![]() Each rear tyre is a foot wide, with the fairground thrill enhanced by this car having rear axle steering - just one option from a very long list. Traction out of corners is, frankly, colossal. “Cor, bloody lovely,” purred my passenger, a car-mad mum friend as we swooped along the twisty roads around Stoke Row. They can spout the facts but I’m never sure they can enjoy the joy. There will be no tyre-smoking white-knuckle stuff here.Ĭar buffs always want to know how a car like this handles and to talk about torque and turbo wastegates. This car can generate reams of impressive stats and weaken the sphincters of occupants but to drive it legally on public roads that are familiar is the point of today. This engineering masterpiece is attached to a state-of-the-art auto gearbox, another technical triumph that can change gears in a tenth of a second. ![]() When put together, the numbers 9 and 11 mean something to anyone interested in cars.īurbling behind me is the oily heart of the machine, a twin turbo-charged 3-litre engine that will propel me from 0 to 60mph in under four seconds and, if I wanted to lose my licence, to a top speed of 192mph. Waiting for the lights to change, I’m in a factory fresh silver Porsche 911 Carrera GTS convertible, one of the nicest cars I can think of to be driving in the spring.īenchmark and icon are just some of the accolades this model has gathered in the motoring world since its introduction in 1964. YOU could say it takes chutzpah to sit at a red light in Reading road in an open top car worth £132,000 during a cost of living crisis.
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