The reason you don't see them anymore is because they all caught fire.

George Lucas' divebomb at the Long Beach celebrity race. Complete and utter idiocy.

Vic Elford (who you guys should totally get to do an AMA session here) talks about it extensively in his book. It was an important test for the 911, and a great marketing tool for the car's reliability. It was run for production cars only, which never happens these days...

The Liège-Rome-Liège Rally. Amazing cars, beautiful scenery, and a true test of endurance for production cars...

The Marathon de La Route. Also known as the 84 hours of Nurburgring. Because 24 hours is for pussies.

The original Mille Miglia. 1000 miles of FAST AS HELL racing through Italy. Nothing has ever been like it since, for better or worse.

Jerry, what is your opinion of the Porsche 904? Do you own one yourself? Do you ever track your cars?

Would be sort of stupid to fix a pre-production prototype, as they don't go back on sale or anything like that, so any sort of crash that is a bit bigger than cosmetic is probably considered a total by BMW.

yep, total no brainer

This. This is just...awesome. But for geek status, change it to an amber digital readout...

I don't own one, but have friends who have experienced the bottoming out problems. I should mention some speed bumps here are quite viciously inclined.

The cheapest versions had that mini grille..

Bottoms out a lot on speed bumps due to long wheelbase...

Gran Turismo is responsible for the vast majority of my "holy shit what the hell kind of car is this?" moments.

Great answer.

Now this is a great answer.

I can understand why. Big useless glass roof plus a probably over-engineered sunroof mechanism. It seems pointless to me. Why not just buy a cabrio?

The only 911 Targa I sort of liked a little bit was the 993 version, which had - if anything - an 'interesting' solution to an "almost convertible" top. In general, though, I've always hated any type of Targa road car. They look like a compromise. Either go full spider or stay a coupé.

Ian, what is your opinion on the increasingly prevalent "Corporate Grills"? Despite some success stories like BMW, it seems like automakers today have become so focused in having a family-wide design identity that they fail to realize that it can result in some pretty hideous "nose jobs". Lexus is a great example of…

The RS Spyder is constantly referenced when Porsche talks about the technological marvel of an engine that is inside the 918. I wouldn't call this car forgotten by any stretch.