The true to the heritage 911s of today are those from the GT3 and above with the GT2 RS being the pinnacle of 911ness.

The Carreras and even the AWD Turbo are very comparable in what they can do to many other cars from other German manufacturers. They are very competent cars, no doubt about that but they don't have the uniqueness and dominance  that differentiated previous 911 generations from "ordinary" cars. Besides, Porsche are becoming unreasonably expensive a fact that makes prospective buyers and people who used to be repeat buyers to also look elsewhere.

Compliments also to the competition who have upped their game significantly in recent years in terms of technology, performance and road manners to compete with Porsche.


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"Porsche....and Nothing else matters"