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Porsche 911 GT3 (2009-) Review

Category: Exotic Sports 5 out of 5

Summary of the Porsche 911 GT3 (2009-)

Price Range: £61,744 to £128,307

Assets

Sensational poise and precision, aural delight, staggering performance and sensible price.

Drawbacks

Low front splitter, expensive options, overt looks too much for some.

Verdict

The most athletic, sharpest, lightweight 911 is undoubtedly the best - and it now comes with fewer compromises.

Porsche 911 Review

Safety and Security4 out of 5

Now fitted with traction and stability control as well as plenty of airbags, the 911 GT3 should both help you avoid and protect you in an accident.

The GT3's body is very stiff, and if you've opted for the Clubsport package you'll have a half roll cage fitted in the back and be held in your seats by racing harnesses. Go the whole hog and it'll have a battery isolator switch and a fire-extinguisher - motorsport rules making the GT3 a pretty safe thing to be in.

The colossal stopping power of its brakes and immediacy of its responses should help you avoid accidents, though ultimately get it wrong and there's only so much the fancy electronics can do to help you.

The cool single nut alloys will flummox your local wheel tealeaf, and Porsche's security kit has to be good to allow owners to insure them.

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Latest Readers' Drives About the Porsche 911

Docstone
wrote on 05 07 2006

Fantastic - still fluid like a Carerra 2S, enormous midrange torque, impressive ride - if anything t...

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