The 911 Carrera GTS is probably the shortest lived and least known versions of the 997-generation Porsche 911. It was shown at the Paris Motor Show in September 2010, after which it went on sale a couple of months later.
That means it was only really available for about a year until the new boy arrived on the scene, the 991-generation 2012 Porsche 911.
The GTS combined the widebody look and track of the Carrera 4S with the the rear-wheel drive architecture of the purer Carrera S.
But perhaps its biggest selling point was the fact that its 3.8-liter flat-six had been tuned to produce 408 horsepower, 23 more than the Carrera S. Porsche did this while leaving fuel economy untouched.
One Carrera GTS has been fitted with a Akrapovic exhaust system that will work up a cold sweat. Just watch to this video by NM2255 and listen to the animalistic growl of the engine.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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