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.

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.