The Porsche 911 Lineup Is So Complicated They Had to Make Idiots Like Me an Explainer Video

People always joke that Porsche has just been making the same car, the Porsche 911, with marginal improvements for decades, but that is not true. It actually makes a seemingly infinite number of variants of the 911, and it's gotten so confusing the company produced to video to educate us.

Porsche 911 is a Porsche 911 package that is a Porsche 911 package. For example, the 911 GT3 Touring is just a package, despite getting the full-blown badge, but the 911 Carrera Touring is called the Carrera T, and is considered its own trim.

Even in this video, Porsche just calls each of the 911 standard, but if you check out its website, get in touch with one another.

The 911 nomenclature follows a loose pattern of model, which would be 911, then body type, so Carrera, GT3, Targa, etc., then drive layout if it's all-wheel drive, which adds the 4 in Carrera 4 and Targa 4S, then for the engine and equipment options, so S for Turbo S or RS for the GT3 RS.

The 911 Carrera is the base model of the car, then the Cabriolet is the convertible version. Those are rear-wheel drive, where the Carrera 4 is the all-wheel drive. The Carrera T is described in the video as the "essence" of the 911, focusing on the essential aspects of driving and slotting just under the Carrera S.

The Carrera S has more power and enhanced tech, like optional all-wheel steering. The Carrera GTS is the sportiest everyday 911. The 911 Targa is only all-wheel drive, and essentially the hardtop convertible 911.

Then there's the 911 Turbo and Turbo S, which were named as such a back in the day because they came with a turbocharger. Since most 911s are turbocharged now, it just designates a sportier style with a larger track and more powerful model.

The 911 GT are the track-focused road cars, starting with the GT3, which is still naturally aspirated. The GT3 RS is even more refined to produce more power. Then the 911 GT2 RS is even more intense and naturally aspirated, it's based on the Turbo S model. It's the fastest road-legal 911 money can buy, for now.

If they were not so popular, but there is also a strict sense of what can be done with Porsche 911. boxes in Porsche on what it can do with engines and styling, which is why every new generation

But if Porsche goes and makes the 911 purists want, and then warps that because of these strange variations, they can satisfy everyone. The only downside is a somewhat confusing lineup.