Whenever a significant revision to the Porsche 911 comes along, there?s a worry that everything we loved about Zuffenhausen?s classic GT could be lost. Perhaps the only generations to be regarded as a wholesale improvement over their predecessors were the 993- and 997-generation cars. Sandwiched between them was the unloved 996, with its fried-egg headlamps, downgraded interior materials, and an engine that developed a reputation for lunching itself courtesy of subpar bearings supporting a shaft that turned its overhead camshafts. But every generation has its supporters and detractors. Some have even been known to find fault with the allegedly unimpeachable 993, the ultimate air-cooled 911. READ MORE ??
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