A 911 Like No Other

Porsche's 911 S/T is a feral beast that handles the road like an Olympic bobsledder.

- Basem Wasef

THE SOUL OF any sports car comes down to the alchemy of its tuning—how the engine, suspension and chassis blend into a chorus of sensations. The secret sauce of Porsche’s new 911 S/T, developed as a tribute to the 60th anniversary of the brand’s flagship model, is more potent than most; in fact, it makes a serious case for being the most driver-focused 911 of all time.

Sharing the S/T designation with the homologation special from the 1960s, the (mostly) innocuously styled commemorative model borrows underpinnings from the more visually extroverted GT3 RS. Yet what the S/T (from US$290,000) lacks in fender cutouts and massive spoilers it makes up for in directness: a flat-six power plant that revs to 9,000rpm, a motorsport-derived double-wishbone suspension, and a manual gearbox. It’s a delightfully feral combination.