Just how extreme can a road car get before it belongs on the track? This 600 horsepower 993 GT2 Evo comes close, yet it has an amazingly docile temperament, too.
Crazy horses! 600 of ’em, straining at the bit to haul this 993 GT2 Evo all the way to the horizon. But this stallion is no wild mustang;rather, a schooled showjumper of the breeds favoured by cavalrymen or bullfighters. And that’s fitting, because it is literally horses-for-courses around here: the Warendorf region is the equestrian capital of Germany, and our Porsche’s Stuttgart coat-of-arms is right at home.
We’re being treated to an outing just down the road by Thomas Schmitz, RS specialist extraordinaire, in the mellow north German countryside surrounding his Telgte base. Thomas’s stable is packed with a mouth-watering array of 964 RSs and 993 RSs, plus a couple of 997 GT3s and 944 Cup Car, and it’s something of a wrench to tear myself away from his topline air-cooled feast to take a ride in the fastest of them all, the 993 GT2 Evo. Having driven a trackable Club Sport version in the Yorkshire Dales in 2016, I’m anticipating an uncompromising ride, where it’s actually me that has to compromise on account of an austere cabin, hard ride and massive mechanical soundtrack. I’m wrong. The Evo that I’m out in now is not like that at all. Sure, it’s got a fearsome clutch, but nothing you wouldn’t quickly come to terms with.
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The Usual Suspects
Jeremy Laird on getting back to driving basics on some proper Brit B roads, why he would take driving dynamics over orginality and how the invevitable march of progress is dulling cars
Simply Red
For Greg Howell a passion for VWs and the VW scene inevitably led to the altar of all things Porsche and a passion for modified 964s, culminating in this slammed C4
A Tooth for a Tooth
The 928 has a reputation for being fearsomely difficult to work on. And there is certainly a lot of it. In truth, however, even replacing the big V8 engine’s vital timing belt, and the water pump it drives, is only marginally more awkward than on a humble 944
The Blues Brothers
Two friends, two Porsche 993s, two shades of blue. Between them they’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and they’re wearing sunglasses… Except they’re not, of course, and neither Paul Madden nor Mike Moore smoke. They may not be on a mission from God – or driving to Chicago – but getting their cars to this level of detail was pretty close to being a spiritual experience…
Attack Of The Clone
It’s a 993 RS in all but its VIN plate, that would have most experts fooled. We take a drive in the ultimate clone.
Improving On Perfection
The 987 Cayman’s sweet chassis is its defining feature. But that hasn’t stopped one intrepid Croc owner from attempting to improve on near perfection with help from Ohlins and Center Gravity.
Sonic Boom Boy
In an unplanned attempt to emulate Bloodhound’s world land speed record challenge, Johnny Tipler discovers his 986 S is halfway to the sound barrier with a Cargraphic silencer, which provides the required acoustic effect.
The Specials
Anniversaries come upon us thick and fast, and car manufacturers commemorate the most significant ones with limited editions. We pay due diligence to a special pair, the 997 Sport Classic and the 911 50th Anniversary 991.
Roaring Forties
Sing it loud: “Happy Birthday!” Launched in 1977, the 928 design masterpiece is 40-years old.
The Kitchen Sink
Having replaced 996 Pig Energy with another 986 Boxster S, Johnny Tipler is hellbent on raising its spec to that of its predecessor, a 550 Spyder 50th Anniversary Boxster S, AKA the Silver Bullet.
