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Over a year after the Porsche 992 rolled off the Zuffenhausen production line in Carrera S and 4S specification, the new generation 911 has at last grown – albeit downwards, with the introduction of the base Carrera.

The 992 Carrera S may have won awards in the motoring press in 2019 (sports car of the year in both the US and UK), but some owners have commented the 450hp car might just be too much car for roads in the real world.

The entry-level 992 Carrera may just have the answer to that criticism: it has less power, less tech, less weight, and costs £10,000 less. The question is, which of these rear-wheel-drive 992 models makes for the best 911 driving experience on the public road? I find out with a head-to-head test of the C2 and C2S on greasy, wintry British B-roads…