I’m in the original 996 ... exhaust valves open but I love the unreconstructed trebly thrashing. With that noise tingling and pulsating through the seat and because you sit so low, this GT3 ...

Amongst 911s you could make a case for many an RS model, or even the 1987 Carrera CS (for Club Sport), being a forerunner of the current GT3, but in the end the 996 GT3 was just too neat to ignore ...