This thought kept bouncing around in our heads while wringing out the latest and highest-revving version of the 997 Porsche 911—the GT3. Even at idle, you know this is something special.

By comparison, only about a quarter of other 911 models are sold with a manual. The 997 GT3 did see technology creeping in, as it was the first variant to come with Porsche's active suspension ...

The GT3 has always been Porsche's racecar for the street, and the new 997'ed version will keep the ... more aggressive than your run-of-the-mill 911. Unique bodywork entails a ridiculously low ...

Left out of the new GT3, a few three-pedal customers turned their attention to the older-gen 997 GT3 ... and christened it the 911 R. Think of the 911 R as Porsche's Greatest Hits album released ...

In honor ofHans Mezger'slife, we're republishing our June 2011 first drive of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0—the model ... Not just the last 997-series 911, but the ultimate RS, and the roadgoing ...

There have been four generations of the GT3 RS, each based on a different Porsche 911 body design. In chronological order by body type number, they are the 996, the 997, the 991, and the 992.

But when Porsche tells you they have a new manual-transmission 911 GT3 available for you to drive ... but its spiritual roots stretch back to the limited-run 997.2 GT3 RS 4.0 of 2011, which combined ...

The first Porsche 911 GT3 debuted at the 1999 Geneva auto show ... The second GT3 was based on the 997-generation 911 and was unveiled in 2006. It stuck to a 3.6-liter flat-6 but increased power ...

The latest PDK-only Porsche 911 GT3 is undoubtedly the quickest GT3 yet, but diehard Porsche fans will tell you that the previous ‘997’ GT3 was the high water mark. Fans appreciated Porsche ...

And now Japanese oil supplier Eneos is availing itself to similar judgment with its 997-generation Porsche 911 GT3 that just so happens to be powered by a boxer not built in Zuffenhausen.

Porsche engineers will now admit that the first GT3’s 360bhp was ... It sounds mad that a hardcore 911 should be so intuitive but that’s exactly what the 997 GT3 feels like.

In the regular 911/996 range ... for the first time in a GT3, Porsche’s PASM electrically adjustable active suspension system. The basic 997.1 GT3 car covered the 0-60mph run in an official ...