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I’ve seen the spy shots as much as everyone else but were they not just test mules for the Speedster?
I can’t see the point in a GT3 cabriolet (well I can as but bare with me…) when they could market it as a Speedster with a funky rear clamshell and a price that eclipses the S/T.
Open top as well so all the car spotters can ogle your horrendously coloured CCX Sonderwunsch abominations at the local cars and coffee (and your willingness to spunk £100k on options just because you can).
I can’t see the point in a GT3 cabriolet (well I can as but bare with me…) when they could market it as a Speedster with a funky rear clamshell and a price that eclipses the S/T.
Open top as well so all the car spotters can ogle your horrendously coloured CCX Sonderwunsch abominations at the local cars and coffee (and your willingness to spunk £100k on options just because you can).
John D. said:
Hopefully they won't call it a GT3 cab. Not very motorsport is it?
The interesting point in that is what is a GT3?For me, it’s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
Not for me . I have some GT3RS models but when it comes to a convertible I drive a sedate old Mercedes SL500. I tried cab years ago but driving it very quickly was an unpleasant noisy uncomfortable experience . Thus I can’t really use a cab on a track for instance in a way that fully accesses its capability. I can see something like a Morgan which is more about a drive in the country but I would not want an open GT variant.
PRO5T said:
John D. said:
Hopefully they won't call it a GT3 cab. Not very motorsport is it?
The interesting point in that is what is a GT3?For me, it s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
PRO5T said:
The interesting point in that is what is a GT3?
For me, it s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
lFor me, it s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
I've always thought that the GT3 started as a continuation of the NA Mezger engined 911s following Porsche putting the cheaper chocolate M96 3.4 litre motors into the new NA 996s. Prior to the 996 all 911s had the Mezger which by the 90s was pretty much race tested and reliable but obviously they decided it was overkill and too expensive for the NA 911s going forward cue the GT3 which developed the Mezger further and satisfied those who enjoyed the older style rawer NA 911 experience.
Going forward they devloped the current style GT3 lump which had its well documented issues but has evloved nicely and is distinctly different to the regular Carrera powertrain. It always amuses me how some people consider the GT3 harsh where for me they just carry on in the older (NA Mezger) era's footsteps where this "harshness" was a specific feature of a sportscar.
PRO5T said:
The interesting point in that is what is a GT3?
For me, it s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
Yep. I do agree and have been saying this for a while. For me, it s the road going homologation of the GT3 Cup and all the cars that go above it.
They still sort of are that engine wise, I guess in years gone past a Carrera RS was really an evolution of the standard Carrera and the Cup cars and RSRs an evolution of those.
Is a GT3 now (if we consider it a Clubsport, a 4 seat Touring, an RS and maybe now a Cabriolet and special edition like S/T and Speedster) now just the original idea of a naturally aspirated 911?
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