911 & Porsche World Magazine 911 & Porsche World Issue 259 October 2015 Edição anterior

Porsche 996 goes retro!

What to do with a bog-standard, silver 996 3.4. Well, it's something of a blank canvas, so we love RPM's retro take with Fuchs, a 'ducktail' spoiler, wheel arch protectors and old school graphics. And the the real genius? Pacha trim!

FEATURES


BOXSTER SPYDER FIRST DRIVE
Sharp-styling a proper roof and more power define the new Boxster Spyder 24

YOU AND YOURS
Steve Tolley and his 911 SC Targa 44

RETRO ROCKET
RPM’s CRS Retro transforms a plain Jane, silver 996 C2 50

SPA MAN
Spa virgin, Towler, spends an intensive day on the world’s greatest F1 track with a Cayman GT4 and 991 GT3 60

LITTLE RED BOOSTER
Ninemeister’s modern take on the 930 Turbo, boosts power to 530bhp 72

AIR-COOLED FIRST TIMER
Modern Porsche aficianado, Jeremy Laird, spends a week with a Carrera 3.2 to learn the ways of air-cooled 82

ARCHIVE: 50 YEARS OF THE 912
Celebrating the half-century of Porsche’s four cylinder take on the 911 92

HOW TO: 997 BRAKE PADS
Replacing 997 brake pads? An easy DIY job. Here’s how 100

SPECIALIST: RAMUS PORSCHE
West Brom Porsche specialist 106

REGULARS


PORSCHE NEWS
All the latest Porsche news... 10

PORSCHE PRODUCTS
...and all the latest must have stuff 30

THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Keith Seume has his say 38

PORSCHE LETTERS
You tell us 42

PORSCHE PROJECTS
The latest from the 911&PW fleet 112

PORSCHE Q&A
Technical problems solved 125

BUYERS’ GUIDE: 356 A
A real oldie this month 134

TRIED & TESTED
Testing the secondhand market 139

TIME MACHINE
Journey through 911&PW’s past 144