ROAD TEST
Pleasure of driving refined
Mark Smyth put the latest 911 GTS to the test and wonders just how Porsche does it
I have come to the conclusion that Porsche engineers are not trained, they are born. They have never thought about anything in their lives but Porsche. Actually maybe they are grown. Yes, that’s it, Porsche engineers are grown in a lab in Stuttgart. This bizarre thought crossed my mind while standing on the side of a quiet road after a blast in the 911 Carrera GTS. Although maybe it is not bizarre, because Porsche engineers get it. They just get it. Over the years we have found the odd flaw, but even the steering on the latest 991 generation that we criticised at its launch has been fixed. It is always possible to find faults if you look hard enough and often it is easier to find a flaw in a sports or supercar than in a family hatchback or SUV. You expect perfection and as soon as you hear a squeak from the dash the love affair is over. When the engine fails to respond within a split second as you want it to, then you decided that just not enough effort was put into the engineering....
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