Porsche Carrera – The Sound of the Future

Studio shot of the Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 (1973). © Corporate Archives Porsche AG

Words by Glen Smale. Images by Glen Smale & Corporate Archives Porsche AG

With the introduction of the Porsche 911 in 1963, there was no high-performance model included in the line-up. It took almost a decade for that to happen, when the 911 Carrera RS was introduced at the Paris Salon in 1972.

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