Porsche's newest lightweight track monster is the 493-horsepower mid-engine mega Cayman shown here. Laden with carbon fiber and lightweight touches — like decal badges instead of plastic or metal — the Cayman GT4 RS weighs just a smidge over 3,000 pounds, some fifty pounds lighter than a standard GT4. This is the first mid-engine car to ever wear …
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Here’s Why The 996 Turbo Is The Steal Of The Century
While some of us might've missed the best opportunity to grab one when the 996 Turbo was selling for little more than a well-optioned Civic, it remains a bargain. In its day, its top speed was something special; just five miles per hour shy of the coveted 200-mile-per-hour-mark. But beyond the obvious straightline shove, the 996 Turbo offered a …
Continue to the full articleHere’s What Makes The Spartan 968 Clubsport A Special Porsche
The 968 was, like the Boxster several years later, seen as an alternative for the aspiring Porsche owner who couldn't quite swing the $63,000 needed for a 993 in the nineties. How unfortunate. In truth, the 968 was a special vehicle, and the Clubsport version offered the discerning user enough lithe agility and surefootedness to forget completely …
Continue to the full articleGoing Through the Carrera GT with a Fine-Tooth Comb
For all of Doug DeMuro's fastidiousness, he appreciates the bolder bits of an analog sports car. Perhaps nothing best deserves that title in recent years than the Carrera GT. It's killed actors, struck fear in the hearts of stoic journalists, and rightfully earned a place on the Mt. Olympus of supercars. It's also the last of a breed, sadly, as …
Continue to the full articleThe Mercedes-Benz 500E Was Porsche’s First Super Sedan
Decades before Porsche built the first Panamera, it was assembling a different kind of sedan for Mercedes-Benz. Back in the early 1990s Porsche was running low on cash and it was happy to secure a contract to assemble a very fast muscle-sedan for cross-town rival Mercedes. The car was made possible by stuffing Merc's 5-liter from the SL into its …
Continue to the full articleHere Are All Of The Quirks and Features of the 992-Generation Carrera
We all know that the 911 has grown a lot, but seeing Doug DeMuro next to this Lizard Green 992 has really cemented just how much. All 992s are now "widebody" cars, and as a result a base Carrera is a whopping 72.9" wide. That's 4.5" wider than a 993 (though perhaps about the same as a Carrera RS), or 3.2" wider than a 996. It's a full 10" longer …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s 993 Carrera RS Is Like A GT3 Before The GT3 Existed
Porsche's GT range, at least as we understand it today, began with the 993 GT2. That rear-wheel drive, 444 horsepower, aggressively flared monster was the first use of the GT moniker on a modern Porsche. However, the car that came to define the GT line, the GT3, has much more in common with this car; the Carrera RS. Though it does not share the GT …
Continue to the full articleDoug DeMuro Dishes on the New Cayenne Turbo
When the Cayenne debuted in 2003, Porsche was mired in controversy. The 996 defied Porsche convention, abandoning air cooling and gaining both radiators and amorphous headlights. Hot on the tails of sharpening up the 911's lighting in 2002, Porsche launched in to yet another controversy. In 2003, Porsche released an SUV. Though sharing a platform …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Iconic 959 Supercar Gets A Doug Score
Doug DeMuro's obsession with automotive minutiae might not work with every one of his reviews, or for all of his 2.3 million subscribers. However, if there's one car that deserves to be inspected with the thickest possible magnifying glass around, it's the Porsche 959. This techno-titan established itself as one the greatest sports cars to emerge …
Continue to the full articleDoug DeMuro Lends His Two Cents on a Garishly Green GT2 RS
Never short on enthusiasm, Doug DeMuro dives in headfirst with a list of salivating stats on Porsche's fastest force-fed track toy, as well as a bold byline: "This thing is faster and more powerful than the road version of a Le Mans race car from twenty years ago!" https://youtu.be/C3N61UZ6Z84 That divisive wing, the fender louvers, and even …
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