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摘要

Porsche's price list offers a wide range of choices that can make, if not break, a great 911. Richard Lane goes in search of the sweet spot. Were you to flick through the sales brochure for the Porsche 901 - as the 911 was known in the early 1960s, before Peugeot asserted its naming rights - you'd marvel at the simplicity. Porsche provides quaint details such as the handbrake drum diameter (180mm) and the 'location of engine in vehicle', which, just to be clear, is 'at rear, behind rear axle'. But more broadly, while there are columns of figures to absorb, there's not much variation. None, in fact, except for a small note at the very bottom of the specification, where we're told additional gear sets for the five-speed gearbox exist. The 911 is otherwise a set mechanical menu.