A post on Porsche 911s.

amanico

I guess I am far from being the only one to love and have a huge admiration for the Porsche 911, which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its unveiling, next year. 60 years, already!!!

I never owned a Porsche, I considered the idea many times, and I am not giving up the idea. For the moment, it is something between a project and a dream.

Hence the idea behind this post. Which one would you / I get? Which one makes your heart beat faster?

In 60 years, the 911 has lived many (r)evolutions.

Look at these photos I could gather in the net.

Each generation is getting bigger and larger, at the risk of loosing its original charm. But it is only when you compare the original to the latest that you realize that, because Porsche constantly brought some changes to its iconic car.

Nowadays, I would say that the Cayman is closer to the original spirit of the 911 than the more luxurious 992. Don't get me wrong, I would love to get a 992. But my love is somewhere in the Past, between a 964 and a 997.

Let's see the " evolution chain ", now:

1/ The first one, the 911 from 1963, in production in 1964, if I correctly understood:

2/ The second generation:

The 2,7 RS is a myth, but there were some other good ones...

For example, this 930!

3/ One of my favorite, the 911 964:

Normal over the Targa, for me, even if I like the idea of the Targa:

Targa:

And The Beast, the Turbo!

The magic dashboard:

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4/ The 911 993: Tempting, very tempting, too. Even if I aesthetically prefer the 964 and the 997.

5/ The 911 996 is not my favorite 911, truth to be told...

But the Turbo is another beast,

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And what to say about the GT 2, which would probably make my day?

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6/ The 911 997: You got it, it is one of my two favorites.

More powerful than a 964, for me, it is the modern one which is closer to the spirit of the 911,

And if you want to spice things a lot more, then the GT 3 RS is for you...

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7/ The 911 991. More " precious " in my opinion. A superb 911, for sure.

Here is the 50th Anniversary:

I love this interior!

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8/ The 911 992, the current one. Here I chose to go for the Sport Classic, which is very much my taste.

What is YOUR 911?

Best,

Nicolas

Comments:

penfriend December 25th, 2022-12:00

993 all the time I had two of them, Targa and Turbo. Best air cooled technology, best proportions

amanico December 25th, 2022-12:03

The air cooled engine is a strong argument. Thanks for your feedback, my friend. Which one, between the Targa and the Turbo, did you prefer?

penfriend December 25th, 2022-13:13

I cannot say First bought the Targa for the roof but it was totalled in an accident. Then the turbo for the power. Both lovely.

amanico December 25th, 2022-16:02

Too bad for the Targa.

redbox December 25th, 2022-13:03

Great post. Don't forget to talk about the 912. That help keep Porsche alive when they switched from the 356 to the 911. The 911 was too expensive and sales were not good. So Porsche came up with the 912, a scaled back 911 and the rest is history.

amanico December 25th, 2022-13:08

The 912, yes! But in my idea, the 911 must have a 6 cylinders....

LarsG December 25th, 2022-13:21

And the funny fact that Porsche initially wanted to call it "901" but Peugeot had the rights to a three digit number with a zero in the middle- hence the 911.

amanico December 25th, 2022-16:02

Yes!

Chronometer (aka yacomino) December 25th, 2022-13:15

Timeless! Love the 911!

amanico December 25th, 2022-16:02

Thanks for looking, Chronometer.

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