Discover the rarest 911s Porsche has ever created, presented through test drives and ultimate guides to not only put you behind the wheel of one of these low-numbers specials but, if your pocket allows, help you to acquire your own
Welcome to… ULTRA RARE PORSCHE 911 BOOK
Ultra Rare Porsche 911 Book
RENNSPORT ROYALTY • The original 911 RS has always been regarded as Porsche royalty, with this regal Rennsport proving good enough for a king…
THE FORGOTTEN TURBO • There are plenty of 996 and 997 Turbos on the market for your £40,000 currently, but for the connoisseur there’s another, often-overlooked option, as Total 911 investigates…
997.2 GT3 RS • Revered as much for its reputation as it is for its performance and dynamics, the 997 GT3 RS is the ultimate expression of the road-racing automobile
BIGGER IS BETTER • After 15 years of tweaking the 3.3-litre engine in the forced-induction 911, the 3.6-litre 964 proved to be a welcome addition to the evolution of the Turbo story…
996 GT2 THE NEW BEGINNING • With no racing pedigree, the 996 era marked a fresh start for the GT2. Despite this, the Widowmaker lost none of its hardcore DNA, as Total 911 found out…
997.1 GT3 RS • Just in case the standard GT3 wasn’t quite enough, Porsche added the fabled Rennsport tag to this special 911. When it comes to buying one, Total 911 is on hand to advise
993 RS • The RS makes for a sensational driving experience, but what do you need to look at when entering the market for one?
NEW 991 R DRIVEN PREUNINGER’S FINEST HOUR • The scintillating 991 R delivers on its brief as a performance Porsche built with driver involvement in mind, but is it the best of all time? Total 911 is about to find out…
SPEEDSTER • The 964 Speedster marked a return to Porsche’s original, lightweight design of the 356
PORSCHE A CELEBRATION
RS ON THE EDGE OF AMERICA • The 964 RS America was built during anxious times for Porsche, when sales were in the doldrums and funds were low. But save the excuses; these cars are exciting. All you need is a sunset to chase
LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSTAR • Porsche has a peerless history of producing pared-back 911s for purity in performance. Here, Total 911 samples the first water-cooled lightweight that sticks to the Stuttgart axiom ‘less is so much more’
1. 964 C4 Lightweight • So rare that you’ve probably never even heard of it, all 20 964 C4 Lightweights represent the epitome of what a reduced-weight 911 should be
997 GT2 RS V 997 GT3 RS 4.0 TRADITION UPHELD • The GT2 RS and GT3 RS 4.0 represented the peak of 997 engineering and performance, as Total 911 investigates
THE LAST SPEEDSTER • Porsche’s 997 generation remains the last such 911 era to have a Speedster grace its model lineup. We drive this low-production, Exclusive car
993 TURBO S • Porsche’s release of the 993 Turbo S in 1998 was a fitting final hurrah to the last air-cooled 911: with 450bhp it was the fastest and most luxurious road going model Stuttgart had ever produced
PORSCHE & THE SONDERWUNSCH PROGRAM
3.2 CARRERA CLUBSPORT • Lightweight 911s are far from new and usually adopt an ‘RS’ moniker, but Total 911 gets under the metal of the awesome featherlight 3.2 Carrera ‘Clubsport’
HYPER 911 • It’s the seminal Porsche superstar that has influenced more than three decades of the 911’s evolution, but can the 959 still cut it today?
Porsche 918 Spyder: the future of 911 technology?
997 SPORT CLASSIC SPORT CLASSIC • Just 250 were made, but is there a genuine speciality behind Porsche Exclusive’s last complete car beyond its limited numbers?
GT2 CLUBSPORT RAW 993 • With near incomprehensible power levels and few driver aids, the 993 GT2 does not offer a...