breakfast

Generally nails the point of the car. Give me that over pdk anyday. And damn do I like the cleanliness of the narrow wingless body without extra rice vents everywhere.

jumper5836

yah looks great like that but I don't like the stripes and decals on it.

LastMezger

It's not actually the narrow body but the GT3 / C4 / Targa wide body. Wider than the C2 but not as wide as the Turbo / RS.

bronson7

It's certainly a shame that most of these cars will never actually see the road.

nr1416

As long as the recipe for this car trickles down to the next few generations of the GT3, I think that will appease the masses. And people won't be so bitter about not being able to buy one.

BIG smoke

Give them less, charge more, limit the number.
Porsche's time tested recipe. And it works well.

moab

yes, but on limited production vehicles, I can't imagine this is a huge profit centre for them. More a PR thing. Money is made on the SUV's.

nr1416

Totally agree, they could have had the mrsp up another 50K and still sold them before released. It's the guys flipping these cars that will be making all the money off the 911Rs.

LastMezger

Basically I think this was a successful proof of concept for Porsche. They didn't develop the 6-speed manual gearbox for just one car and this validates decade for a GT-style manual.

bronson7

Sorry for the OT but I'm admiring your 993 on your avatar. Is it Riviera blue? Is it a wrap or painted?

nr1416

Haha, totally off topic. But ya its a wrap.

focal

Marketing at its finest

997 gt3/RS/4.0

991 gt3/RS pdk only. Sell 5000 units

Retain values of 997 for used car profits

981.1gt4 6mt sell 5000 units.

991R limited numbers but huge PR

991.2 gt3/RS 6mt. Sell 5000+ units

Lots of gen 1 trade ins. Depressed pricing. Flip out for profit.

981.2 GT4 sell 5000 units with shorten gearing and "last NA". Lots of gen 1 trade ins

991.2 GT2 and gt3 4.2L sell thousands more.

theiceman

isn't that Charlies brother from 2 1/2 men ?

tcsracing1

the most over-hyped car i have seen in awhile...

Take a 991 GT3, take off the aero and put in a slower manual tranny.

Less performance for more money in the name of nostalgia.
People fighting over them.

Imagine if the GT3 only came with no aero and a manual tranny.
And then porsche decides to offer a limited run with PDK-S paddle shift and big downforce and call it the "R".
People would be going nuts for them. Anything limited i suppose.

Love the interior however

Montychristo128

Going to auction 911r. Only (gulp) only estimated at GBP 220-310K. ($300-500k ish)

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/supe...uction-already

Apparently a bargain, as some have supposedly traded for GBP400k ($660K)

LHD as its a Swedish Car. What are we waiting for????