Innholdsfortegnelse for No. 225 i Total 911

I’d like to think that, in over 10 years of doing this job, I’ve seen most things when it comes to Porsche 911s. The past decade has witnessed old, unloved 964s being turned into million-pound-plus pieces of automotive artwork; manual gearboxes ditched on GT3s and then reinstated; and even the flat six engine, housed in the back of 911s since the first in 1963, moving to a mid-mounted setup on the RSR race car. However, I never, ever thought I’d see a new, strictly off-road 911 released by Porsche. It’s difficult for Porsche to keep many secrets these days and so, granted, the release of an off-road 911 has been expected for some time. We’d seen spy pictures of the Dakar 911 out testing on the Nürburgring for many months,…

Donington Park delivered flat six thrills aplenty thanks to the success of a new Porsche-only event organised by RMA Track Days in mid-October, with more of the same concept already promised for 2023. Working in collaboration with Porsche specialists RPM Technik, the unsilenced track day welcomed over 50 Zuffenhausen sports cars to the UK’s famed Donington Park, Derbyshire, for a successful day under the glare of the autumn sun. The relaxation of noise limits – a rare occurrence on many circuits in the UK – allowed for some top metal to take to the track, with competition-only 992 GT3 Cup cars lighting up the circuit alongside a plethora of modern GT cars and even air-cooled classics. Even better, with an ‘open pitlane’ policy together with RMA’s customary allowance for safe…

“It’s quick, it’s light and it’s got a torque curve to die for,” says Josh Sadler, RS oracle and all-round legend. That’s one hell of a sales pitch to me, to which I’d be replying “take my money,” assuming I had any. Josh has sold plenty of Porsches during his days at Autofarm, but he’s rationalising his garage at home presently. You might have spotted his orange 1973 2.7 RS that’s been in Total 911 previously, because it’s up for auction soon. So soon that it’ll have gone across the auction block by the time you read this, but there’s still a chance to own one of Josh’s personal cars, and one that we remember seeing on the day we last visited him, when we conducted an interview for issue…

Porsche sim racing The drivers wait, sitting nervously, eyes fixed firmly on the gantry ahead. One light. Two lights. Three. Four. Eventually, the lights go out and away we go. This is racing, but not as you know it. I’m fully immersed in my environment, the scenery appears photo-realistic, the 992 GT3 Cup I’m in control of looks and behaves exactly like the real thing, while ahead, behind and alongside are real-life rivals. My nerves are genuine. And yet, real this is not. Am I sat in a Porsche 911 racing car on the starting grid at Silverstone? No, I’m at home, snug in a simulator, racing virtually against tough eSports competition from around the world. Welcome to sim racing – one of the most exciting developments entry-level motorsport has…

The first customer 911 that’s purpose-built for off-road driving is here. The all-wheel-drive 911 Dakar rides 50mm higher than a 992 Carrera with Sport chassis, a four-corner lift system adds another 30mm to the Dakar’s ride height, with tall, knobbly Pirelli P ZERO tyres ready to tackle the dunes. Weighing just 10kg more than the C4 GTS on which it’s based, just 2,500 examples of the 911 Dakar will be built, with first deliveries arriving by spring 2023. Prices start at £173,000.…

The 991 Carrera range was launched over a decade ago, for the 2012 model year, as the seventh generation of Porsche’s venerable 911. As a ‘clean sheet’ design it heralded one of the biggest generational changes in the model’s history, and signalled both the end of an era and a new beginning. It left behind a legacy as the final naturally aspirated 911 Carrera, because the second-generation 991 Carrera arrived with forced induction four years later. Criticised for its ever-increasing size and weight, and becoming more GT than sports car, it’s worth noting that the styling of the 991 was fashioned to create an impression of it being wider and lower, but the overall dimensions aren’t greatly different from the 997. It’s slightly longer but no wider, and it’s also…

