Drive: Today's Porsche 911 versus its ancestor

One of the most recognised, respected and revered car models around is surely Porsche's 911. But the sports car that sits atop many 'must own before you die' lists earned its reputation a long time before the current 340bhp-plus machines were created.

This reputation led us to blu-tac a large poster of the 1980s version onto our wall as a pre-teen car fan, and also meant we jumped at the opportunity to compare one of our childhood idols back to back with today's GTS version.