Air-cooled engines were a hallmark of the 911 from its inception in 1965 until the 996 generation in 1997 ... across both versions and there was a GT3 'RS' variant that was even more stripped ...

I’m on a particularly gnarly section of the spectacular North Coast 500 route in Scotland and gripping the shiny, heavily worn Alcantara steering wheel of a battle-hardened 997 GT3 RS 4.0. How ...

Power was up compared to the Mezger of the last GT3, though not to the heady heights of the 4-litre unit in the run-out GT3 RS 4.0. The original ... Mezger unit of the 996 and 997 GT and Turbo ...