No. 238

Total 911

The world’s finest Porsche magazine

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Welcome
It’s certainly an interesting time in the Porsche marketplace at present. While there’s no question there are challenges here not seen for some time, things don’t appear to be as bad as some are speculating. Cars are still selling, and some for a pre
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Total 911 Opening Shot
A little rain does not stop play: despite Storm Ciarán doing its best to batter the UK, nearly 30 Porsche 993s took part in a special rally to welcome the car’s designer, Tony Hatter, to our shores, including this stunning Carrera RS. More on the ’30
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Update
The Porsche plant in Stuttgart is undergoing extensive reconstruction. Could this mean an electric or hybrid 911 is just around the corner? Porsche is upgrading its main manufacturing plant at Zuffenhausen, carrying out an extensive €250m reconstruct
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Total 911
Future PLC Quay House, The Ambury Bath, BA1 1UA, UK Editorial Editor-at-large Lee Sibley lee.sibley@futurenet.comArt Editor Jamie Schildhauer Operations Editor Cliff Hope Contributors Mike Bickell, Andy Brookes, James Bullen, Alisdair Cusick, Phil
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Views
Dear Sir, I’ve been buying your magazine Total 911 for a while now. It’s a great read. I have an idea. You could take a normal (non-racing trained) but decent driver and go round a circuit in a Carrera S with some options. Then he or she could have a
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Spotted
After last month’s astounding collection of white cars, we’ve gone full circle with our search for interesting 911s and found a single black car. Not just any black car either, but an IROC car. It’s possible that you’re unfamiliar with IROC. The Inte
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30 years of 993 THE ROAD TRIP
You’re all absolutely mad,” said Tony Hatter as he looked up and down the table over lunch. Around it, a dozen or so of us laughed heartily while tucking into our fish and chips, while another two dozen did the same on further tables nestled around o
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How I Designed The 993
I was a car-crazy kid – a Porsche-crazy kid, in fact. I ended up at the Royal College of Art in 1979, and tried to make my way into the car design world. To do this, I decided to enter a competition to design the MG of the ’80s. I didn’t win, but I w
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Peak 993
For 30 years, the 993 has enjoyed widespread acclaim as the last air-cooled 911, and therefore the ultimate classic Porsche. Values have always remained buoyant, while general stock condition has tended to be excellent. Almost universally, the 993 is
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The Next Level
If you’re an air-cooled 911 enthusiast, this is undoubtedly the most exciting time in the car’s history. Never before has there been such a plethora of restomods – and, more importantly, parts, options and engine builds available to owners who want t
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THE LIFE OF A Porsche mechanic
Total 911: Ollie, Chris, thanks for joining us. Please do tell us about yourselves: how did you get into the Porsche industry? Ollie Barclay: I started when I was 18 years old and now I’m 25. I started off working at a different Porsche specialist an
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Inside Techart
Of all the European tuners associated with the 911, one of the most recognisable is TechArt. Situated in Leonberg, just a short drive from the Stuttgart home of Porsche, the company’s made a name for itself by taking everything about the 911 that lit
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996 Gt3
With the advent of the 996, Porsche decided to abandon GT2 racing and focus on GT3. The cars would be less expensive to build and expand the company’s opportunities to race 911s in championship series in front of a much wider public. Experiments with
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Living the Legend
@gtsence Model 997.2 CARRERA GTSYear 2011Acquired 2013 Model 992 GT3Year 2022Acquired 2022 Model 991.1 CARRERA GTSYear 2016Acquired 2020 My earliest memory of a Porsche 911 involves the original RS/R cars. Their widebody stance and iconic ducktail
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Premierporsche
Full specs, ratings and market values of every Porsche 911 model from 1963 to 2023 can be found starting on page 82 Looking for a new 911? The classifieds from our independent specialist partners are the first place where you should start your search
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Data File
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
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Porsche Moment
The village of Teloché, eight miles south of the Le Mans circuit, was famously the headquarters of the Porsche team during its annual French sojourn. Porsche’s importer and works driver Auguste Veuillet made the initial arrangements in May 1951 befor

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