C.J. Ichiban

Unless the GT2RS has some drivetrain trickery and aero tricks it won't be as fast as the lambo or 720S around the track.

Apolo1

Interesting....

Taking into account that Porsche GT cars of late always punch above its weight, In my view I would expect the 2RS if is indeed close to 700 bhp, as far as customer cars go will be quicker on track than the lambo. This also based on my time on track with 91RS and standard H.

991RS chassis and aero way under powered imv.

Think Mac are playing things close with the 720s, after all the P1 ring time games....

Nizer

Porsche intimating 7:05 ring time. it'll be plenty fast.

TRAKCAR

That's so close to < 7..

Drifting

Anyone want to comment on the huracan performante ring time?

I have a hard time believing that it did a 6:52, 5 seconds faster than the 918, and that the performante used on the Ring is the same car that will be in general production.

SHAG

I agree. Pretty sure they pieced together the best of sections from multiple runs.

Guest89

Intimating where?

C.J. Ichiban

The Huracan and the 720S are on the new nasty Pirelli tires.

MsGT3

Dealer contacted me today saying they got word that the GT2RS will be announced in October this year, and the .2 RS around April next year.

usctrojanGT3

Sweet, so Geneva 2018 for the .2GT3RS....very nice. Now I need to go hustle more to afford both a .2GT3 and .2GT3RS.

Nizer

Maybe an issue of semantics but Goodwood still seems the obvious place to debut the car.

Alan Smithee

I doubt it...seems like we have been seeing development mules forever. There is something going on under there; like the 991.2 GT3, I expect they are not just going to pull from the existing parts bin...this is the flagship 911, and I expect we will see some new tech that will eventually trickle down...like electric turbos.

Redback911

Howdy Y'all. I have been following the thread with interest. Wifey and I have been Porsche fans for a while, based in the UK and purchasing various 911s, Caymans and Boxsters.

We had a deposit on the 991.1 GT3 a few years back but were let down when the whole spontaneous combustion thing. We then switched to TechArt cars when our local dealer were unable to commit to a GT3 the summer we really needed a car.

In parallel, we did however put a LOI on a 991 GT2 back in 2012 and were very pleased to hear from our dealer last year about a possible GT2. They expect the car to be built and asked for a chunky deposit, which we provided. Popping back into the dealer recently we received a confirmation that *IF* Porsche make the GT2 (preferably an RS derivative), then "we are first in line".

Assignment on the 991 GT2 and GT3.2 at my dealer has been based on previous purchase history and "inability to deliver GT cars to those that wanted them previously", specifically GT4 and GT3.1.

Personally, I think the above attitude is fair. If my dealer had not delivered on the GT2, or GT3RS as backup, we would be switching to Mclaren or the Lamborghini for a new car. I would also be happy to sign some agreement that stopped me/others flipping the car as well.

Now just waiting on confirmation of the model, and assignment of stock to my dealer!

997rs4.0

Interesting theory, very curious to see what has been boiling in Stuttgart. Personally can't make it to Goodwood so we have to rely on Trakcar to bring a jack and check it out from every possible angle.

This time around it won't be enough to slap turbos on the 991rs. Competition is fierce in this segment .

TRAKCAR

Got tickets.