991 GT2RS ??

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redback911

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265 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Desert Dragon said:
Disappointing its not using similar dry sump engine to the current cup car and 991.2 GT3 especially for north of £200k
Indeedy, at least it gets something similar to the cup car suspension. Harsh for the road but will be track monster. Now we need to wait for the Ring times.

Dr S

4,995 posts

225 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Looks fantastic - as menacing as it should be an surely the biggest road car wing on sale today wink

Adz The Rat

13,945 posts

208 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Now then, that looks fantastic.

MDL111

6,895 posts

176 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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redback911 said:
Desert Dragon said:
Disappointing its not using similar dry sump engine to the current cup car and 991.2 GT3 especially for north of £200k
Indeedy, at least it gets something similar to the cup car suspension. Harsh for the road but will be track monster. Now we need to wait for the Ring times.
according to Sport Auto it is rumoured to be around the 7.05 mark

redback911

2,702 posts

265 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Quite the homage to the 997 GT2RS.




Dr S

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225 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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MDL111 said:
according to Sport Auto it is rumoured to be around the 7.05 mark
That's disappointing when the stock GT3 managed 07:11 and the Huracan P an impressive 06:52

MDL111

6,895 posts

176 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Dr S said:
MDL111 said:
according to Sport Auto it is rumoured to be around the 7.05 mark
That's disappointing when the stock GT3 managed 07:11 and the Huracan P an impressive 06:52
I assume they are being conservative (as I think the first rumours re the GT3 figure were). Having said that, 6:52 seems a very tall order ....

md_ian

2,890 posts

170 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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I'm not sure of the purpose of this car, this time around. 3.8 engine, times that may not even challenge the current GT3. Sounds like a limited production product to keep the 'elite' customers happy and in profit!

isaldiri

18,412 posts

167 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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md_ian said:
I'm not sure of the purpose of this car, this time around. 3.8 engine, times that may not even challenge the current GT3. Sounds like a limited production product to keep the 'elite' customers happy and in profit!
erm, it's going to be rather a lot faster than the gt3.

tuffer

8,849 posts

266 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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md_ian said:
I'm not sure of the purpose of this car, this time around. 3.8 engine, times that may not even challenge the current GT3. Sounds like a limited production product to keep the 'elite' customers happy and in profit!
200BHP more than a GT3, I am pretty sure it will be quicker.

md_ian

2,890 posts

170 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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That is what I thought, so what's with the lap time indications above that suggest just a few seconds in it on the ring!

redback911

2,702 posts

265 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Meant to add earlier... Glad they skipped the "road" version and went straight to the RS.

MDL111 said:
Dr S said:
MDL111 said:
according to Sport Auto it is rumoured to be around the 7.05 mark
That's disappointing when the stock GT3 managed 07:11 and the Huracan P an impressive 06:52
I assume they are being conservative (as I think the first rumours re the GT3 figure were). Having said that, 6:52 seems a very tall order ....
Yup, going to be very interesting. Compared to GT3RS the GT2 has more HP, downforce and race suspension - which could be tweaked for The Ring. We need to keep an eye out for updates from Dale (BTG) et al. at the Ring for GT2 hot laps, and then wait for Porsche to announce lap times.

footsoldier

2,251 posts

191 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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Guarantee it will be sub-7mins at Ring,for whatever that's worth, especially given improvements to tyres, and track.

LordOfTheManor

1,267 posts

110 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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How many cars do need to buy to go on a list for one these !!

Desert Dragon

1,445 posts

83 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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LordOfTheManor said:
How many cars do need to buy to go on a list for one these !!
Well I'm on the list no guarantee I'll get one though biglaugh

Mintbird

557 posts

100 months

Monday 12th June 2017
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it ll be sub 7.

tree7777

333 posts

118 months

Tuesday 13th June 2017
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How many do we think will be built? I hope it's not limited like last time. COME ON PORSCHE BUILD 2000...please!!! TIMES HAVE CHANGED!!!

Mintbird

557 posts

100 months

Tuesday 13th June 2017
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The 2RS has never been cheap, nor mass produced. Will be interesting to see if supply meets demand for the first time in a while. I think Porsche, quite rightly, is looking to pocket the premium on this one.

Im expecting it to be comfortably over 200k, maybe 250k even for the Weissach version.
At that point, for me Id look at a 720S or a 488 Speciale.

its still a 911 with the 991 turbo DFI engine.

MDL111

6,895 posts

176 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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agree with cmoose

Porsche tried the unlimited approach often enough - they could only sell about 1,000-1,200 996 and 997 GT2s and those were not limited imo, there were just no more buyers out there. Not sure how easy it was to sell the GT2RS, but it dropped from list for a couple of years if I remember correctly.

Same with the Carrera GT - that was limited - but they could not even sell the entire run.

As a result, I'd say very sensible as long as it has a positive effect on sales across the rest of their cars.

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Dr S said:
Looks fantastic - as menacing as it should be an surely the biggest road car wing on sale today wink
just me then - think the rear wing looks silly, a bit naff and very after-market , 997 GT2/RS wings looked much nicer IMHO