The 911 is not a cheap car, but it does enjoy very strong residual values, so you’ll get back much of what you initially spent if you decided to sell or trade in for a newer model. Insurance, servicing, fuel and tyres aren’t cheap but Porsche has worked to reduce these by extending service intervals over the previous model and designing it to be cheaper to repair if there’s minor damage.

By family car standards the 911 performs poorly on the environmental front with average emissions of 295g/km of CO2. However the company has worked to reduce this and facelifted Carrera and Carrera S models from 2008 have lower emissions. Considering the performance on offer fuel economy is more than acceptable – the 3.6-litre Carrera returns 29mpg.

Not bad for a car with 345bhp.

One of the biggest factors that keeps owners coming back to Porsche is the largely hand-built construction process for the 911 which creates a product that is exceptionally well engineered and reliable.