We take a closer look at some of the more extreme 911s that have launched over the past 60 years
The Porsche 911 was revealed – as the 901 – at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1963, and went on sale the following year with the more familiar name.
To cope with the extra performance, Porsche fitted ventilated brake discs. These had not previously been used on any 911, and nor had the now famous Fuchs ‘five-leaf’ forged alloy wheels.The flat-six engine was enlarged to 2.2 litres in 1969, 2.4 litres in 1971 and then 2.7 litres in 1973, in which form it was fitted to the Carrera RS. With 210bhp on tap, and weighing under 1000kg , this was the best-performing 911 so far.
The Carrera 2, which drove through the rear wheels only, as all 911s had done for a decade and a half, did not appear until 1989.Few 911s of the 964 generation had an engine larger than 3.6 litres. The exceptions, whose flat-sixes had slightly larger bores and measured 3764cc, were called Carrera RS 3.8. Porsche built only 55 examples, though this does not include any of the RSR 3.8s, which we’re bypassing here because they were intended only for use in racing.
The Strassenversion was slightly detuned and had full road equipment, but it was still a formidable device on the public highway. It was also the first 911 available to the public with a water-cooled engine, and so far the only one in which the engine was mounted ahead of the rear axle. At least one GT1 built for competition has been converted for road use, and can therefore be used on the street even though it is not a street version.The 911 Turbo of the 993 generation had a 3.
“Legalised insanity,” we called it in a 2010 review, adding that the RS offered “a driving experience you’ll remember forever,” though we also admitted that we preferred the quicker throttle response and more exciting engine note of the contemporary GT3 RS.At first sight, there appears to be nothing at all extreme about the GTS, introduced late in the 997 generation, but there’s a case for saying it was exactly that.
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