We put Porsche against Porsche back in June - you can have a manual Carrera S for circa £100k. Or you could buy probably the best 911 GT3 ever... Watch the full video here 👇 12DaysofPH
There are lots of different ways to frame an old versus new twin-test like this one. I could point out that both the currentand the 997-generation 911 GT3 have gear levers that you must push and pull yourself, plus clutch pedals that keep your left leg occupied. Their on-paper performance is almost identical as well, both recording 0-60mph times of a fraction over four seconds and each running just beyond 190mph.
Few things illustrate so vividly just how the 911 has grown over the last decade and a bit like seeing a brand new one parked alongside a 997. But one thing does so even more than that: sitting in one and then the other. In the older model you feel you can reach across the cabin and open the passenger door without stretching.
I last drove one of these 3.6-litre 997 GT3s back in 2008 . But somehow it all seems so familiar: the clutch pedal that doesn't budge when you squeeze it, only arcing downwards when you really force it; the gearshift that feels overly heavy until you learn to be deliberate with it; the hefty steering, which reminds of those unassisted racks from years gone by; and the ride quality, which at low speeds around town is tough and unyielding enough to make you wince.
If you didn't know already, you'd guess right away where the engine was. You feel it most under hard acceleration in first and second gears, the very light front end seeming to rise into the air until the front tyres are barely in contact with the asphalt. And when thundering at speed towards a tight corner, you're aware of the need to brake in a straight line, giving the car the time it needs to compose itself before you ask it to dart into the bend.
And all of that before we mention the engine. At around 4,000rpm the chuntering and grumbling make way for a low howl, which builds from there to a hard-edged, flat-six yowl beyond 8,000rpm that could only be the cry of a GT3. There is always a gravelly quality about this Mezger engine, a gruffness that means it never seems too refined. It's strong, too, the forces it exerts upon you in its upper reaches in the lower gears enough that you never crave more power.
In Sport mode the Carrera S wakes up a little. It begins to ride with more purpose, bumps in the road making themselves known while the body tracks the shape of the road, leaning in corners only slightly. There is real precision in the steering but no feel to speak of, while the sheer agility and response that underpinned the energetic way the GT3 found its way along the road are echoed in the newer car's mannerisms. It too is responsive and alert, just not to the same degree.
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