaining squiggle of tarmac during a special anniversary pilgrimage from the UK back to Porsche’s production line in Stuttgart, Germany. The road in question might well be

The venerable Porsche Centre Reading has been transformed into the country’s first ‘Destination Porsche’ – a retail destination for enthusiasts and customers alike For 35 years, Porsche Centre Reading, located just off the M4 in Calcot, Berkshire, ha

Forgive us this diversion, but whisper it… other car brands do exist. Hell, there are even other Porsche models out there, and there’s every chance you’ll have one, or at least have experienced them at some point. While we’re not going to stray too f

Contact Total 911 Facebook /total911magazine Email editorial@total911.com Dear Sir, Love the magazine and read every issue. One key correction I need to point out from your recent History of the RSR feature: on page 55, Kieron states, “But there

There’s a warning the 992 GT3 RS is running out of fuel, which pops up on the central screen in the dashboard as we’re lapping the Silverstone GP circuit. We’re approaching Maggots complex at 137mph (220km/h), and Porsche ambassador and test driver J

Six minutes and 49.328 seconds. That’s the lap time we’ve all been waiting to learn. Director GT cars, Andreas Preuninger had promised the Porsche 992 GT3 RS would produce a sensational time around the Nürburgring and that it would be revealed at the

A celebration of the 911.” It seemed a reasonable reply to Lee Sibley’s request. Total 911’s Editor understandably likes stories that have a theme, be it an upcoming 911 anniversary, measuring the latest 911 against an older model, or perhaps an in-d

It’s mid-afternoon on a Sunday, late in September. I’m in the passenger seat of Editor Lee’s Irish green 996 Carrera as we motor through northern France. To the left and right, wide open vistas of rolling farmland relentlessly creep past, stretching

Alongside the Carrera 3.2 Clubsport from the G series and the 911 Carrera 4 Lightweight from the 964 generation, the air-cooled model series of the Porsche 911 includes another extremely rare 911 that’s almost unknown, even to experts. This is the ho

Total 911: This year, Porsche is celebrating 40 years of Group C. You were the engineer who was responsible for the most decorated period in the company’s racing history. How do you look back on that period now? Norbert Singer: It’s interesting becau

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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 provide

C2S v 50th Anniversary v GTS: which is the best RWD, non-GT 911? Is this the classic 911R you CAN afford? New secrets revealed by Porsche Museum historians Unique access to the build process behind RUF’s modern-day SCR ■

Dating from its launch in 1990, this shot of the 964 Turbo also shows its principal creators, Paul Hensler (left) and Friedrich Bezner. As 911 project manager, it was Friedrich’s idea of filling the gap left by the abandonment of the 969 with a 3.3 T