Who would buy a GT3 RS without a test drive?
03-28-2011 | 04:46 PM
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Burning Brakes
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From: Montréal, Québec, Canada
There's no underestimating that Mercedes knows their customer and their AMG products answer the customer demand -- aggressive, distinctive appearance with shocking acceleration up to highway speeds and a pretty enjoyable exhaust note without suspension NVH required to deliver higher levels of performance and handling.
I mention all that because the early indications we're getting from VW&Porsche suggest that's exactly where VW will take the top and bottom of the Porsche brand. We can only hope they leave the 911 alone in the middle and who knows, four or so years from now, we'll see the next mark plotted along the path of the GT cars and hopefully it will still be a 911 by design, not just name.
Anyway, who knew this magazine masthead was so far ahead of its time:
I mention all that because the early indications we're getting from VW&Porsche suggest that's exactly where VW will take the top and bottom of the Porsche brand. We can only hope they leave the 911 alone in the middle and who knows, four or so years from now, we'll see the next mark plotted along the path of the GT cars and hopefully it will still be a 911 by design, not just name.
Anyway, who knew this magazine masthead was so far ahead of its time:
If guys like us keep buying GT3s then there will still be a market and Porsche would be more than happy to produce them for us. If they would drop out someone else will do it. It's a small market and we can't have too many players unlike the luxury speed monster (AMG, M, Audi RS, Caddy-V, etc.) segment. We have cash in hand, we are silly enough to pay MSRP very often, we are pretty profitable for them if the segment is not oversaturated.
