Say hello to the Porsche GT2. This is the car some say Porsche should never have built. Not because it's not very nice looking or technically deficient in any way but because many say it's just too hot to handle both on and off the track. So you will need courage and driver skill if you're going to get the best out of this Porsche GT2 experience! You will be driving a 996 generation Porsche 911 GT2. Produced by Porsche to be a race-ready GT car that could be bought off the shelf this is a 996 that has been given a serious makeover. For starters the usual Porsche all wheel drive has gone. That means the GT2 is lighter (and therefore faster) and it also means it's rear wheel drive which is a whole different ball game when it comes to handling. Add to that a twin turbocharged 3.6l engine with those upgraded brakes suspension air intakes and huge rear wheel spoiler and the GT2 is the angry cousin of the 996. Even the nose has been more aggressively styled aiding the drag coefficient and reflecting the extra 'bite' this car has at the same time. And it can be seriously snappy. With the only driver aid you get being ABS taking this rear wheel drive beast out on the track will be the scariest yet most thrilling drive you've had. No wonder they nicknamed the Porsche GT2 the widowmaker. This is the car where you are traction control - there's nothing else to help you tame this car! Slide into the body-hugging seats and you'll feel nicely cocooned. The driving position is ergonomically engaging as you'd expect from Porsche. Look at the dashboard and you'll see it's the rev counter that is the largest most dominantly-placed dial right in front of you. We think that says something about what driving a Porsche GT2 is all about. After sighting laps in a performance car with an instructor driving you get 4 or 8 laps in the superlative Porsche GT2 around the circuit where this car performs at its best. Let's see if you can turn the widow maker into the pure unadulterated smile maker out there.
This is a Porsche test drive that'll be testing your motoring skills to the max! We've lined up a stunning Porsche 997 series for you to take for a drive. This version of the iconic 911 has been widely hailed as one of the best yet - and you're about to find out why.To put it simply this is a great car. Being German there are more three letter acronyms than you can shake a frankfurter at with the likes of PTM (that's Porsche Traction Management) VTG (that's Variable Turbine Geometry) and PDK…actually that's not a proper one as it's stands for Porsche Doppelkupplung.But what does PDK do? Well its Porsche's highly refined double clutch transmission ensuring ridiculously smooth and faster gear changes with no power loss which when combined with direct injection became the two key mechanical factors that differentiated the 997 from the 996 predecessor. These two factors made the 997 even lighter even faster and even more fun than before - and you'll be putting all that to the test.Ironically the only criticism about the 997 is that it is too good. Porsches have a reputation as real driver's cars that really need to be driven to get the most out them whereas the 997 is alarmingly easy and responsive to drive and could become (shock horror) a day to day driving car. Albeit one that costs over £100 000…But put this 'easy to drive town cruiser' on the track and the 997 is a completely different beast. This car wants to be tested to its limits and Porsche has come up trumps when it comes to performance on circuit drives and track days.After your Porsche test drive we're sure you'll agree that the 997 is a fantastic piece of kit and as a certain motoring journalist who used to be on the Beeb said the 997 will 'stir your soul'. If you weren't a Porsche fan before there's a good chance you'll be changing your opinion after testing this one out!
Choose from different top-notch race circuits on these thrilling Porsche track days! Take one very iconic car one excited driver (yes that's you!) add a very experienced expert and a smooth tarmac track and you've got yourself one seriously thrilling Porsche day out on the track!All of our Porsche track day venues are professionally run and offer challenging technical racing lines that will require total concentration. Before you hit the throttle for your four laps you will be driven around the route in a training car so you can check out every chicane and hairpin you'll be negotiating in the 911 later as you test that legendary Porsche steering and handling to the max as you eat up the tarmac test track surface at a rate of knots.Of course if you know your Porsches you'll know that the 911 was first launched in 1963 and since then each revision of this classic supercar is still marketed as a 911 but has it's own name too. On these experience days there are a variety of Porsches...
Discover just why the 911 series is so special with this Porsche Blast from IntotheBlue.co.uk! Porsche has a reputation for producing sports cars that are the real deal. These motors need to be properly driven to get the most out of them and with these fabulous fast fun vouchers you will get to experience first hand the brilliance without having to dig very deep in your pocket at all.We think this Porsche blast package is a superb deal. Not only do you get to enjoy the hustle bustle and general goings on at these track days you also get to drive one of these mythical cars yourself. And before you ask there won't be a Boxster Cayenne or Panamera in sight - we are talking the 911 in its various disguises as let's face it the 911 is Porsche.The first Porsche model 64 appeared in 1938 and was actually a pretty spartan vehicle with more much half the parts coming straight off a Beetle. The classic Nine Eleven as we first knew it (complete with air-cooled engine) arrived in 1968 and...
Move over Will Smith it's your turn to drive a Bad Boys Porsche! This explosive experience gives you three or six-miles at the helm of a lovely Porsche 911 Turbo just like the one Cop Mike Lowery drives in the 1995 hit film 'Bad Boys.' Who could forget the opening scene of Bad Boys? Mike Lowery and his narcotics crime fighting partner Marcus Burnett are cruising at sunset in a most glorious Porsche with some serious bants going on when Marcus realises he has nowhere to put his drink. "You paid like $80 000 for this car and you ain't got no damn cup holder?". That might be the case but as Lowrey retorts: "It's $105 000 and this happens to be one of the fastest production cars on the planet. Zero to 60 in four seconds sweetie." But enough of"ing the typical 90s comedy drama of Bad Boys what is actually like to drive this bad boy Porsche yourself? In a word stunning. Porsches are proper drivers' cars and demand to driven hard and fast. On these experiences your front seat passenger buddy will be an instructor and the cheesy banter will be replaces with lots of top tips on how to get the best out of this seminal car. As it happens many of the venues you can choose from for your Bad Boys-inspired Porsche session are airfield circuits. That makes us think of the epic closing sequence of this all-action film starring that fresh-faced Smith. It's a straight drag race along a runway between a Shelby Cobra and Lowrey's Porsche being driven by Burnett. Cue lots of shouting lots of sweating and concentration with wobbly camera work tyre screeching and all the rest as the two cars hurtle at max speed towards a concrete barrier. Of course there's a gap but inevitably it's only wide enough for one car. It's a classic game of car chicken... There'll be no such shenanigans on your Bad Boy Porsche experience but you will be allowed to put your foot down and see what this baby can do. With that 3.3l turbo engine and 300bhp we think you'll give Mike and Marcus a run for their money.
On a 911 experience you can expect German precision high performance and superb track handling! There's something quite unique about the Porsche marque. Maybe it's because it has always stuck to its roots and come up with 'proper' cars (OK apart from the Cayenne) that demand and get respect from across the motoring hierarchy.We think a Porsche is a true driver's car. The 911 in its various guises has been the flagship model since its launch in 1963. Fans and aficionados will argue until the sun goes down as to which in their eyes and experience is the best 911 version but one thing remains - they are all fabulous head-turning cars that'll always be at the top of many a petrol head's dream car list. As we said there are endless different series of 911 and the fleet on these experience days includes a GT3. For racing fans this is as close as you can get to the circuit-driving professional competition models that have won countless trophies at the 24 hour Nurburgring race and even h...