We’ve celebrated 50 years of the RS model 911 throughout 2022, and while every fact, figure and statistic has long been pored over by ever-keen enthusiasts, Total 911 knows there’s always more to learn. With this in mind we chatted to Iris Haker, Porsche Museum curator and Kuno Werner, head of the Porsche Workshop, as they showed us around the Porsche Museum’s fabulous Spirit of Carrera RS exhibition. In the process, the Porsche experts reveal all manner of RS trivia. Whether you’re new to 911s, or have owned an RS since 1973, here are some RS-themed trivialities you may not have been aware of… With thanks… Total 911 is grateful to the Porsche Museum’s Iris Haker and Kuno Werner for their help with this article. The Spirit of Carrera RS…

James Bullen Herts, UK @greenandtheblue Model 991 50 JAHRE Year 2014 Acquired 2022 Model 991.1 GT3 Year 2014 Acquired 2022 Model 996.1 CARRERA CABRIOLET Year 1999 Acquired 2022 I felt very proud to be asked by Editor Lee to start a column for the Living the Legend section of this magazine. It’s a section I look forward to every month because it takes a step away from the aspirational and back to the real world as we readers get to learn about other enthusiasts’ recent experiences with their cars. I join an illustrious panel of columnists from the UK and around the world, many of whom I’ve known for some time now, so I hope my condensed Porsche-life, relayed to you each month, is half as interesting as theirs. Having…

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911 Dakar breaks cover Porsche reveals an off-road 992 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, weighing just 10kg more than a 992 Carrera GTS Porsche has unveiled its much-anticipated 911 Dakar, an off-road 911 that takes its inspiration from the 953. This was the 911 that won the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1984. Based on the 992 Carrera GTS, the Dakar is fitted with the 480hp, 3.0-litre, turbocharged six-cylinder engine from the GTS, mated to an eight-speed PDK transmission. All-wheel drive, PDCC, rear-axle steering and dynamic engine mounts from the 911 GT3 are all standard equipment. One of the most striking aspects of the Dakar is its increased ground clearance. The car sits 50mm higher than a 911 Carrera S fitted with sports suspension. The 911 Dakar’s bespoke suspension setup includes…

912 restomod Renowned for being underpowered if generally well balanced, historically the four-cylinder Porsche 912 has played second fiddle to its six-cylinder brethren in the mighty 911. That might well be about to change though, thanks to this striking 912C restomod created by KAMM Manufaktur. Budapest-based KAMM is the brainchild of Miki Kázmér, who founded the company in 2020. This 912C restomod is built very much in accordance with Miki’s personal taste in cars: namely, fast road or track cars, with added spice. Top-level stats here are 175hp and just 750kg wet weight, with the goal of mimicking the 1967 911R by producing a car that’s as light as possible. Carbon fibre helps bring this weight right down (indeed, it’s what the ‘C’ stands for in this 912’s name). The…

Group C racing cars were so beloved, fans protested furiously when the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), organiser of the annual Le Mans 24 Hours, announced its intention to replace them with Le Mans Prototypes. For many, the decade of Group C racing was almost a way of life, and the series itself rivalled Formula 1 in terms of popularity. The end of Group C was like the end of days. Porsche was the dominant manufacturer in Group C; its mighty 956 was the most successful sports racing car in the world. Surely, therefore, the 956 was the product of tireless and diligent development over many years, as the company strove to repeat the success of the closed-top Porsche 935 Group 5 and open-top 936 Group 6 racers? Far from…

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Porsche fans with a taste for history will instantly recognise the moon face of Peter Schutz in this photograph. Appointed CEO of Porsche in January 1981, Peter was a classic case of right man, right time. A complete industry outsider (perplexed German newspapers were full of “who is this guy?”-style headlines), he brought a new perspective to a Porsche that under his predecessor Ernst Fuhrmann had become dangerously introspective. And for a period, everything he touched turned to gold. Famously, he reinstated the 911, ordained that Porsche shouldn’t go to Le Mans unless it could win (which it obviously wouldn’t with Ernst’s 924 GT) and restored Porsche’s self-confidence. Old Porsche hands still remember how Peter used to introduce himself in those early days with an expansive, “Hi, aahm Peeder” and…