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January 2006

Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover it all!

At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like to
share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't fit
into the magazine this month.

Featured in the January issue is a comparison of the Cayman S, Porsche's latest hatchback model, with Porsche's late great 968, perhaps the most practical car ever to come from Zuffenhausen. That put us in mind of the 968 as it has appeared in Panorama over the years. For this month's gallery, we show you two covers and some of the photos that have never been seen, all from photographer Leonard Turner.


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With its curvaceous restyling, highly refined three-liter engine and six-speed transmission, the 968 was the final iteration of Porsche's water-cooled four cylinder line.

Two of the features separating the 968 from its forbearers were the dramatic outline of the front fender and the totally semi-recumbent headlights.

 





944 owners were right at home in the 968 cockpit, though the newer car offered a four-speed Tiptronic as well as the new six-speed manual.



 




Senior editor Joe Rusz takes an early 968 for a lap on the old Solitude race track, just outside Stuttgart.

 

 

Though rare, the 968 in racing version was an extremely competent competition vehicle.

 

 

We introduced the 968 to PCA with this Pano-rama cover in October 1991.

In March of 2000 we came back to the 968 with a stylized image from the original press introduction in Germany.

The 968 Turbo S, the rarest of all 968s, was displayed in front of Weissach's Casino for the traditional Porsche Cup celebration in 1993.

The handsome 968 cabriolet was more popular in North America than the coupe version.

Check out the January issue for the full story on the Cayman S versus the 968, read about a Cayenne Off-Road Tour for Beginners that was a hit with San Diego Region, check out Bill Oursler's story on Porsche's racing plans for 2006, Northern New Jersey's Porscherama, and learn a little from our technical experts. And, as always, you can find a complete index to everything published in Panorama in 2005 in the January issue.