Tests and Features

As these lines are being written, there are no less than 24 variations of the Porsche 911 available in Canada. And that’s before considering options, colours and customisation. What’s the point of having such a palette of trims and body styles of the 911? There’s bound to be one for …

Celebrating Porsche’s 70th year of building sports cars seems odd? Why 70? And not 75? There are many reasons floating about as to why, but I think the most obvious is that within two years from now, Porsche will have transformed into something more than just a high-end, high-performance luxury …

CLARINGTON, Ontario – The current Porsche 911 Carrera lineup is made up of 23 different variants and the 911 GT2 RS is the top dog. It is the fastest, most powerful 911 Porsche has ever made, and it is the current lap record holder for production cars on the famous …

My colleague Gabriel Gélinas recently had the opportunity to attend the launch of the wildest 911 GT3 of all, the 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS , at the world-famous Nurburgring race track—arguably the dream of any sports car enthusiast. While the Porsche logo is becoming more and more commonplace on …

NURBURGRING, Germany – The 911 GT3 RS cars sit in the pits of the Nurburgring Formula One track, bright coloured wild beasts waiting under an overcast sky. I get in to one of them and start adjusting the seat, steering wheel and mirrors before I buckle up. Everything is right …

The Car Guide is on its way to the famed Nürburgring track for a first drive of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which was just revealed two weeks ago at the Geneva Auto Show. We won’t be driving it on the 20.8-kilometere, 73-corner Nordschleife, but rather at the Formula One …

NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-MERCI, Québec – My instructor’s name was Kees Nierop. The man, who seemed to be in his early sixties, kept rambling on about how he was the senior of seniors. That’s great, but I had already heard such claims. It wasn’t the first time I participated in an advanced driving …

MALAGA, Spain – Remember the controversy when this full-size Porsche sedan was introduced? Purists were very displeased, criticizing its lack of proportion and nauseating tail end design. That was in 2009. Since then, purists have accepted this Porsche and sales have increased progressively. Last year, Porsche’s stylists freshened up the …