It’s called the "G-Series" for a reason. Porsche kept it alive when logic said kill it. And because they did, you can still buy a car today that tries to kill you every time it rains.
Deduct one point because the HVAC system was designed by a sadist. But the engine? The engine is a symphony. 911 g-series
And it’s why the G-Series is secretly the most interesting, usable, and rewarding classic 911 you can actually drive. The Car That Shouldn't Have Existed Let’s set the stage: 1974. The oil crisis is strangling the globe. US safety regulators are demanding 5-mph bumpers. Porsche’s own engineers are begging to kill the rear-engined 911, calling it a dangerous dinosaur. The "better" front-engined 928 is supposed to replace it. It’s called the "G-Series" for a reason
When car people talk about classic 911s, they obsess over two things: the pre-1973 F-series ("long hood") for its purity, and the late-80s 930 Turbo for its widow-maker status. The middle child—the G-Series (1974-1989)—gets ignored. It’s seen as the one with the ugly rubber bumperettes, the smog-choked emissions, and the lazy US-spec acceleration. Deduct one point because the HVAC system was