992 ST

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rkwm1

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1,483 posts

110 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Camo free!










TheDeadPrussian

879 posts

225 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Looks good - what's the consensus, GT3 RS Touring type specification?

TDT

5,496 posts

127 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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TheDeadPrussian said:
Looks good - what's the consensus, GT3 RS Touring type specification?
Basically yep. RS engine and manual gearbox, carbon body panels.. lightweighting.

Koln-RS

3,971 posts

220 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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It’s got the ugly front, will probably be expensive and in the ‘unobtainable’ category, and quite tiresome and frustrating to drive on most U.K. roads, so hardly get used.

Buy a 992T and enjoy it every day, without all the hassle.

MarkM3Evoplus

828 posts

208 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Koln-RS said:
It’s got the ugly front, will probably be expensive and in the ‘unobtainable’ category, and quite tiresome and frustrating to drive on most U.K. roads, so hardly get used.

Buy a 992T and enjoy it every day, without all the hassle.
Looks are subjective and it is a special edition, so whilst expensive, will probably hold or increase in value.

I doubt people would buy and ST as a daily driver, but as a relative new 991.2 manual GT3 owner with fixed buckets, I find the ride compliant and seats comfortable, so could use 'mine' as a daily. Maybe the ST will be harder, but I bet it wouldn't bother me and I have had a bad back for over 30 years....

Sport_Turismo_GTS

1,066 posts

37 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Surely anyone with a chance of buying this car will have plenty of other cars for daily use?

Whilst you CAN use a 991/992 GT3 as a daily, my view is that is a waste and you are better off having another car for this purpose and saving the GT3 for special drives. The ST will be similar.

Cheib

23,808 posts

183 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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I assume that the ST will be to 992 what the R was to 991.2 ?

Although obviously when they launched 911 R there was no manual GT3 and no Touring. I assume it’ll be like the 911 R which apparently has a noticeably more road biased chassis than the GT3. So it’s what the 92 GT3 Touring should have been…i.e. a GT3 set up for road more than track with some lightweight panels to make it that bit more special than a GT3.

MeisterH

846 posts

109 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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This is going to be a Super Special model if all the rumbling i keep hearing of are true.

Super limited, with all the trick bits and more!

Dr S

5,048 posts

234 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Sport_Turismo_GTS said:
Surely anyone with a chance of buying this car will have plenty of other cars for daily use?

Whilst you CAN use a 991/992 GT3 as a daily, my view is that is a waste and you are better off having another car for this purpose and saving the GT3 for special drives. The ST will be similar.
Indeed, like a 7.2 GT3 ;-)

TDT

5,496 posts

127 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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As it has the normal GT3 nose.. means no single centre rad like the RS… and has traditional 3 rad set up, and you get your frunk and luggage capacity back.
That also eliminates the front active aero… not needed anyway as there is no huge rear wing.


Edited by TDT on Tuesday 6th December 15:25

Twinfan

10,125 posts

112 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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MeisterH said:
This is going to be a Super Special model if all the rumbling i keep hearing of are true.

Super limited, with all the trick bits and more!
It has the round Heritage Edition badge on the boot lid, so a limited run like the Targa I guess...

MeisterH

846 posts

109 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Far as I've been told, hens teeth per Centre..

franki68

10,696 posts

229 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Another limited porsche …zzzzzz.


Twinfan

10,125 posts

112 months

Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Yep, with the move to electric and ever increasing emissions regs I think we've had the fun times of ICE cars. Time to research the back catalogue if you fancy a change...

MDL111

7,209 posts

185 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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I don’t know what it is exactly, but these just don’t excite me as much anymore as in the past. I think it is that a special Porsche came along every few years then, now it literally seems like every few months.

ChrisW.

6,952 posts

263 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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MDL111 said:
I don’t know what it is exactly, but these just don’t excite me as much anymore as in the past. I think it is that a special Porsche came along every few years then, now it literally seems like every few months.
I agree ... if you think about it Porsche have done precisely the same as this with the high cost now of PTS. It's easy then to make a relatively average car a limited number due to its unusual colour and the resistance of the market to re-paint / liquid wrap ...

rkwm1

Original Poster:

1,483 posts

110 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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992.2 GT3 Touring out testing with the ST


Schuey_911

828 posts

80 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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MDL111 said:
I don’t know what it is exactly, but these just don’t excite me as much anymore as in the past. I think it is that a special Porsche came along every few years then, now it literally seems like every few months.
I have to agree with this. I've come from BMW ///M cars, and it used to frustrate me that almost every 3 months there used to be a new model of some sort, for example for an M4, you could have:

M4
M4 Competition
M4 CS
M4 GTS
Then a series of special editions to do with colours, anniversaries or something else, whatever they could do essentially to create more models.

Unfortunately, it seems Porsche is heading down this route also. frown

ChrisW.

6,952 posts

263 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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rkwm1 said:
992.2 GT3 Touring out testing with the ST

How many ways can you cheese-pare the GT3 concept as different versions rather than selected options ?

rkwm1

Original Poster:

1,483 posts

110 months

Wednesday 7th December 2022
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MDL111 said:
I don’t know what it is exactly, but these just don’t excite me as much anymore as in the past. I think it is that a special Porsche came along every few years then, now it literally seems like every few months.
I agree to a degree, however it is increasingly likely that these will be the last of the NA special editons, so bring them on!