Porsche 911: The Ultimate Sportscar as Cultural Icon

The thinking man's sports car: a symbol of the relentless desire for peak power and limitless performance. Porsche 911 inspires a worldwide ripple effect.

When Ferdinand Porsche could not find a sports car he liked, he decided to build one himself. And now, the rest is history: Jerry Seinfeld drives it; Boris Johnson admires it; Steve McQueen loves it; and Jeremy Clarkson hates it. Porsche 911 moves the world. Despised by many in Germany as a set of wheels for fat cats, it is the favorite car of free and spirits intellectuals in the U. S. and across the globe. Porsche 911 was not just invented by one of the most fascinating and controversial families – it is also a technical meisterwerk. Since its launch in 1963, the 911 has built a reputation for itself as "the thinking man's sports car." Both a car and a cultural icon, it has earned a fan base that spans from young to old, East to West, connoіsseur to enthusiast.