Porsche’s current 997 series 911 came in 2006 and is still the mainstay of the brand in Australia - although it is helped along substantially by the Cayenne SUV in maintaining overall Porsche sales. The traditional aft-of-rear-axle, horizontally opposed engine formula remains undisturbed, but it’s all exquisitely sophisticated today. The astonishingly fast all-wheel drive 353kW/620Nm 3.6-litre Turbo is the top-dollar Porsche, in coupe or cabriolet form, and powers through a six-speed manual or a five-speed Tiptronic auto transmission. Zero to 100km/h? How does 3.7 seconds for the (faster) auto coupe version sound?