THE ART OF FAST: Refined yet still brutally quick, Porsche's new 911 Turbo finds home at 300km/h in Australia's top end

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A Singaporean Air Force pilot peels off his aviator shades (managing to look disturbingly like Tom Cruise in Top Gun as he does it) and casts an appreciative eye over the low, sleek yet bulbous profile of the new 911 Turbo. "You've got a pretty cool job, eh?" he grins. Maybe so, but if I could have half a crack at your F-16 ... I think to myself. As his companions scream overhead in formation, our small, not so stealthy million-dollar trio deploys from Darwin. Our mission: to run hard, fast and low in Porsche's devastatingly effective 997 Turbo on the unrestricted roads of the Northern Territory, Launched to the public in Europe last month, 120 Aussies have indicated their desire to park the USD337,000 (USD345,000 in five-speed Tiptronic guise) Stuttgart screamer in the garage, but 40 are going to have to wait at least 12 months.