Swapping more powerful engines from other manufacturers into project cars is nothing new, but stuffing an Audi 2.7T behind a Porsche 911‘s rear wheels might be. Renn27 is doing just that, and it’s a ...

Joe Parker is a nationally award-winning journalist and columnist from the Atlanta area. He has served as an automotive journalist for the past four years alongside extensive sports, business, ...

Available in both naturally-aspirated and twin-turbocharged forms, the so-called “Mezger engine” was Porsche’s most impressive road-legal powerplant for nearly fifteen years. Hans Mezger was probably ...

The 996-generation Porsche 911 is the most accessible version of the iconic sports car, commanding prices significantly below its siblings from Stuttgart. Examples with engine issues are also abundant ...

Theo has dedicated his life to cars. He has studied the only Automotive Journalism course in the world located at Coventry University and describes this passion as a clinical obsession. Give Theo four ...

Hans Mezger was an engineer who worked for Porsche from the time he graduated from the Stuttgart Technical University in 1956 until his retirement from the company in 1994. He designed numerous ...

Porsche has made a one-off 911 based on a used 996 911 Carrera for the Porsche Club of America. The vehicle was painstakingly restored and modified over two and a half years. The German brand even ...

The 996 remains controversial to this day, so applying its design language to a modern 911 is a bold choice—but one designer showed it can be done successfully. A designer reimagined a modern 911 with ...

We now look back on the air-cooled era of 911 with love, but why do we love this primitive engine technology so much?

The 996-generation Porsche 911 occupies an interesting spot in Porsche’s history. It was the first 911 to use a water-cooled engine, and the first to be built on a modern assembly line, rather than ...

The Porsche 911 GT3 story starts with this car. Launched in 1999, it was essentially a parts bin special—a performance 911 cobbled together using bits and pieces from other models. The brakes were ...