A battle between BTCC's bad boy Jason Plato and ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok again solidifies the simple truth that a garden-variety Porsche can punch well above its weight. Half the price, heavier, less powerful, and arguably less track-oriented, and yet the Porsche 992 Carrera 4S still performs startlingly well against a McLaren 570S around Castle …
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Video: Porsche 911 GT3 vs. Ferrari 458 Speciale
... and Chris Harris vs. Tiff Needell. These two have worked together before, and videos like this make us wish they did more often. The differences between the Ferrari and Porsche in this video are nearly as great as the differences between Harris and Needell. Where Chris got his start as a journalist who worked his way into racing, while Tiff's …
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At first it may seem strange to have a head-to-head comparison using the same model Porsche against itself. However, there's a major difference you can't see from the outside. One Cayman has a manual gearbox and the other comes equipped with PDK. Which one is best? Let's find out. I think the second half of the video would be more …
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