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FEW months ago I signed the line on 30 years of hard debt and bought a house. I needed a small garden in my life and, perhaps most importantly, a garage in which I could park all my press cars. Well, some press cars. You see, I soon discovered that my steeply raked driveway had a vendetta against sportier models.

In my previous abode this had never been a problem but now machines like the BMW i8 were having their composite underbellies mauled by savage paving stones. So to avoid that excruciating screech of carbon fibre on masonry, I had to leave said sportsters at the office overnight. Which kind of sucks because, well, who does not want an i8 crouching in their garage?

So I collected the sapphire blue Porsche 991.2 GTS with mixed emotions. Excitement, obviously, because this is Stuttgart’s bridge between the Carrera S and GT3, but also trepidation because of the likelihood Everestspec elevation. However, I soon discovered that all this anxiety was totally unfounded. Which is pretty damn impressive when you analyse this automobile’s credentials.

Clothed in the wider bodyshell native to the all-wheel-drive Carrera 4 models, the rear-driven 911 GTS coupé makes its athletic pretensions immediately clear. This is a Porsche bulked up for speed. Want specifics? Well, the wider track (44mm at the rear) and 20-inch wheels offer superior stability and traction. The front apron has larger radiator ducts to better feed the