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It\u2019s a close run thing, but probably Porsche is still the best out there at making road racer sports cars. The kind of things that are as thrilling on the circuit as they are the street, that are built tough enough to endure years of track days, and which are approachable enough for all abilities. That\u2019s part of the reason why the new ones cause such a commotion. That and the fresh PTS options, of course.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Having made the cars for so long has helped Porsche hone its craft. The Renn Sport badge has been on the back of 911s since the ’70s, and the GT3 one since the last century. Despite all that\u2019s changed in those years, Porsche sports cars with those badges can always be relied on to deliver. Make them Club Sport spec on top and you\u2019re definitely onto a winner; as the name suggests, Club Sport Porsches were originally designed with amateur competition in mind. These days, there probably won\u2019t be many GT3s at the local hillclimb, but the stripped-out, race-ready Porsches have always made for some of the most exhilarating sports cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 968 CS is most certainly one of them. While it hails from a time when Porsche was in the doldrums somewhat, and created to rejuvenate a transaxle range that was long in the tooth by the early ’90s, that didn\u2019t stop the Club Sport being raved about. Lighter, firmer, fitter and louder than a very impressive standard 968, it proved that a fantastic Porsche Club Sport didn\u2019t have to be a 911.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Indeed it became much loved by track day goers, balanced in a way that rear-engined Porsches of the time could never be and supremely durable. Back when there wasn\u2019t quite such a fuss about collecting rare, track-focused Porsches, nothing could match a well-sorted 968 Club Sport (or the slightly less extreme Sport) as far as affordable track day fun was concerned.\u00a0<\/p>\n