JANUARY 1999 (ISSUE 58)

Certain covers stick in the mind and the Jan 1999 issue has always been one of my favourites featuring, as it does, the 924 Carrera in GT and GTS guises. Has Porsche ever produced a more aggressive looking car? And while Fuchs wheels are synonymous with the 911, they don’t half suit the 924 Carrera. This duo belonged to the same lucky chap!

In the news pages we reported that Porsche was taking a sabbatical from Gtracing and Le Mans, in order to regroup and return in 2000 with a new prototype for the also new LMP class. Of course, we know now that was never to happen, and the car that Porsche was developing actually became the V10 powered Carrera GT. We would wait 14 years for Porsche to return and win at Le Mans, and then pull out again, now in favour of Formula E.

In his regular column, Michael Cotton was speculating as to what the forthcoming and unnamed SUV might look like. Using a pic of the just launched BMW X5, which clearly took its design cues from the 3Series Touring, Cotton suggested that the Porsche would bear a strong family likeness too.