[0:00] If I told you that I owned a 992 Porsche
[0:03] 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, would you
[0:07] know what I was talking about? This
[0:08] video will be the most comprehensive
[0:11] breakdown of the current modern Porsche
[0:14] 911 lineup. Later in this video, I will
[0:16] talk about the internal designations so
[0:18] you can better understand Porsche's most
[0:20] famous sports car. As a quick
[0:22] background, I have personally driven the
[0:24] modern Porsche 911 GT3 Turbo S and even
[0:28] the Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. To
[0:32] better understand the Porsche 911, you
[0:35] need to understand that Porsche has a
[0:37] hierarchy. The most common Porsche 911s,
[0:41] the 911 Carrera is the base model
[0:43] Porsche 911. The current one has 379
[0:46] horsepower from a 3 L flat 6 engine in
[0:49] the car's rear. And all of these base
[0:51] cars have an 8-speed PDK automatic
[0:54] transmission. You could also configure
[0:56] your 911 to be a cabriolet or have that
[0:59] target top. The Porsche 911 Carrera T is
[1:01] an homage to the iconic. This car has a
[1:04] manual transmission and is loaded up
[1:06] with sport performance options all while
[1:08] keeping the same engine as the base 911.
[1:11] Next, we have the Porsche 911 Carrera S.
[1:14] is tuned to 443 horsepower, up from the
[1:18] 379 horsepower of the base model. It has
[1:21] track ready brakes, a track ready
[1:23] suspension included on the vehicle as
[1:26] standard. The Svariant also gives you
[1:28] the choice of choosing between an
[1:29] automatic gearbox or the 7speed manual
[1:33] transmission. For people who are buying
[1:35] a twodoor sports car, many like to spend
[1:36] the extra money and get their choice of
[1:38] a gearbox and the extra added
[1:40] performance. You could also option out
[1:42] your Carrera S to have a convertible or
[1:45] all-wheel drive. The next level of the
[1:47] Porsche 911 GTS variants. This model is
[1:51] even faster, guys, at 473 horsepower. It
[1:55] has all of the sporty add-ons
[1:56] automatically included. It provides a
[1:59] bit firmer of a driving experience, more
[2:01] noise, more of a racing and sporty feel
[2:04] to the base 911. And you could also once
[2:06] again option it out to be a manual or
[2:09] automatic transmission. Car and Driver
[2:11] said that they got this car from 0 to 60
[2:13] in 2.8 seconds. It is the fastest 911
[2:17] that you're going to get outside of the
[2:19] more higher performance turbo and GT
[2:22] models that I'm about to talk about. And
[2:24] once again, as I did already mention,
[2:26] all of these Porsches, you can get them
[2:28] in all-wheel drive. You can have the
[2:29] Carrera 4 GTS has a little bit of
[2:32] different styling on the car, but
[2:34] otherwise, you know, you're choosing
[2:35] between rear wheel drive, all-wheel
[2:37] drive. The turbo models, 1975, Porsche
[2:41] introduced the turbocharger to the 911
[2:43] lineup with the 930 turbo. Since then,
[2:46] Porsche has always introduced a turbo
[2:49] variant in their 911. You could tell the
[2:52] turbo cars because they have the turbo
[2:54] look. They have a spoiler. They are
[2:56] sportier. There is sometimes a meaner
[2:58] appearing car and they are intended to
[3:00] bridge that gap between regular daily
[3:03] driving and a more sportier race
[3:05] car-like performance driving that people
[3:08] desire. The 911 Turbos are essentially
[3:10] the most powerful everyday sports car
[3:13] that you can own in their lineup. You
[3:15] have the 911 Turbo, you have the 911
[3:18] Turbo Cabriolet, you have the 911 Turbo
[3:20] S for additional power, you have the 911
[3:24] Turbo S Cabriolet. And while the turbos
[3:27] are all about performance on the streets
[3:29] and you can still take it on the track,
[3:31] the Porsche 911 GT3 is purely based off
[3:36] of track performance and looking good
[3:38] when you are at Cars and Coffee. The GT3
[3:41] sacrifices more of the modern luxury,
[3:44] comforts, infotainment for a race car
[3:47] like experience.
[3:55] The 911 GT3 has race seats, an enormous
[3:59] spoiler, massive air intakes,
[4:01] performance track tires, reduced weight,
[4:03] and all the sporty add-ons needed to be
[4:05] a track weapon. The base GT3 has a 502
[4:09] horsepower naturally aspirated engine,
[4:12] which red lines at 9,000 RPM and can
[4:15] reach 197 mph. And guys, when I took the
[4:18] GT3 onto the track, I did not get
[4:20] anywhere near 197 mph. I was too afraid.
