timothymoffat

Chris Harris drives the new GT2 RS for EVO's cover story: http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evoc...rs_review.html

Then, George Kacher does the same for CAR: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Magazin...azine-out-now/

More to follow I'm sure (Autocar can't be more than a few hours to post).

911SLOW

Chris Haris after all the suffering he had when he owned a 996gt2 and promises that he wouldnt buy again a gt2 ever, still wants. Why im not surprized..?

John

Carrera GT

Strange that the spec is 620bhp, but the UK mags (which should understand bhp) quote 611bhp. I wonder if the actual spec is 611 HP. Maybe it's the less dramatic 455 kW?

And I tend to agree that the world is not demanding 500 of the GT2 RS -- the 300 number would assure the value of the car is permanent.

As for the specifications slipping, I'm afraid we just saw the nose of the camel in the tent. This does not bode well for the USA would-be GT2 RS buyer:

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In other words, the USA market already misses out on:
And now we here that the one-piece wide front quarter panels are "optional."

What else will be optional at US$245K?

One thing this review makes clear just as it tries to cloud the issue: the 2010 Turbo S (standard with PDK) at 550hp is no doubt a faster car in the hands of all but the elite few drivers.

timothymoffat

I think the UK rating is in "BHP" which translates similarly to "SAE NET" ratings. 620 PS DIN/455KW/611 BHP...........same but different.

Jon70

I've heard this option is $6K!

One of Twenty

Of the 500, how many are coming stateside? I would assume all have been accounted for/sold?

savyboy

I think the GT3RS had the same kind of difference in quoted number. Because of what you said.

Get out of here camel!

The carbon fenders are pricey, sounds about right.

I have seen two stateside (USA) numbers: 135 and 60. Take your pick. Also my understanding all have buyers. Some slots alledgedly available for $75k over.

Tacet-Conundrum

Is this the 000/500 car? Which suggest there will actually be 501 cars total?

Tacet-Conundrum

I wonder what power the car would produce if they were measuring using SAE Gross, US not British(!)?

Carrera GT

Preuninger's personal steed doesn't count -- that's not a customer car, that's The Creator's car. : )

Carrera GT

Right. SAE or SI (kW) would be appreciated.


I probably shouldn't mention the two in the same breath, but the Corvette SAE numbers are the most impressive I've seen (a measly 505 SAE HP from the Z06 and an inevitable GT2 comparison to come from the ZR1 at 638 SAE HP ... for $100K ... with wagon-wheel sized ceramic rotors ... )

richk

I was offered the first GT2 in LA for 50k over....I passed because I had a 997TT cab and a GT3RS and it seemed ridiculous to pay 255k for a GT2! The GT2RS is going to depreciate as fast if not faster than the GT2!!! The GT2's have always been overpriced and the GT2RS pricing is ridiculous.

Jon70

I got offered a car for I assume @ MSRP. I didn't ask, but since my RS was sold to me at MSRP, I figured the GT2RS would be the same. At $245K and likely $260K+ out the door, it was beyond what I want to spend.

TRAKCAR

Surely I am nuts, but except for the lighter bits like the fender and the hood, I prefer the 3RS better.

Even for the same money. Slower for sure, but I did not get an RS for laptimes, I could have done better with a Viper.

At least I won't have to paint the fenders and hood, I'll just wrap them

Carrera GT

This sounds entirely wrong. Based on what I'm being told direct from PCNA, the allocation process is under way, but far from concluded and any notion of a dealer being able to offer the "first" of any Porsche deliver in an area like LA with perhaps a dozen Porsche dealers is nonsense. And gouging at this early stage is just a fantasy in the minds of short term sales types.