Name: Porsche 911 - Everything You Need To Know | Up to Speed
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For over fifty years, one car has been the
world's benchmark, the standard to which

It's the very embodiment of tradition, refusing
to change layout or body-line.

And yet, no matter what year you're looking
at, no matter how old, it's one of the best

This is everything you need to know to get Up to Speed on the first car I ever wanted: the Porsche 911.

Ferdinand Porsche, who was largely responsible
for the Beetle, switched his company from

automotive consulting and racing, to production.

He and his son Ferry rolled out the Porsche 356 in 1940.

Sticking to the basic principles of his dad's
Beetle design, Ferry and team make a circular

body with a flat-four air-cooled engine in
the rear.

The result is a lean, mean performance machine
that brought the Porsche badge off of the

Time goes by, the 356 sells fine, and the
day comes when Ferry decides to upgrade to

The new car, dubbed the 901, doesn't actually
change all that much: it's just more.

The flat-four in the back becomes a flat-six,
and the steering wheel

is designed to give the driver the best feedback
possible from the tires.

But it wasn't just sportier: the 901 was
engineered to be more practical too.

France had decided that they were done being
invaded by Germany.

Peugeot came along and said, "Ho ho, oui
oui, you cannot use a zero in the middle of

"Because we are French and we have a copyright
on all three-digit car names with a zero in

"Wait: seriously, you actually copyrighted
any three-digit car name with a zero in the middle?"

The car debuts at the Frankfurt Motor Show
in 1963, and hits dealerships a year later.

The completed product makes 130hp and blows
its drivers away.

It might be a little tail-happy, but its precision-steering

and fantastic acceleration more than make
up for it.

At the same time, the whole family can fit
inside thanks to the back seats.

The 911 becomes a sensation, both in Germany
and abroad.

But don't worry, Peugeot: you've still
got that zero in the middle.

With a bona fide hit on their hands, Porsche
realizes that they need to capitalize on their

After releasing the 912, a four-cylinder variant
that never really caught on, Porsche decides that

instead of making the engine smaller, what
if they made the roof come off?

Or so Porsche thought: somebody in Stuttgart
got word that the US would be passing stricter

safety regulations around rollovers, which
would make convertibles unsellable in the

The solution was to make an entirely new category
of car, which Porsche called a Targa.

A Targa has a glass roof and a solid upper
rollbar for structural support; the roof can

be folded away to get a convertible-ish experience,

and give the driver access to the open sky.

One minor detail: the US never actually passed those regulations.

Which meant this new Targa car category isn't
really necessary.

Porsche keeps the Targa
in production until 1989

"I'm just saying, it was a pretty good idea"

"Yeah, we know, it's sort of like un-german of you to start bragging about stuff like this"

But what the people really want is to go faster.

And in 1966, Porsche responds to the people's pleas with the 911 S, basically the same great car with

The S was so successful that Porsche has gone
on to make S variants of their other variants.

You can't talk about the 911, without talking
about racing, and boy is there a lot to talk about.

The first 911 in motorsport was in 1965, at
the Rallye Monte Carlo.

In it's first time out, the 911 finished
5th overall.

But the Monaco trip wouldn't be the last
competition of the Porsche.

They've won sports car championships, endurance
championships, hill climb events, autocross,

So going into the 70s, Porsche knows exactly
what it needs to do: make more 911s.

For the ten-year anniversary, Porsche
unveils the 911 Carrera RS.

This marks the first time a 911 is called a Carrera, named after my ex-girlfriend, Carrera Panamericana

"I really love the way you touch my butt..."

Name after the Carrera Panamericana race,

and the first time the RS, or, "Racing Sport" title is used,

It's the first 911 to come with a spoiler,
and with its 2.7L 210hp engine,

In 1975, Porsche releases the 911 Turbo, internally
called the 930.

If you don't know Porsche, this might get
confusing- all 911s have an internal code

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