We drove the $120,000 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS to see if it was worth the price — here's the verdict

• The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS is both powerful and expensive.
• But given the performance on offer, it's worth it.
• There's a reason why the 911 is considered by many to be the greatest car ever made.

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We like Porsches at Business Insider, and we especially like the legendary 911. In continuous production for over 50 years, it's an icon. 

Porsche makes numerous different versions of its rear-engined sports-car stalwart. One of the more noteworthy is the 911 Carrera GTS: it ain't cheap, but it has a lot of oomph under the hood. 

We borrowed one from Porsche for a few days and did our best to grapple with its glories without the benefit of a race track. The New Jersey suburbs and the mean street of New York City had to be enough. Here's how it went:

Photos by Hollis Johnson.

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Our Porsche 911 Carrera GTS test car landed in Midtown Manhattan wearing an absolutely dashing Carmine Red paint job. That $3,000-plus option, along with a few additional extras, brought the sticker price up to $129,000.

The distinctive Porsche fascia — you either love it or hate it. Some call it "bug-eyed." I call it a masterstroke of design that's been with us for ever 50 years.

The 911 once brought with it a sort of featherweight-boxer style, and sort of still does with the base models. But once you move up the cost ladder, the car gives off a burlier vibe.

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