One of the perks of this job is having a new car delivered to my house nearly every week. This time it's the gorgeous new 2012 Porsche 911 in Carrera S trim in a stunning Guards Red. Something very strange happened when the delivery driver handed me the keys.

The new 911 is faster than any plain Carrera S to come before it. Now Tiff Needel at Evo Magazine wants to know if the Porsche can finally beat its supercar-killing rival — the recently-updated 2012 Nissan GT-R.

Imagine the joy felt at being one of the first to drive around in the redesigned 2012 Porsche 911. Then imagine the sorrow experienced when said brand-new Porsche meets a Volvo wagon head-on with enough speed to collapse the front end.

The best auto brand identity videos mix heritage, history and heart with cool techno-wizardry. This just-posted video introducing the new Porsche 911 and the development of its brand identity does all that and more. In a word, it's amazing.

No manufacturer wants to release an underdeveloped car. Strenuous testing plays a major role in the development of any new vehicle. Porsche's program for the 2012 Porsche 911 is just a bit more strenuous, and more scenic, than those of most other companies.

Even while we're driving the 991 generation 2012 Porsche 911, the company is releasing yet another last iteration of the 997 as it continues to build blitzkrieging race cars on the familiar platform.

Does the 2012 Porsche 911 continue to advance the 911's sports-car capability, while making it accessible to the widest possible pool of potential drivers, and without throttling its famous rear-engined motoring quirkiness? Let's drive the new Carrera S and find out.

You've seen the family portrait. You've seen the highlight reel. Porsche still wants everyone to know what else went on at Rennsport Reunion IV, though, so they're offering this clip of the 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S barreling around Laguna Seca.

Porsche recently held some kind of event in San Francisco that required the street parking of not just the new 911, but its yet-to-be revealed turbo and convertible variations, along with the upcoming Boxster and Cayman — not to mention a much longer parade of older 911s up the street.

The 997's seven years are now officially over. The new Porsche 911 — 991 to Jalopnik readers — is very much like all 911's over the past 48 years. Only a little better at everything.