2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Porsche
Called the 911 GT2 RS, it is the successor to the GT2, and it claims the highest top speed of any prior production Porsche, as well as the fastest time around the hallowed Nürburgring circuit.
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In terms of power for the dollar, the GT2 RS is actually “reasonably” priced, if one can say that about any six-figure car. Especially when you consider that Porsche’s last record-breaking car in power and price, the mid-engine, race car-based 2007 Carrera GT, offered 605 hp for a Swiss bank account-punishing $445,000 – and priced only in U.S. funds.
On the other hand, the GT2 RS doesn’t look much different than the standard 450 hp 911 Turbo, which starts at a much more reasonable (in supercar terms) $165,300. Porsche-philes will note some new carbon-fibre bits, unique centre-locking wheels, and wider front fenders and tires.
Acceleration from rest to 100 km/h in the rear-wheel drive GT2 RS is stunning (3.5 seconds), but essentially equal to the standard all-wheel drive Turbo coupe (3.6 for 6-speed manual, 3.4 with PDK and launch control engaged). When pointed out to a Porsche rep that perhaps the GT2 RS should be notably quicker than its less pricey Turbo variants, he argued that the rear-drive setup doesn’t allow for as much instant acceleration hookup, plus the seven-speed PDK shift paddles can shift faster than a person can.
He pointed instead to the GT2 RS model’s Nürburgring-Nordschleife time of 7 minutes and 18 seconds, or about 20 seconds faster than a latest generation 911 Turbo, helped by those wider tires, standard carbon ceramic brakes, and extra 170 hp. Its top track speed is said to be 330 km/h, again faster than the Carrera GT. It is slated to make its public debut at the Moscow auto show in late August, and arrive in Canada in very limited numbers starting in October.
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