Similar on the Surface Either of the last two iterations of the GT2 RS could be described as a bit too powerful for the technical MSR Houston, but a reasonably tight track still helps convey the characters of these two cars. Long straights and high-speed corners are where the GT2 is arguably at its best, though it has to be said that few cars—even …
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Need A More Exciting Weekend Porsche? This 996 GT2 CS Wants To Join Your Collection
Have a spare $211,000 lying around? This might tickle your fancy. The 996 GT2 took all those horrible critiques of the 996 and replaced them with a new set of critiques more aimed at its murderous tendencies than its unreliability. The 996 GT2 had been designed with more understeer than any rear-engined, twin-turbocharged car ought to …
Continue to the full articleWhich Would You Have? GT3 RS Battles McLaren MP4-12C at Laguna Seca
A better comparison could not be had. Two talented, technically savvy drivers, two of the best sports cars on the market, the right tires, and the right conditions amount to an assessment that his as entertaining as it is informative. In the McLaren MP4-12C is Jeffrey Cook, a young racer and driving coach who's recently made the McLaren his …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s New 992 GT3 Has Been Spotted Testing
Porsche does a lot of its new car testing in Italy at Monza, and even while the country remains a hotspot for coronavirus that hasn't changed. The new 992-generation GT3 and what appears to be a new GT3 Touring have been spotted turning laps at the legendary track. You can tell by the sound that these are no ordinary 992 models. The whoosh of the …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno and Patrick Dempsey Sample Two RS Porsches at Willow Springs
Light, nimble, and sleek, a '73 2.7 RS turns heads wherever it goes, commands obscene prices, and causes Porschephiles to salivate. For the historian, this rolling museum piece represents a period in racing when the difference between a road car and a racing car wasn't as vast as it is today. In fact, the 2.7 RS wasn't originally legal in the US …
Continue to the full articleIs The 996 GT3 Is Still Worth Every Penny?
Frankly, the sound and the speed seen in the first few seconds of the video answers this question in my eyes. Dare I say the $60,000 or so these cars are fetching is worth it for the sound of that motor alone! But there's more to this analog machine. [Note: I'm beginning to hate that term as it tends to be synonymous with "overpriced" these …
Continue to the full articleThis 993 GT2 Replica is the epitome of a modern classic Porsche
https://youtu.be/Rf34n2rxzUI When Porsche opted for water cooling in the late nineties, many were affronted. Some would go on to enjoy the merits of this technology then and there, but there's no denying that with the 996 Carrera, the styling, size, and feel of the car had changed in an uncomfortable sort of way. Gone were the tiny windscreens, …
Continue to the full articleHere’s The Secret To Speed At Sonoma Raceway In A Porsche GT3 RS
The sun is in their eyes, their tires are shot, they both have passengers, and they're running the last session of the day. The circumstances are perfect for Jeff Cook and his talented student, Mr. Yellow, to put in a few drifty laps in their lemon-lime pairing of 991 GT3 RS. Cook, a former formula car racer who helps his students find frightening …
Continue to the full articleDrag Battle of the Titans: Ruf CTR3 Vs. GT2 RS
It's interesting to see how far the game has progressed in the last decade. Back in 2008, the small batch of Ruf CTR3s was regarded as having one of the wildest makeups in the world of supercars. Shoehorn a custom flat-six engine in the back of a hybrid chassis utilizing 997 Turbo and 987 Cayman bits, stick in a sequential gearbox for good measure, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s First Super Bowl Commercial In Decades Hides A Little Secret
This Sunday you'll get to see a new commercial from Porsche touting the glorious new Taycan during the big game. This is the first time since the mid-1990s that Porsche has had a commercial during the Superbowl, so they had to make sure it was a good one. Here is what they came up with. "The Heist". https://youtu.be/92sXWVxRr0g It's a …
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