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Comb your mullet, check your filofax and slip into your shell suit as we take you back to the 1980s for a celebration of modern classics from the decade of excess. From bona fide air-cooled icons to the dominance of Porsche's water-cooled 'transaxle' family of products (not least the 944 and its V8-powered sibling, the 928 'land shark') and period motorsport machines, including the 956, we look at the evolution and importance of this hugely influential generation of Stuttgart-crested fast-road and race cars. In the present, we test the new Taycan GTS Sport Turismo, gawp at one of three right-hand drive RUF BTR2s, show you what to expect at a real-world automotive auction and pitch the 987 Boxster against its successor, the 981.
Issue Summary:
This 148-page bumper issue of 911 & Porsche World travels back to the 1980s and samples some of the legendary Stuttgart brand's most popular air-cooled and water-cooled sports cars.
Top 3 Issue Features:
DOUBLE ACT - This year, the 928 celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary. At the same time, its smaller-engined stablemate, the 944, reaches its fortieth birthday. We hit the open roads of the Staffordshire Moorlands for a play with two 1980s sports car icons: the 928 S4 and 944 S2.
DREAM DEBUT - The huge level of testing invested in the design and development of the 956, Porsche's first-ever monocoque race car, enabled it to sweep the Group C category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans exactly forty years ago. The manner in which this extraordinary motorsport machine did so astounded even Weissach's veteran works drivers.
TWO OF A KIND - Once perceived as the starter Porsche, the Boxster matured to become a mode of preference, rather than merely Hobson's choice. We review a pair of contenders from mid-way in the model's quarter-century timespan: 987 meets 981.
Magazine Extras:
Comb your mullet, check your filofax and slip into your shell suit as we take you back to the 1980s for a celebration of modern classics from the decade of excess. From bona fide air-cooled icons to the dominance of Porsche's water-cooled 'transaxle' family of products (not least the 944 a....
