The most extreme Porsche 911 ever produced, the GT3 RS isn’t just inspired by motorsport, it’s a full-blown race car, albeit one with number plates. In the past the GT3 RS was one of the most perfect cars for taking a weekend road trip to the track, lapping the car all weekend, then driving home. In order to make the GT3 RS do what it does, mainly run a blistering 6:49 Nurburgring time, eight seconds quicker than the 918 Spyder with 400 horsepower less and two driven wheels, there is a lot of racing-grade trickery at work. The engine, which is subtly but significantly upgraded from a standard GT3 is still a 4 liter and naturally aspirated, but it has new cylinder heads that are milled specifically to avoid trapping oil during high-G corners. It has new camshafts with more lift at the high end.
One major difference is the cooling system. Rather than three smaller heat exchangers spread out across the lower air dam, as in all other 911’s, the GT3 RS has one large centrally mounted radiator in the front of the car, like the RSR race car. This serves several purposes, it cools the engine more efficiently under the stress of the track; by using a pass-through design with exits on the bonnet lid, it produces front downforce with the hot air and it frees up the sides of the front air dam to perform other aerodynamic functions. The rear wing is gigantic and for the first time in a Porsche Road car, taller than the roof itself. It is 40% larger than the already big GT3 wing. The swan-neck uprights now feature hydraulic actuators that can adjust the angle of attack 34 degrees in either direction based either on the drive mode and driver’s inputs or manually with a “DRS” button on the steering wheel.
The prominent intake holes on the rear quarter panels are repurposed as aerodynamic elements on the RS, with the engine intake moved to the top of the rear. There is a reason for this as during development, Porsche engineers noticed the engine wasn’t making the right power, and discovered that hot air exiting the front radiator was going over the car and directly into the engine. To solve this problem a pair of novel blades were mounted lengthwise to the roof, their purpose is to direct the hot air away from the intakes and towards the wing.
There is a totally flat undertray with a large Cup-style diffuser which is a first for Porsche Road cars. In another first, the double-wishbone front suspension, a major talking point for the regular GT3, has been completely redesigned, the new elements are forged specifically with aerodynamics in mind. The control arms now look like mini-wings and produce up to 88 lbs of downforce on the front axle.
The combination of all these elements is a staggering 1,895 lbs of downforce at 177 mph and 895 lbs at 124 mph double the downforce of the previous-generation 991.2 GT3 RS.
The car we on offer is a new 2024 with delivery miles, presented in black with black interior has been spec`d through Porsche`s Sonderwunsch special request program. This stealth like look is complemented with the optional forged magnesium alloys in Neodyme to match the side GT3 RS decorative film. The optional Weissach pack with a carbon fibre roll cage in collaboration with the Clubsport package and Porsche Carbon Ceramic Brakes have been added along with a front axel lift system, Bose surround sound system, rear parking camera, full bucket seats with racing harness, interior trim package with decorative stitching and embroidery in silver, tinted LED main headlights with matrix beam including Porsche Dynamic System Plus (PDLS Plus), illuminated carbon matt door sills and the storage compartment lid with ‘Porsche’ logo.
