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The 2009 Porsche 911 retains the world’s-best steering, superlative chassis kinematics, and pavement-gathering brakes.

If you already drive a Porsche 911, you understand why folks are so passionate about these cars.

The 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S faithfully matches the salivary gratification of its predecessor, but thirty years of engineering has made the brew vastly more powerful, unquestionably more refined, and far safer.

There’s a good reason so many potential sports-car buyers dream of owning a 911. No other sports car can claim to be as widely and universally appealing. And the 2009 911, whether you like to be driven by two wheels or four, really is the best 911 yet.

The 2010 Porsche GT3 will carry a base price of $113,150. Compared to a Corvette Z06, the price is absurd, but against a Ferrari Scuderia it seems pretty attractive.

When Porsche adds major new technology to their most famous car, aficionados take notice. The 2009 model gets not one significant push forward but two.

The Porsche 911 GT2 is the most powerful road-ready sports car every built in the history of Porsche. With power up by 90 horsepower and the weight reduced by 154 pounds, it has the best power to weight ratio in its class, with just 4.9 pounds per horsepower.

The 2009 Porsche 911 4S sprints from the light. Raw power. No hesitation or stumbling, just blistering quick yet exceptionally sure-footed movement.

For those who believe that a Porsche should be about driving first and everything else second, the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is not just the greatest car that Porsche makes but also one of the greatest it has ever made.

The Porsche 911 S is a mechanical dream, watch-like precision in a car. There’s a reason German engineering comes with such a glorified reputation and the 911 S proves this at every turn. There is no flaw in this car’s performance.

The Porsche 911 GT3 is not a grocery-getter or a Hollywood Boulevard cruiser. The entire car is raw…organic even. That’s exactly why we love it. Is it expensive for a race-bred beast only best experienced only blue-ribbon roads? When compared to other astronomically priced supercars, no, it isn’t.

The combination of an all-new and more powerful engine, miraculous and groundbreaking transmission and those classic 911 looks make for a car that’s worth envying.