Matt Prior
TESTER’S NOTES
Remastered 993: you don’t have to shatter the speed limit to swoon
Now that I’ve buried my head into an edit of the video I recorded while driving the Gunther Werksmodified 993 Porsche 911 (First drives, 27 April), I note there’s a detail I daftly left out of last week’s written review.
Despite the huge amounts of mechanical grip offered by the 911’s more balanced weight and super-wide tyres (especially the 295-section fronts), plus the 435bhp and 7800rpm of its engine, at one point I look at the speedo as I accelerate between corners and realise I’m doing 50-60mph.