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It's the width. 997s are rare as narrow bodies so most people's experience of them is as an S, whereas with the 996 and before most of them are narrow.
The wider cars have wider wheels and tyres, usually bigger wheels too and the wider front track means they turn in less neatly and generally feel less nimble.
Hefty
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I really like it, I'd want either the blue or the green - not a fan of the red one.
I think the 1990's are something of a golden age for cars - modern enough to be reliable, old enough to be analogue.
I was chatting to one of the writers from 911&Porsche World and he was saying that (in his view) the 996 is more similar to the 964 than it is to the 997 in the way that it drives - which I thought was interesting.
The 997 has PASM/eGas/etc etc, very much a modern car (despite the chassis being, ultimately, the same as the 996).
90's cars are still relative lightweights in comparison to the post 2,000 stuff, also.