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They already do make such a car. It's called the 911 RSR.
Can't be road registered..............and therefore can't be entered in r. rally and most sprint type events (same with Cup cars or the R GT or GT4 CS)
This is pretty typical for saloon/sports car track and road rally based events
Can't be road registered..............and therefore can't be entered in r. rally and most sprint type events (same with Cup cars or the R GT or GT4 CS)
This is pretty typical for saloon/sports car track and road rally based events
Right, exactly what PAG needs to do. Market to a niche market of a niche market.
I'll put it another way, Porsche could offer a stripped back GT3 (or RS) for those that specifically wanted a more track (or other) orientated car or a base car to develop further, this would not affect those that wanted PTS, full leather, deviated stitching and maximum sofas. It would be very easy for Porsche to do this - a clubsport stripper, if you like.
The reason I made this comment in the first place is because I have been looking for a used .2 GT3 clubsport as a starting base for a track/r. rally car - virtually every car I have looked at has been hit with a long list of add - ons e.g. full leather, sofas etc - I'm simply not prepared to pay for other peoples mistakes/fit out for something I basically want to gut (if I can't get my hands on one of these I'll probably settle for the GT4 with clubsport pack as a base - assuming its offered with PDK). Pleas note in my market a GT3 costs $USD300k.
A stripper clubsport would make a good base car for the small percentage of us that are actively in engaged in amateur motorsport (the front part of the cage can be ordered from Porsche motorsport and left in the frunk for later install - thus Porsche designed and FIA approved roll cage) . However, its clear that the current and most probably future versions of the GT3 have a very different target market relative to the 996 GT3 and 997 GT3.
I love the sound of something like this. A stripped out club sport version would be likely the only 992 I'd consider buying at this point. Reworked front and rear bumpers, stripped out interior without the center console and virtually no frivolous tech options to speak of..... Sounds perfect to me, in fact, is there somewhere I can place a holding deposit for that now?
^^^^^It would be very, very easy for Porsche to do that
Originally Posted by ipse dixit
Right, exactly what PAG needs to do. Market to a niche market of a niche market.
Not a niche, simply a more flexible base car - that can be used in a great variety of events. This would be extraordinarily easy for Porsche to do.
Also, in point of fact, every weeked around the world you will see Porsche sports cars used in all sorts of amateur motorsport right the way through to an including national level pro-am events. There are far, far, more Porsches used for this than RSRs GT3 R and Cup cars.
Don't think the wing is going to look like that render. The development car clearly has a swan neck-style attachment on the upper side of the wing plus some extra bits below to make it look like the old one. It'll sit further back, like on the mule. Lower bumper will likely look different too. Wouldn't be surprising if Porsche step up their aero game for the next generation of GT cars.
02-08-2019, 03:42 AM
