Porsche 911 Speedster

FIRST UK DRIVE 991-generation goes out with a bang

Jonathan Burn

Jonathan_Burn@dennis.co.uk @Jonathan_burn Running costs 20.6mpg (official) £81 fill-up Performance 0-62mph/top speed 4.0 seconds/192mph “The 4.0-litre flat six is the star, with an intoxicating cocktail of noise, power and usability” THE temperatures are dropping and the long, dark nights are drawing in. So of course now is exactly the right time to think about sinking more than £210,000 into an open-topped, rear-wheel-drive Porsche 911. But this is no ordinary 911. In fact, it’s not even the latest 911. This is the Speedster, which is based on the previous 991-generation of Porsche’s famous sports car, and was built in limited numbers as a 70th birthday present to itself. Having said that, even if you want one, you can’t have it. The UK allocation of the 1,948 global production run has already been…

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