Meet the BCZRCCR Porsche 911. It's got a "Preserve Our National Parks" licence plate from the state of Washington, a tuned engine, the colors of a Plymouth truck and the biggest ducktail ever. It rocks!

You've waited for it, lamented the loss of its DIY gear shifts, pondered the efficacy of its new active rear-wheel steering and feared for its steering — which in the previous model was the best in the world. Now, it's here. The new Porsche 911 GT3.

I'm not really big on "special edition" cars. Most of the time they're just meaningless badge packages with a bit of extra equipment meant to justify a higher price tag. But the Porsche 911 is no ordinary car, and 50 years of continuous production is no ordinary milestone.

The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS has always been a bit of an odd duck. Put somewhere in between the Carrera S and the GT3, you don't see too many on the roads as it fit into a highly specialized niche. That being said, it's incredibly pretty.

It's Ashley Freiberg's first season driving race cars with fenders, having recently switched to GT from the “Mazda Road to Indy” ladder. Ride along with Ashley as she shows us the Laguna Seca GT line.

We've all got favorite cars. One of those cars exists in our minds as a hypothetical über-favorite car, one built from all the best traits of every year our favorite car was made. For most of us, this remains a drool-producing daydream, but not for the people at Singer. They're actually building these…

It's Chris Harris's first group test of the new /DRIVE season, and he's gone all-wheel drive. He's matched up some potent German (and one modified Japanese) models. They do have one thing in common: They comprise one of the most intense rivalries in the sports-car world.

Porsche has now made the 911 for 50 years. Think about that. The 911 has seen 10 US presidents, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the fall of Must See TV. It's been around the block. And somehow it just keeps getting better.

What would a Porsche GT3 RS have looked like, driven like, sounded like in 1985? The world will never know. Or will it know? Actually, the answer to that is, Yes, it will now know.

Jalopnik reader Kurt emailed us yesterday, as people often do, seeking some car buying advice. Luckily for us, Kurt isn't struggling over whether to buy a Camry or an Accord; he's considering three very badass and very different German performance cars.