Things you need to know about the new GT3 RS. First, the gap between it and the cooking ‘997.2’ GT3 on which it is based is much bigger than it was between the first-generation 997 GT3 and GT3 RS. I’ve tried to think of a simpler way of saying that, but I can’t.
Whereas the old RS was a slightly lighter, lairier-looking version of the GT3, this time the car has more power (up 15bhp to 444bhp), runs shorter gearing and has a much more aggressive aero package. Basically, Porsche is positioning the GT3 as its standard fast-road and trackday weapon, but giving the ever-increasing numbers of circuit-obsessives a car that is, ostensibly, designed to be used on a racetrack most of the time.
There are weight-saving measures everywhere. The option to delete the hi-fi now includes stripping the speakers from the doors, 8kg is saved by using a single-mass flywheel (which is 1kg lighter than the old RS’s flywheel), and a £1000 lithium-ion battery pinches a further 11kg.
Shame about the spoiler.
Shame about the driver. Couldn’t they find someone who could pull away without bogging it to a near-stall?
Id wait for the GT2RS if i had the money!Insane 911 only a bit garish boy racer type spoiler and wheels and who needs the name written all over it???
Ugly looking Porsche 911 with the red painted bits and that ugly rear wing.
Same sort of kit/look as a Suburu Imprezza or Mitsubishi Evolution; i.e. for wealthy boy racers.
This car is only worth concidering if you are seriously racing on a circuit; certainly not for your guy that wants an everyday usable car.
I actually think the ordinary Carrera 2S looks the best with sports design wheels.
Practical; conservative; and understated.