By the mid-1990s, Porsche had become known for high-performance all-wheel-drive following the debut of its revolutionary 959 supercar a decade prior—with this accolated earned against the grain of its reputation for building rear-wheel-drive cars.

During this time, the AWD technology would dominate motorsport, prompting GT2 competition to eventually ban racing cars with power to all four wheels.

In part, this was Porsche’s own doing, as the race version of the company’s 959, the 961, had proven so successful.

Ever-resourceful, Porsche capitalised on the 993-generation 911’s highly evolved suspension and robust twin-turbocharged flat-six-cylinder engine even while reverting to rear-wheel drive to appease GT2 rulebooks.

The result was the 911 GT2, the highest-performance version of the last of Porsche’s air-cooled cars.

The standard 911 that went into production in early-1994 featured a new multilink coil suspension that finally put to rest the lift-off oversteer that had plagued th...