Sixty years after they first hit the road, the Porsche 911, Aston Martin DB5 and Jeep Wagoneer are still icons. What makes them so special?
When Porsche revealed the 911 at the 1963 Frankfurt motor show, it wasn’t called the 911 but the 901. But Peugeot had a trademark on all cars with the X0X number moniker and wouldn’t allow Porsche to use the 901 name. The German carmaker let the zero go and, eight incarnations later, the 911 is still here, the talisman of Porsche. Much, of course, has changed over 60 years, but the design fundamentals of the car made at the company’s Zuffenhausen factory in Stuttgart remain the same.
Unlike most modern 911s it has a manual gearstick. It is extremely light with the front bonnet, roof, front wings and doors made of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic and magnesium wheels. According to Porsche it “unites the strength of the 911 GT3 with touring package and the 911 GT3 RS”. If you are already a 911 aficionado you’ll know what that means. For the rest of us, perhaps 0-62 in 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 186mph will suffice.
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