The “Mezger” engines in the 2009 and earlier 997 Turbo produced about 480 horsepower and aside from a few potential coolant leak issues this is a largely faultless engine. What’s more ...

But thanks to some less-than-ideal design choices, it's unloved among Porsche fans, and you can pick up a 996 Turbo for something like $40,000. First of all, the 997 is far better looking ...

Not very. The Turbo uses the body of the 997 Carrera 4, which has wider front and rear fenders—1.7 inches overall. From the front, it looks a little like the Carrera GT, but most bystanders will ...

A rather strange thing has happened to the 997 Turbo: it has been slightly eclipsed. While the GT3 swanned off on our Car of the Year event (evo 099) and then got invited to join motoring royalty ...

As a concept, it's astonishing that it even works, but for years, it failed to tickle my gearhead pickle—until I drove a 997 Turbo S. Then I realized that God does, in fact, exist. Here are the ...

Perhaps a more impressive comparison is with the current 997 Turbo Coupe. The 0-62 is identical and so (with the hood up) is the drag coefficient of 0.31 (although the Cabrio’s rear wing reaches ...

In my daily trawls through the Porsche aisles of the eBay store, I stumbled across this wonderfully presented beauty of a 997 Turbo. While the car is currently wrapped in day-glo green ...

9ff-tuned Porsches are the bomb. We already know that the tuner’s 997 Turbo, which puts out 1,200 PS (1,183 hp / 883 kW), can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.8 seconds and max out at a dizzying 400 ...

The engine's a big upgrade, as the new direct-injected twin turbo puts out an impressive 500 HP, launching the new Turbo to 62 MPH in 3.4-seconds with a top speed of 194 MPH. At the same time, the ...