997rs4.0

I have a deposit down on a 991.2 2017 RS! It needs to deliver more than 520hp 4.0l engine for me to really get excited! I'm still hoping for a true RS lightweight. We just have to wait and see?

usctrojanGT3

Yup, I have a deposit down a 3 non-CA dealerships for a .2GT3, .2RS, GT4RS/.2GT4. As you can see, I learned my lesson from this go around of GT cars.

997rs4.0

Probably a good idea to have all bases covered! I haven't driven the gt4 but it does look pretty damn good! I really like the extreme cars! A stripper 4.0 is unbelievably good. And I would think an extreme gt4RS would be a lot of fun. Hopefully our dreams come true.

usctrojanGT3

I decided to pay a small premium to buy a GT4 from a 918 owner (penalty for being late to the party I guess) since it had the bucket seats. I'm in the low single digits slots at these 3 dealers so maybe I get calls from all of them. I hope they do come out with a GT4RS, but then again I have a bad Porsche sickness and worse yet is that I'm running out of space to keep all of these cars.

Macca

This is precisely what has been told to me.

Getting 520 bhp from 4 liters for a atmo engine is possible but will be at cutting edge of design envelope and affect durability I suspect. Ferrari were the highest on the Speciale at 132 bhp/L and the 991GT3 & RS both at 125 bhp p/L approx. Now the Ferrari V8 atmo engine is being phased out we may see a ceiling for a while on 132 bhp/L for a little while?

I dont believe Porsche will have another engine with 9000 rpm anytime soon.

The 7 speed manual would be horrible. I hope the develop a new 6 speed unit.

The "R" sounds like another marketing spin IMO.

Anyway its great to have more choice!

Tacet-Conundrum

Sharkwerks Technically did the same thing with their 4.1L conversion when you round up with 132 BHP per liter! And for practicality's sake that would probably be it for a somewhat realiable NA engine in any configuration.

6 vs 7 speed doesn't matter for we probably know that the odds of the gearing of the R will be different,from the other Porsche MT's, and that the 7th gear will be for highway cruising. Hopefully...

FORENN

Agreed. I have interest but not if it's a "7-speed" PDK-based MT.

FORENN

Yep.

Tacet-Conundrum

Make an argument for a 6 speed instead of a 7 speed with a highway cruising 7th gear? I don't see any difference really. Besides the cost involved with deveoping a six speed would be prohibitive to keep cost down. Besides I thought that this 7 sp MT shares a lot with the PDK and that was the reason Porsche has the 7 MT in the first place.

fxz

A lovely juicy Seamless gearbox

Just in time

If i understand correctly the GT3 R replaces the Daytona GTD. Priced at about $500k give or take. Strictly for big boy racing.

OCturbo

That's my understanding as well

Reza

Is there any more news on this car?

I know that it will be coming in two colours (Silver & Black)

rickman_fr

What else do you know ?

Frankfurt or Geneva unveiled ?

Reza

This I don't know, but I believe that it will be limited to approx 900 units