Couch and Scalpel: Porsche 911 993 Turbo vs Porsche 718 GT4

Story by Greg James.
Photos by Dan O’Connell.

I love reading road tests. Especially those that involve shootouts when cars are pitted against each other. However, in the traditional automotive rags that get their revenues from advertisers, it’s often comical how close any number of performance cars finish points-wise when they’re judged as a group.

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