Back when I was a teenager in the 80’s my favorite dream car was the Porsche 911 and these are still one of my favorite car models today. There were two models in particular that I was enamored with, the 911 Carrera and the 911 Turbo.

I have always been extremely impressed with the performance that Porsche was able to get out of a car that had been originally introduced in the 60’s with an air cooled engine that was mounted in the rear of the car.

The Porsche 911 is a cousin to the VW Beetle. But this ain’t never been no Beetle. The configuration of the car has not changed over the years and the 911 still retains its same basic body style, though it has been refined over time to become more aero-dynamic. Today’s 911’s remind me more of a bullet than a Beetle. The car just looks fast, even when it’s parked. The cool factor of this is extremely high. It does not have the bulk of a muscle car in either the body design or the engine size, but this compact rocket will make pretty much anything on the road look like a spec in your rear-view mirror awfully quick.

Today’s 911’s boast a zero to sixty time of about 5 seconds and a top speed of around 180 MPH. All this from a six-cylinder rear mounted engine. Amazing.

While the Carrera has always been nimble and fast, the Turbo has always been more of a beast. It’s like the engineers at Porsche all got together, put on their evil thinking caps and tried to think up the most bad-ass car they could imagine. Edmunds describes the 911 Turbo as ‘ferocious’. I think that description is apt. Zero to sixty in 3.2 seconds. Dude. That is jaw droppingly fast.

One of my favorite aspects of the car? The rear wing that raises or lowers itself depending on the speed of the car. The faster you go, the higher the wing gets, to help keep the wheels stuck to the ground. Did I mention this is an all-wheel drive vehicle? God I love good car porn.

There’s not much else I can say about this car, other than the fact that at a base price of well over 100 grand, it will undoubtedly always remain a dream car for me, as in a car that I’ll only get to drive in my dreams. Hey, at least there’s no speed limit there.

Ernie is also a Viking named "Sven" in his dreams

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