Model Focus: Owning a Porsche 911 Carrera GTS (991.1)

The 991.1 range (2012-2016) had the most powerful naturally-aspirated series production engines ever built by Porsche. Producing an exceptional 110bhp/litre, the 991.1 Carrera GTS was the top of the range. Subsequently environmental legislation would oblige Porsche to build smaller engines and extract more power by turbocharging.

History & Tech

The 991 Range

In modern manufacturing, car makers generally reckon to get a maximum of two model generations from platform as they are now called. Chassis and engineering improvements and above all the continued march of safety legislation mean that after a decade, the next generation will require an entirely new platform. Porsche’s 986/996 platform introduced in 1996 (and which impressively served as the base of two distinct cars, the 911 and the Boxster) did remarkably well to last until 2011 by which time the 986/996 had become the 987/997.

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