Tim Pitt drives the new hybrid Porsche 992.2 Carrera GTS. Does having an electric motor erode the 911’s timeless appeal?

Tim Pitt drives the new hybrid Porsche 911 Carrera GTS. Does having an electric motor erode the 911’s timeless appeal?

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS is a beast on the track, made to win races. And as it has progressed through its generations, its top speed has changed.

Powerful updated 992-generation 911 gets hybrid power with sensational performance but carries a few extra kilos ...

And if you don’t want some of the car’s racier cues, then you might wish to consider the more reserved Touring version, which features a GTS-style ... into one using Porsche-approved parts ...

But Porsche’s half-century-plus evolution of the model has refined it to a frankly startling level. In Carrera 4S form ... dropping the whole car 10 mm (0.4 inches) closer to terra firma.

What’s more, to help you better put that power on to the tarmac, you can have the Carrera 4 GTS, which has the same power but adds four-wheel drive. Porsche ... (codenamed 991.2) and gained ...

However, if you consider the 997.2 and the 4.0 ... The 991 series arrived in 2011, and you could buy one new from the dealership until 2019. I'm sure most people were happy when Porsche ditched ...

Porsche has set a new Guinness World Record with its latest Taycan GTS model. Completed in Levi, Finland, the record saw the Taycan GTS complete a continuous drift of 17.503 kilometres or just ...

From the archive. I found this Porsche 991 Carrera 4S MkII parked on Greenwich Avenue on 11/4/2017. The owner has since replaced this with a 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Veloce.

But with an all-wheel-drive system under the bodywork, will the 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet prove an all-season success, or will it fall short of the standards set by its stablemates? As with the GTS ...