Porsche to Restart Production of the 911 GT2 RS…Sort Of
Company will make only four units of the track monster to replace those precious models that were unceremoniously lost at sea.
Porsche ended production of the GT2 RS in February. However, they will be making more. Well, four more. Why only four? Because a shipwreck earlier this month swallowed these sports cars into the deep blue sea. The cars would have been delivered to Porsche customers in Brazil, so Porsche will replace them.Â
The German manufacturer has announced that it will restart the production of the 911 GT2 RS and thus, fulfill the four pending orders. The new cars will be built in April and they will be delivered to Porsche Brazil in June.
In a statement about the incident to Road and Track, Porsche said: “Porsche Brazil confirms that 37 of its new cars, in route from Hamburg, Germany to Santos, Brazil, were aboard the vessel Grande America that suffered a maritime incident near the coast of Brest, France, on March 12, 2019. Among the fleet were four 911 GT2 RS units. In a special decision and to uphold its commitment to its valued Brazilian customers, Porsche has ensured that those units will be reproduced in the order in which they were originally confirmed.â€
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS features a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged six-cylinder engine that produces 700 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. The GT2 RS can sprint from 0-60 miles per hour in 2.7 seconds and has a top speed of more than 211 mph. It also holds the record for the second-fastest production car to lap the Nurburgring race-track.
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