[4:23] I'm not even going to lie. For those of
[4:25] you who do not want the race car focus,
[4:28] you can get the GT3 Touring package,
[4:31] which does add a little bit more
[4:32] comfort, and you still keep that
[4:34] naturally aspirated motor versus the
[4:36] turbocharged motor. For those of you
[4:37] with larger pockets, you can get the GT3
[4:40] RS. It is a wider body, three times, it
[4:44] has three times more downforce than the
[4:46] regular standard GT3 thanks to Arrow
[4:48] components. It also has an even larger
[4:51] spoiler because if you didn't think the
[4:53] GT3 spoiler was large, well, they got a
[4:56] freaking larger spoiler on this car,
[4:57] guys. The GT3 RS is meant to be even
[5:00] more capable on the track than just the
[5:03] base GT3. So, now you're seeing that the
[5:05] GT3 GT3 RS all focused on the track. But
[5:09] wait, Porsche has something else up
[5:12] their sleeve. They have the Porsche 911
[5:15] GT2 RS. The 2019 GT2 RS has 700
[5:19] horsepower. It takes that 3.8 L engine,
[5:22] adds a turbocharger on it, still adds
[5:24] even more race car components. This car
[5:26] has broken track records. So, that is
[5:28] the highest pinnacle of the 911 lineup.
[5:31] And next, I'm going to talk about
[5:32] special edition Porsches. But if you
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[5:42] Special edition Porsches. Every year or
[5:44] two, Porsche comes out with a different
[5:46] model, a new variant, something a little
[5:48] special, maybe something that is uh has
[5:51] lower production numbers or a nod to an
[5:54] older Porsche in their lineup. And they
[5:56] do this because at the end of the day,
[5:57] they are all still very unique and
[5:59] special. And that is something that
[6:01] brings owners to just ravage over these
[6:03] cars because they have a one of 30 in
[6:07] this certain color of this certain spec.
[6:09] Currently, Porsche has the 50th edition
[6:11] Porsche 911. Have the Porsche DAR, which
[6:14] is their lifted all-terrain racing
[6:16] model, and another racing heritage nod
[6:19] that consumers can buy. This one is very
[6:21] popular, very special. And also, they
[6:23] have the all-new Porsche 911 ST
[6:27] with 570 horsepower. I don't know too
[6:30] much about it. I'm not an expert on the
[6:32] S/T. It just came out. The black
[6:34] edition, this edition, that edition.
[6:35] They come out, they come out for a
[6:37] couple years. People could go buy them
[6:39] and then they're special. That's special
[6:41] edition Porsches. There's so many of
[6:43] them. Quick overview. Let us check your
[6:45] understanding so far from this video. If
[6:47] I told you that I have a target 4 GTS,
[6:49] you know that is the target top car with
[6:52] the four designating that is all-wheel
[6:54] drive and the GTS meaning that it is one
[6:56] of the sportier base Carreras or it has
[6:59] more horsepower and more racelike track
[7:02] like features than a base 911. So
[7:05] Carrera for GTS. If I told you that I
[7:07] have a Turbo S cabriolet, once again,
[7:10] you know that it is a turbo. You know,
[7:11] I'm going for a higher spec Porsche 911.
[7:14] It is the S. It is even faster than the
[7:17] base turbo and it is the Cabriolet,
[7:19] which means that it is the convertible
[7:22] version because you want to look good
[7:23] and you want to go fast. For the last
[7:25] part of this video, I'm going to talk
[7:27] about Porsche's internal designations.
[7:29] This gets asked all the time. So, when
[7:32] owners are talking about their 911, you
[7:34] don't want to say, "I have a 1967 911."
[7:36] You don't want to say that I have a 2013
[7:39] 911. Every time Porsche updates their
[7:41] lineup, they give their car a new
[7:43] internal designation. And this is what
[7:45] owners refer to in terms of their body
[7:47] styling. Get a general sense of when the
[7:49] car was produced. Eventually, as you're
[7:51] in the space, as you read more about it,
[7:53] as you're looking up cars, as you're
[7:55] thinking about what you want to buy,
[7:56] then it becomes more apparent. We had
[7:58] the classic 911. Then there was the
[8:01] Porsche 930. These go for a lot of
[8:03] money. They're really cool cars. Oh, and
[8:05] do not forget, we also have the Porsche
[8:08] 964 911. We have the Porsche 993 911. We
[8:14] have the controversial eggyed Porsche
[8:17] 996, which was produced from 1997. We
[8:20] have the sexy Porsche 997, which was
[8:23] made between 2004 and 2013. We have the
[8:27] 991.1
[8:28] which was the first version and the
[8:30] 991.2
[8:32] facelifted 911s which ran from 2011 to
[8:35] 2019. Some of the cars which have been
[8:37] produced within the last decade still
[8:39] very new still very modern. And finally
[8:42] where we are at today with the Porsche
[8:44] 992 911 the most modern newest Porsche
[8:48] 911s which we have right now. And
[8:50] depending on when you watch this video,
[8:52] there may be even more designations
[8:54] afterwards.