Carrera GTS - Top Gear Review
Taken from their website:
the GTS offers perhaps the best performance-to-price ratioof any 911 on sale today. It's still no budget-priced bargain, but when you drill down into the GTS's standard specification and see what it would cost to spec a standard Carrera Sup to the same level, you start to see the point.
the GTS Coupe and Cabriolet are forgivable additions to the dizzying line-up as they are, quite possibly, the best-value 911s you can buy.
it's hard to imagine you could be anything other than ecstatic with the result. As the GTS is probablythe best all-round balance of price, performance and comfort in the whole of the 911 Carrera range. It's not as showy and raw as the GT3, or as humdrum as the regular 911s. It's a near-perfect blend of show and go.
Being two-wheel drive only it has the extraordinary steering feel, bite and precision you can only get when the front wheels are not responsible for anything other than changing direction. It also has the kind of traction and drive that is the reserve of a rear-engined car fitted with 11-inch-wide tyres.
Much better to just sign up for a pure GTS experience and enjoy one of the finest 911s you can buy. It might not have the rarity value of the Seventies throwback, but it offers every bit as much driving pleasure. Maybe even more. Instead of hiding it under a dust sheet and waiting for the market to recover, you can thrash the GTS hard every day and enjoy its many polished and honed talents right now.
It's still not perfect as a car, and it never will be. But as a 911, there are few, if any, 997s that are better-balanced, and many which are worse for more money. Or at least this was the case the last time I looked.
If you want to read the whole article, go here:
http://www.topgear.com/uk/porsche/911/road-test/gts-driven
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 997 Turbo, BMW X5 M, BMW M3 Cab DKG, Mini Cooper S JCW
