PORSCHE GT2RS
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PORSCHE GT2RS
Just read this article. Anything about the most expensive and most powerful 911 will always perk my ears up. So after I read, I felt my hair on my arms and body stand up. What an animal this latest GT2RS will be.
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EXCERPTS from the Article:
"Preuninger confirms that this is – you won’t be surprised to hear – the most track-focused 911 ever: ‘The message is simple: we want to compete on the track, and we want to compete on lap times. When we did the 911R and the Cayman GT4, they were more on the emotional side and we didn’t care about lap times. We wanted to shift, and that’s an important distinction. We didn’t forget about performance, but we had our competitors saying, “Ha! Look, now they’re concentrating on stick-shift cars because they’re not fast enough!” And this is the proof positive that their thinking is completely wrong.’
Verdict
The naturally aspirated GT3 may be almost as challenging and rewarding as the GT2 RS but at the end of the day the 200 additional horsepower, the relentless push, the instantaneous PDK action and the awesome aero build the GT2 RS a pedestal of its own. We have seen it coming for some time and now here it is: the most extreme high-performance road-going manifestation of the turbocharged six-cylinder boxer engine. The 911 unshackled, and barely recognisable."
LINK:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-rev...s-2017-review/
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EXCERPTS from the Article:
"Preuninger confirms that this is – you won’t be surprised to hear – the most track-focused 911 ever: ‘The message is simple: we want to compete on the track, and we want to compete on lap times. When we did the 911R and the Cayman GT4, they were more on the emotional side and we didn’t care about lap times. We wanted to shift, and that’s an important distinction. We didn’t forget about performance, but we had our competitors saying, “Ha! Look, now they’re concentrating on stick-shift cars because they’re not fast enough!” And this is the proof positive that their thinking is completely wrong.’
Verdict
The naturally aspirated GT3 may be almost as challenging and rewarding as the GT2 RS but at the end of the day the 200 additional horsepower, the relentless push, the instantaneous PDK action and the awesome aero build the GT2 RS a pedestal of its own. We have seen it coming for some time and now here it is: the most extreme high-performance road-going manifestation of the turbocharged six-cylinder boxer engine. The 911 unshackled, and barely recognisable."
LINK:
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-rev...s-2017-review/
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This might be tougher to acquire than what was originally thought. 
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http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/n...al-gx256a.html
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KINGKONG Coming Soon
Stock and configured as the car comes off the factory with Sub-Seven Nurburgring lap time. 
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http://www.bridgetogantry.com/porsch...hleife-record/
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Last edited by amgfan1; Sep 20, 2017 at 06:21 PM.
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The article said PORSCHE booked the Nurburgring track for two days. PORSCHE will take several laps and tries for sure. In Goodwood it was stated during the introduction, that further "tuning" will still be done. There were moments too on the video where the car appeared to have slowed down. Car manufacturers typically publish the best track time.
At least PORSCHE is attaining the best possible lap time based on how the car is configured stock from the factory without modifications to make the car run faster.
With regard to the "tail wagging", I think the driver did make wide turns and not sure what the motivation is running a bit wider on the overrun.
For a twin-turbo 3.8 liter flat-six engine and rear drive car to do sub-seven lap time at Nurburgring is indeed an accomplishment by PORSCHE. We'd have to wait a little more for the "Official" best lap time.
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At least PORSCHE is attaining the best possible lap time based on how the car is configured stock from the factory without modifications to make the car run faster.
With regard to the "tail wagging", I think the driver did make wide turns and not sure what the motivation is running a bit wider on the overrun.
For a twin-turbo 3.8 liter flat-six engine and rear drive car to do sub-seven lap time at Nurburgring is indeed an accomplishment by PORSCHE. We'd have to wait a little more for the "Official" best lap time.
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Last edited by amgfan1; Sep 21, 2017 at 10:27 AM. Reason: typo correction.
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Unofficial 6:48.75 GT2RS Nurburgring
Unofficial Nurburgring GT2RS lap time 6:48.75 per AutoEvolution.
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The New King of Nurburgring
September 13 2013 was when the Hyper Car PORSCHE 918 Spyder held the Nurburgring best lap time record. Only one car was used by PORSCHE and ran several times and held that record of 6:57.0
Then on March 1 2017, Lamborghini Huracan Performante broke that record with a best Nurburgring lap time of 6:52.1 (with optional Trofeo R tires, non-standard)
And recently September 20 2017, the record is now back with PORSCHE with a blistering record speed of 6:47.25 at Nurburgring. Full lap below.
The record is back home to PORSCHE.
Taken from the Porsche press release:
"....The GT2 RS is not only the most powerful, but also the fastest 911 ever built. This record was not a one-off: Lars Kern (30) from Germany and Nick Tandy (32) from the UK broke the previous record for road-approved sports cars (6 minutes, 52.01 seconds) in their first attempt and subsequently finished five laps in under 6 minutes, 50 seconds. Andreas Preuninger, Director GT Model Line, says: “It’s not just the record time achieved by the GT2 RS that demonstrates the vehicle’s class, but also its consistent performance in every lap. We’re particularly proud of the fact that this was achieved with two different vehicles and two different drivers, as this underlines the GT2 RS’s ability to reproduce this record result over and over again."
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Then on March 1 2017, Lamborghini Huracan Performante broke that record with a best Nurburgring lap time of 6:52.1 (with optional Trofeo R tires, non-standard)
And recently September 20 2017, the record is now back with PORSCHE with a blistering record speed of 6:47.25 at Nurburgring. Full lap below.
The record is back home to PORSCHE.
Taken from the Porsche press release:
"....The GT2 RS is not only the most powerful, but also the fastest 911 ever built. This record was not a one-off: Lars Kern (30) from Germany and Nick Tandy (32) from the UK broke the previous record for road-approved sports cars (6 minutes, 52.01 seconds) in their first attempt and subsequently finished five laps in under 6 minutes, 50 seconds. Andreas Preuninger, Director GT Model Line, says: “It’s not just the record time achieved by the GT2 RS that demonstrates the vehicle’s class, but also its consistent performance in every lap. We’re particularly proud of the fact that this was achieved with two different vehicles and two different drivers, as this underlines the GT2 RS’s ability to reproduce this record result over and over again."
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It will tell if if it's not happy
What an amazing car this is. It will feed back to you if you are not handling this car well, yet on the street it is docile.
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Road and Track
Cool article by "Road and Track."
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