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Porsche Makes a Mercedes: The 500E Story

Bridging an awkward era for Porsche, the Zuffenhausen company part-engineered and part-produced one of the niftiest cars of the Nineties—the Mercedes-Benz 500E. The 10,000 made in five years are delivering pleasure to knowledgeable motorists.

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The Porsche 911 R, unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, was a limited-edition model built for purists. It used the GT3 RS’s 4.0-liter naturally aspirated flat-six, producing 500 horsepower,...