Why Porsche’s Hybrid 911 GTS Is Drawing The Same Backlash As The Water-Cooled 996

Some Porsche 911 fans have historically been resistant to any sort of change. One of the largest examples of this came about in 1998, when the water-cooled Porsche 996 911 was launched. Purists were beside themselves in protest of Porsche switching the 911 from air-cooled to water-cooled engines, but the Stuttgart-based company plowed on with the new mills anyway.