NEAR THE BEGINNING of the 1995 Michael Bay movie Bad Boys, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are driving in a new Porsche 911 Turbo. Smith remarks that it's a limited edition, and Lawrence replies, "Damn right it's limited. No cupholder, no back seat..." And then he says a few other colorful things attesting to the 911's modest practicality. In the mid-1990s, that joke worked because a limited-edition 911 really was a rarity. These days, it's a rare 911 that's not some kind of superspecific Targa 4S Black Edition GTS Turbo GT2 GT3 RS 4.0 Cabriolet Speedster. And it's not just the 911 that has splintered into a craze of low-volume variants. Based on the cars I've driven lately, I'd say we're in a golden age of special editions.
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