Natural competitors? Future car magazine group tests...
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Tough to reconcile the things in bold.
I think it's pretty improbable that current M3 owners and aspirant M4 buyers will say "****, I gotta have dat new 991 Porsh GT3" and then purchase a car that costs roughly twice what they paid or planned to pay.
The obvious, natural comparison test will be the GT-R. Now that Porsche has abandoned any connection whatsoever with the race cars - apart from the mirrors - and traded in the unique emphasis on the driving experience/involvement for outright pace, there's nowhere to hide and no excuses to make when the GT-R trounces it in a comparo.
I think it's pretty improbable that current M3 owners and aspirant M4 buyers will say "****, I gotta have dat new 991 Porsh GT3" and then purchase a car that costs roughly twice what they paid or planned to pay.
The obvious, natural comparison test will be the GT-R. Now that Porsche has abandoned any connection whatsoever with the race cars - apart from the mirrors - and traded in the unique emphasis on the driving experience/involvement for outright pace, there's nowhere to hide and no excuses to make when the GT-R trounces it in a comparo.
it is a formidable competitor to all the hottest 911s which has, like Porsche, spent many years honing the design into an incredibly fast and reliable car.
They also plan to challenge Porsche on the Track as well through Nismo,
their equivalent of Porsche Motorsports.
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Tough to reconcile the things in bold.
I think it's pretty improbable that current M3 owners and aspirant M4 buyers will say "****, I gotta have dat new 991 Porsh GT3" and then purchase a car that costs roughly twice what they paid or planned to pay.
The obvious, natural comparison test will be the GT-R. Now that Porsche has abandoned any connection whatsoever with the race cars - apart from the mirrors - and traded in the unique emphasis on the driving experience/involvement for outright pace, there's nowhere to hide and no excuses to make when the GT-R trounces it in a comparo.
I think it's pretty improbable that current M3 owners and aspirant M4 buyers will say "****, I gotta have dat new 991 Porsh GT3" and then purchase a car that costs roughly twice what they paid or planned to pay.
The obvious, natural comparison test will be the GT-R. Now that Porsche has abandoned any connection whatsoever with the race cars - apart from the mirrors - and traded in the unique emphasis on the driving experience/involvement for outright pace, there's nowhere to hide and no excuses to make when the GT-R trounces it in a comparo.
Someone was mentioning the 4..as competitor..if you were talking about the Mp4-12..dream on..the Mclaren has 620HP..this car is on a different planet. Its no problem either..since the Mp4-12 is much more expensive..but the 911 GT3 - was - and never will be a competitor to a Mclaren Mp4-12..
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Just to clarify, these are the five key competitors identified by Porsche (inside info). Each and every one of us can surely identify other competitors based on personal preferences.
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Makes sense for them to only list cars that are more expensive, with the exception of teh ZR1 which is cheaper and about 10 sec quicker around NBR
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And that was last Gen. The new one may have Turbos and be even quicker. The new Z06 is going to come out next year and could make the performance of the new GT3 even more obsolete than it will be on release.
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here are the vette's ring times :
Corvette ZR1 7:19.63
Corvette Z06 Z07 Package 7:22.68
And You know the upcoming zo6 vette aint gonna have no stink'in rear wheel steering. Theyre prob ROFLOL.
At least we can still laugh at them for having leaf springs.
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And as was mentioned at a much lower price than the GT3
I was ready to buy the GT3, but not so sure anymore
For now I will just use the track rat in the meantime until she gets sold
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Yes the rumor is that if the ZR1 has 700hp, the Z06 will have 600 opposed to the 505 now, imagine what laptimes they wil have.
And as was mentioned at a much lower price than the GT3
I was ready to buy the GT3, but not so sure anymore
For now I will just use the track rat in the meantime until she gets sold![rockon](https://rennlist.com/forums/graemlins/rockon.gif)
And as was mentioned at a much lower price than the GT3
I was ready to buy the GT3, but not so sure anymore
For now I will just use the track rat in the meantime until she gets sold
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GM called it the Z06-x and they built a couple for display but never brought them to market. it would be hard to justify 50k more for an rs. That car would probably best the viper acr.
You cannot beat the those cars with a na flat 6 and small torque. As long as the gt3 stays that way it will get left farther and farther behind. By antiquated slow shifting manuals.
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Acura NSX
Audi R8 gen2
Mclaren MP5 (baby lil turbo 500ish hp version)
Zo6 Stingray
Viper
GTR
MC Stradale Maserati
no shortage of competitors in the 85-150k performance segment
Audi R8 gen2
Mclaren MP5 (baby lil turbo 500ish hp version)
Zo6 Stingray
Viper
GTR
MC Stradale Maserati
no shortage of competitors in the 85-150k performance segment
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