Less Is More

No other car has maintained its iconic DESIGN IDENTITY across generations quite like the PORSCHE 911. And this CARRERA T version is that DNA in its purist form.

- STEVE SMITH

“WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CAR?” It’s a question some folks battle to answer. There are so many great cars, in so many different categories... It can be a bit paralysing.

I remain confidently limber. My top three may vary a little, but the number-one spot is a constant. Currently, Volvo's brilliant little electric EX30 is at three; Toyota's new bulletproof-meets-luxe Land Cruiser Prado is at two; and at one, as it has always been, is the Porsche 911. It's my Best Car In The World.

The 911 can be an everyday driver in which you pop out to the shop - and when that beautifully machined alloy dial on the steering is turned a few clicks clockwise, it can transform into an out-and-out performance coupé. And then there's the sublime yet still reassuringly predictable handling... And the famed Porsche build quality that is, quite literally, the definition of German engineering... And, of course, that iconic silhouette. It may have stretched, widened and hunkered down over the generations, but the very first 1964 iteration remains a key strand in the 911 DNA.