Nizer

You'd also be slower not having a turbo and 4WD. Who cares? The discussion was where and how much weight could be easily removed at minimal cost from current GT3/RS platform to create a lightweight, decontented 911R. Plenty is my answer.

You say potatoe, I say potato. Numbers are all over the board. Unless someone has actually measured and posted photos of the exercise it's all idle speculation.

Zeus

Thank you so much for creating this thread Eduardo, and to all those who have contributed to it! I was late catching this thread, but it absolutely made my day!

Wow, there is some valuable information here. But it looks pretty hopeful for lovers of the NA GT3/RS model line, not to mention the GT2/RS.

Sounds like there is a good possibility that not only will the 991.2's stay NA, but also possibly into the next gen 911 - the 992.1, 992.2 maybe NA as well, or am I reading too much into it? 999 rolls off the tongue better than '992' but who knows what model designation they'll go with.

Living vicariously through you guys...hope to join you all someday at a RR in the future!

<3mph

One other thing I recall, was AP advised getting an alignment done at about 1000-1500 km as well, especially for the RS in order to mitigate the large rear wheels rubbing, and especially if you drive on track where one might expect significant compression.

Whoopsy, I agree with you. Most of the comments here were based on the public talk by AP; and intel from private conversations may need to be measured against a different standard. I doubt any of the posts were malicious, and there obviously have been unintended consequences...

Z356

We heard nothing factual about a 911R during Andreas Preuninger's talk to us on Sunday, which was not surprising. But
I have been receiving private messages on this subject over the past few months from a Porsche customer (a Rennlister)
that is very well-connected to Porsche. His latest adds this bit to the 911R speculation mix:

Earlier in August the same source had pm me this:

Since 'you didn't hear anything from him', take all of this with a grain of salt! But it will be fun to see, when the final
911R specs are released by Porsche, if this gentleman's advance information was indeed accurate!

Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
.

NateOZ

I heard most of those same things, this time last year from a collector friend. The difference being that manual would be an option and PDK would be standard and it would still be called an RS.

Big meetings coming up October and December this year where more info will come out.

STG

And everyone thinks GT3 and RS allocations are hard to come by

These will all be eaten up by 918 owners and then some.

Nizer

Demand will be off the charts.

It'd be really cool if they threw a ducktail on it just to complete the theme.

NateOZ

People have been offering dealers in NY premiums that they can keep if the car never eventuates, but the dealers are saying no....

997s07

Wow! People are getting ridiculous. What nonsense. Are these driving enthusiasts or collectors? I am guessing the latter.

993RR

It is an asset class, often leveraged.

<3mph

I know it's all speculation at this point, but I sure hope this mythical "991R" will be available in North America too. The Sport Classic was not.

Dante

spoke last week with somebody from motorsport division, always received right infos from him, he said...another RS, spoiled hence much lighter (50kg), still PDK, maybe some more hp but still 4 litres (no room for increase), 400 exemplars...

CAlexio

since we are speculating.. are we speculating that there will be a manual gt3-engined car separate from this unicorn unobtanium 911R? i'm not clear on this point.

Nizer

Dante, can you clarify what's meant by "spoiled"?

Dante

sorry...spoiled not the right word, I meant stripped...without everything unecessary inside and outside, and with much more carbon...