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It’s the latest and certainly the greatest version of Porsche’s wildest road car (not counting the ultra-rare, ultra expensive Carrera GT, of course).

We’ve already driven the new 997 GT2 abroad, and even then we were knocked sideways – literally – by its astonishing blend of power, torque, performance and composure. But this is the first time we’ve been able to let rip in it in the UK. And you know what they say about UK roads being so different from those in ma...Read the full article

This is a 911 Turbo with the common sense removed. The black sheep of the 911 family and a rough, noisey ride if that's your kinda thing! Personally I'd wait for the M3 CSL and save myself £60 grand for when oil costs $600 a barrel.

JJBoxster:

This is a 911 Turbo with the common sense removed. The black sheep of the 911 family and a rough, noisey ride if that's your kinda thing! Personally I'd wait for the M3 CSL and save myself £60 grand for when oil costs $600 a barrel.

 Its all personal choice. no one's holding a gun to your head to buy this car. To me this is the ultimate missile. Its you, the car and your talent. One wrong move and it'll bite your head off.

JJBoxster:

This is a 911 Turbo with the common sense removed. The black sheep of the 911 family and a rough, noisey ride if that's your kinda thing! Personally I'd wait for the M3 CSL and save myself £60 grand for when oil costs $600 a barrel.

 Its all personal choice. no one's holding a gun to your head to buy this car. To me this is the ultimate missile. Its you, the car and your talent. One wrong move and it'll bite your head off. I gues thats why its known as the widowmaker.

JJBoxster:

This is a 911 Turbo with the common sense removed. The black sheep of the 911 family and a rough, noisey ride if that's your kinda thing! Personally I'd wait for the M3 CSL and save myself £60 grand for when oil costs $600 a barrel.

 Its all personal choice. no one's holding a gun to your head to buy this car. To me this is the ultimate missile. Its you, the car and your talent. One wrong move and it'll bite your head off. I gues thats why its known as the widowmaker.

65 AMG:

I gues thats why its known as the widowmaker.

justerino:

By the sound of Sutcliffe's article, that should be used to be called the widowmaker...

One of the rules of motoring journalism is that each new generation of 911 is described as tame compared to the last, when said journalist then feels safe to admit that the previous model was still tail happy.

But then, the whole 911 thing is frankly bizarre - 50 years or more of huge industrial engineering talent thrown at solving a problem that could be removed completely by the simple expedient of not hanging the engine out over the rear wheels.