DRIVEN + VIDEO: So, What's The All-new Porsche 911 SPEEDSTER Really Like? Henry Catchpole Reveals All...

It was only last week that I posted a review by CAR about the all-new Porsche 911 Speedster. While I didn't quite understand why there was so much love for the Speedster variant, I get it now.

But what better way to articulate this than seeing it in action? Thankfully, the folks at Carfection have put out a video review.

And just like that, the Speedster becomes real.

Listen to its flat six wail, see the drop-top 911 work its way around corners and understand what really puts this car on top. HINT: It's all about involvement.



Henry Catchpole takes the new manual Porsche 911 Speedster, based on the GT3, for a drive on the tarmac of Sardinia, Italy for a test of the car that is both a final hurrah for the 991 generation 911 and a celebration of la dolce vita.

MDarringer - 5/26/2019 12:32:01 PM

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Great car? Most decidedly. But it does not follow the recipe of the original Speedster. Essentially all this is comes down to complication and expense for the sake of complication and expense. Then you factor in the ugly hunchback styling and this is a definite "NO". The roof of the standard 911 does it a world of favors stylistically.

PUGPROUD - 5/26/2019 4:46:39 PM

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This is what you get and what sells at huge premiums in a world of bespoke, personalization and need to be different. Every high end manufacturer does it ... cheap retool, limited runs, big returns.

dlin - 5/26/2019 5:31:12 PM

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Looks like a turtle all the time
Would take Cabriolet over this

runninglogan1 - 5/26/2019 6:45:01 PM

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Awesome car. Must be a blast to drive. Probably won't depreciate much if at all.

MDarringer - 5/26/2019 7:51:15 PM

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"Probably won't depreciate much if at all." very debatable

Agent00R - 5/27/2019 8:29:26 AM

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I think it'll hold up pretty well given it's a manual and essentially a roofless GT3.

Speedsters, historically, have done very well.

MDarringer - 5/27/2019 9:44:14 AM

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It's nice that you "think" it will be, but when new versions of the 911 come out, the previous ones drop in value. That is fact.

skytop - 5/27/2019 12:22:57 PM

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Porsche purrrrfection.

USNA1999 - 5/27/2019 5:08:42 PM

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Just look at all the speedsters for sale in autotrader below. No doubt this ugly thing will be worth a lot of money in a few years.

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/Porsche/911/Jacksonville+FL-32259?makeCodeList=POR&searchRadius=0&modelCodeList=911&zip=32259&trimCodeList=911%7CSpeedster&sortBy=derivedpriceDESC&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0&marketExtension=true