Porsche factory driver and CORE autosport driver, Patrick Long, took time out of race preparation at Laguna Seca late last week to film this short tech segment explaining the differences between a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car and the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Patrick is driving the all new GT3 RSR for CORE this season and preparing for his debut this weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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Back in March, Porsche invited us to the New York International Auto Show to see the all new Porsche GT3 for the first time and to sit down and chat with Andreas Preuninger, the man behind Porsche's track focused street car. Knowing that many of you had an interest in what he would have to say we reached out asking for your questions. Well, we did get to see the new GT3 and even took some great …
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Security was pretty tight at the Porsche booth during the New York International Auto Show and understandably so. Not only was the all new 2014 GT3 on the stage, but thanks to a loan from Jerry Seinfeld's collection, the first Porsche to ever be badged as a 911 sat just next to it. As a result, both Porsches were roped off and a security guard was posted next to Jerry's 911 to keep the curious …
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After lots of speculation, spy shots and previews, the new 911 RSR was quietly revealed at the Paul Ricard track in Le Castellet, France. Designed to compete in the World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours the 911 GT3 RSR puts delivers 460 hp via a 4.0 litre boxer engine and six speed, paddle shifted transmission.
Competing in the Porsche 911 RSR with starting number 92 are …
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Last Updated 5-19-2013 at 18:14 with video on 4-Wheel Steering. Earlier this month Porsche gave us the first official look at the 2014 Porsche 911 GT3. Besides pictures, specs and pricing, Porsche confirmed the new GT3 would be PDK only. Since then, Porsche has gone above and beyond to provide details about the technical capabilities of their new track ready street car including the following …
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The crew over at EVO TV are in Geneva and they were able to spend time with Porsche's head of GT cars Andreas Preuninger. If you're wondering why Porsche went PDK only or what some of the other technical changes are about, then you're going to love this video. Evo's Jethro Bovingdon spends more than 18 minutes going through the car in detail with Andreas and there are a lot of great gems in …
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Generally, whenever Porsche launches a new model, they tend to hit all different medial channels. One of our favorites are the "web-specials" they produce on the micro-site for each model. While surfing around on the Porsche Origins page for the Geneva Auto Show we stumbled onto a link for the 911 GT3 Micro Site as up until a few minutes ago it wasn't live on the regular Porsche site (update: …
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Just last week we were wondering what Porsche would premiere alongside the net 911 GT3 Cup. Like most of you we thought it would be the street version of the 911 GT3. Well, we were all right!. Porsche confirmed earlier today that the new Porsche 911 GT3 will premiere this week in Geneva and provided pricing, pictures. Read on for details.
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This 5th generation 911 GT3 marks a …
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I love watching the delivery of new Porsche race cars. They arrive from the factory naked with only their stark white skin to protect them from the perils that await on the track. The first four of the 2012 models were delivered to Flying Lizard Motorsports, Paul Miller Racing and Team Falken Tire just in time for their first race track test as they prepare for the 60th Anniversary Mobil1 Twelve …
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Technically, that is. Yesterday Porsche announced that the 2013 version of the 911 GT3 Cup race car will be virtually unchanged from the current model.
At the same time that the new, seventh generation Porsche 911 (type 991) is arriving at Porsche dealerships nationwide, Porsche Motorsports North America President Jens Walther told Porsche racing customers that the 2013 Cup cars (based on …
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