Grunty

Well the stripes are pretty boy racer. It's not as bad as the 997 Gt3rs but pretty damn close. Nothing says driving enthusiast like stripe stickers?

77tony

There are going to be what maybe 7-8 "R's" available worldwide (after the 928 guy's snag theres) that we might ever see live. GO FOR IT !! T

SJJ28

All rice in this pic!

917k

I think the analogy is more ///M car badges and what-not on a stock 3er, which I have seen, when driving an ///M-car and just chortled. 'Bad' is an understatement

R with stripes is appropriate as the car's a nod to heritage, as the great photo above shows.

SJJ28

exactly

Bacura

The stripes are an option or a no charge delete. If you like them get them. I don't like them. To put then on a non-R? Just lol.

OMFS

Racer boy insults welcome. I went for the subtle, matte black stripes.

Joec500

I am curious about the cost of just building a 911R with a GTS Chassis. Sourcing the motor, suspension and transmission is probably still cheaper than buying a real one. I guess you would still be missing the 4WS....

NoGaBiker

It wouldn't be cheaper than a real R when you included resale of the two. You'd get 20 cents on the dollar for your mods if you were lucky (good Lord, what must the 4.0 cost, let alone all the programming and special parts. And the 6-speed?) And the underlying GTS would depreciate like all the rest of them.

I'd rather overpay for the R and get 130% of that back than pay less for a mock-R and get 60% back.

Joec500

This is assuming you buy one for collection purposes versus actually driving it.

Porsche just needs to build more of them.

neanicu

FWIW,the R is only Rear Wheel Steering not 4...

Joec500

oooops That's what I meant, but technically it is 4WS If not, why even have a steering wheel!

neanicu

Well every car steers with the front. That goes without saying...

NoGaBiker

A) Agreed completely on them building more.

B) IMO, whether you drive them or not, the real R (could you get one) is almost certain to cost you less in the short or long run (no matter how long that run is) than a cobbled together R would, no matter how well you do the work.

Case in point: the myriad Carrera RS2.7 replicas out there. If you had taken a 911S that was 1-2 years old (as suggested here with the GTS as platform), back in 1975, and spent considerable money building a 2.7RS replica, you'd always be ahead of the pricing on an S, but so far behind the pricing on a real RS that you'd always be worse off.

Of course, this exercise is about "getting the unattainable" more than it is an economic exercise. But I'd submit that you would have a hundred grand minimum on top of GTS cost to duplicate an R. How much would an actual R cost on the secondary market now? $250k? And you'll likely never lose money on it.

Vise

I'd say $100k might be low, apparently the standard GT3 engine alone is worth like $70-75k... figure significantly more for the 4.0L and another ridiculous amount for the transmission. Not to mention a massive amount of labour.

As for secondary market prices for the 911R... try at least double your estimate above. There was one for sale in Europe listed at over 1 million Euro.