neanicu

As always the anticipation is very exciting and the spy shots are part of the experience.

http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2012/5/22/Porsche-911-GT3-Shows-its-Face-and-New-Fixed-Rear-Wing-7708934


http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2012/5/21/Spied-2013-Porsche-Turbo-Cabriolet-with-the-Roof-Down-7708914

Enjoy!

kosmo

what 450hp in the GT?! thats it? that $150k car should have no less than 500hp. Thats a real let down if true.

wing on the GT is way too small.
OMG CL wheels again? I wonder is standard lugs will be an extra cost "option"?

neanicu

First of all,these are all rumors. Nobody knows exactly how many HP the GT3 or TURBO will have.
What I'm guessing knowing Porsche is that both cars will have enough power to be one of the fastest,if not the fastest and best handling in each of their category.
The wing is most likely not the one that will come with the production model. They even say it in the article. To me,that wing looks like the one you get in the 991 S model if you order the Aerokit.
They always use the black painted wheels in their test cars so you can't see what's underneath. Most mules are black in color for that same reason and have camouflage. Those are not the wheels these cars will come with...
If you look at the TURBO's rear lights,they look like they're from a 997,so again,not final production look.

DrJay

I think the GT3 looks awesome, except for the rear wing. I really like the brakes. I wonder if they will be retrofittable to a normal 991...

tobmagn

Is it just me or isn't there a PDK paddle on the steering wheel? NOOOO!

tobmagn

Forgot the link sorry :http://www.autosblog.fr/galleria/por...1-991-gt3-01/3

DrJay

IMO it is impossible to tell from these pictures, not that it would matter much anyway, it is a test mule.

Carrera GT

Those look just like 991S calipers on 997.2 GT3 rotors. Why Porsche can't buy a clue and go to slotted floating rotors and alloy hats, I dunno, maybe it costs another $3.10 per corner and that's too expensive.

The seats look like the Carrera GT seats in the 997 GT3.

Aero appears to be unchanged, too. Ferrari can practically reinvent the aero for the 458 and Porsche just gets the set designer from Star Trek to glue on a model of the "Klingon Bird of Prey" and call it a wing ... oh well ... anyway, I think forward facing edges don't meet pedestrian safety test regulations in the USA, so that will be interesting.

The wing also looks a tiny bit like it could raise itself like the Turbo wings, maybe Porsche keeps that just for the Turbo. That one must be a mock up or prototype because of the redundant eye level brake light LED bar.

There's an undersized roll bar in the cabin -- perhaps just for safety rather than testing (since German car makers have probably been put on notice to stop letting their test drivers kill themselves.)

This car has the central exhausts crudely cut through an S bumper and the normal outlets covered over.

I guess we can conclude the GT3 will not be wide body.

So the GT3 is shaping up to be a fancy sh-mancy X51 power kit and bigger rotors for a 911S, with aero kit and light seats, optional roll bar (not for USA, as ever) and ... centerlocks!

DrJay

The GT3 was never a wide body, only the RS was.

neanicu

It even says in the article that taking a closer look at the test mule,it seems that it is equipped with PDK. But let's not panic,same rumors say it will be offered with both transmissions.
We'll see...

97c2s993

Again it's a mule so hard to say what the production version will look like but seem to be 21" wheels, spaced outwards in the rear at least, and could it be the US version with the N. American rear bumper?

SSST

Ditto. These are mules. Yes the look like 991s with Some extra bits, but that doesn't mean this is what the final products will look like.

991 3Turbo

I think its way cool

Abby Normal

Gt3? Maybe. Looks like an S model with Aero Cup design kit..

LastMezger

My dealer confirmed that GT3 is PDK only and next RS will offer both.