IF YOU have to ask why we'd add a new Porsche 911 to our long-term fleet, you're reading the wrong magazine The 911 is a true automotive icon, a car that for millions of enthusiasts around the word defines the very essence of Porsche.
Improving an icon isn't easy. Common sense tells you hanging an engine out behind the rear axle will screw up the chassis balance that's the hallmark of a great sports car. Yet when Porsche went back to the drawing board to reinvent the 911 with the 996 variant, almost 40 years of history and tradition dictated that's exactly what it had to do. Even so, with its water-cooled flat six, “fried egg” headlights, and long overhangs front and rear, the 996 was different enough to bother the…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006