Porsche 911 R – Enthusiast’s Dream Lands In Geneva

For those worried that the art of driving will soon go the way of the dodo, at least one carmaker has heard your cries.

Porsche has pulled the covers from a new variant of the 911 at the Geneva Motor Show, simply called the ‘R’ (for ‘Racing’), which gives fans of the German carmaker at least one more chance to purchase a genuine driver’s car.

“Wolf in sheep’s clothing”, “pure” and “classic” are all words used by Porsche to describe its new model, which blends a proper manual transmission with a naturally-aspirated flat six-cylinder engine in a stripped-out 911 body.

The engine is the same 4.0 litre powerplant found in the GT3 and GT3 RS producing 368kW (500 BHP) and 460Nm, while the gearbox is a six-speed unit.