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 …
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Watch This Cayman GT4 Hassle A GT3 RS In France
http://youtu.be/0ZbzJo-SMXI At a fast, frightening circuit, a 981 Cayman GT4's horsepower deficit ought to keep it from hanging with a well driven 991.2 GT3 RS. However, there are some very quick, challenging corners to negotiate here, which make bravery and commitment almost as useful as raw firepower. As we see, the mid-engine …
Continue to the full articleThis 991.2 GT3 RS Converts A Porsche Fan For Life
Though Marcus Vandenberg's Roads Untraveled tends to focus on Japanese performance cars, he occasionally highlights the odd domestic or European car. He's admitted to having a soft spot for 911s in the past, but they're not exactly within his wheelhouse. He's sampled quite a few turbocharged 911s, and a 991.1 GT3 RS, but this is arguably the …
Continue to the full articleGMG Helps A 991 GT3 Sound Better—Not That It Needed Much Help
When I say that the Porsche 911 GT3/GT3 RS—particularly the 991 generation—makes one of the best sounds in the entire automotive kingdom, that's not brand loyalty talking. The scream of the 3.8/4.0-liter six is enough to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, and that's with the factory exhaust setup. When the engine is fitted with …
Continue to the full articleLe Mans Champ Kevin Estre Gives Us a Wet Nurburgring Masterclass in a GT3 RS
Getting around the Green Hell with the sun shining overhead is hard enough. When the track is sodden, putting 520 horsepower to the pavement and not tapping a barrier is a Herculean challenge. For today's demonstration, we have Kevin Estre as our guide around the 12.9-mile circuit. The thirty-year-old Frenchman is a Porsche Supercup, FIA WEC, and …
Continue to the full articleDiving Deep into Analog Machines with One Man’s Cherished 997.1 GT3 RS
Some owners develop bonds with their cars so close that they make certain parent-child relationships cold and distant. Perhaps the involved relationship one must have when owning and modifying a car over the course of a decade, one might get closer to their car than they can with kin. Plus, a Porsche 997.1 GT3 RS doesn't make rude comments at …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Design Introduces A Watch Exclusively For GT3 RS Owners
The 991-generation GT3 RS is Porsche's pièce de résistance of the last decade. It's been tweaked and perfected to levels not seen before. It's bigger, faster, stronger than any naturally aspirated Porsche in history. That car is dripping with performance, technology, and special equipment that you can't find anywhere else. In proper Porsche …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s GT3 RS Is A Great Race Car Right Out Of The Box
https://youtu.be/GaBhoXxfz9o Warning: Some profanity in the footage above Regardless of how much experience a racing driver has, some cars are so sharp-edged they require a sometimes painful period of adjustment. Despite being quite handy behind the wheel of a supercharged S2000 and now an A90 Supra, former formula racer Jackie Ding initially …
Continue to the full articleHere’s The Fast Way Around Sonoma Raceway In A GT3 RS
"You need to learn how to drive a slow car fast before you can drive a fast car fast," says Joe Kou, Spec Miata racer and owner of this GT3 RS. Running in an anemic Miata and focusing on maintaining mid-corner speed obviously pays off in the punchier cars, as we can see here in this searing lap at Sonoma Raceway. With that wonderful blend of …
Continue to the full articleIs Rain the Great Equalizer? GT3 RS Hunts GT2 RS At Spa-Francorchamps
They say rain is the great equalizer. Well, the two fastest of the latest GT lineup put that old chestnut to the test on a sodden Spa-Francorchamps, where turbo power shouldn't offer much of an advantage. Does it? Getting passed on the inside of La Source (0:10), we can see what the GT2 RS' additional 180 horsepower can reap if the road is …
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