911. GT3. RS. Each moniker a story, but combined form the nomenclature of the purest distillation, the hardest of core Porsche sports car. Let’s skip ahead to the numbers; 1430kg kerb weight, 383kW and 470Nm, 312kph top speed, 4.0 litre flat six, seventh generation.
The new RS trumps both the regular GT3 and the GT3 Cup race car in terms of power, revs to 9000rpm and is blessed with a wicked set of aerodynamics for agility sake. With the help of the seven speed PDK transmission it can leap from standstill to 100kph in just 3.2 seconds – this in a car bereft of turbo power, its might is all motor. Sure it has a slippery form factor, but this is no velvet glove, more like an Infinity Gauntlet with staggering technological advancements for jewels.
Plasma coated cylinder liners? Uniball bearings. Helper springs. A smorgasbord for nerds complement PASM (suspension control), PTV (torque vectoring) and the rest of Porsche’s already brilliant onboard tech, but the kind folks from Stuttgart have still left plenty on the options tray should you be more than merely superhuman and require that bit extra. For example (PCCB) Porsche’s own composite ceramic brakes, the Weissach handling package, road-legal track tyres and magnesium wheels.
Everything about the 911 GT3 RS exists to make its pilot go faster (and faster). Hop inside the cabin and the theme of determination continues with a cockpit built around the driver, a helm finished in Alcantara with yellow marking at 12 o’clock position, grippy carbon-weave bucket seats with more lashings of Alcantara. It begs you to point it to a racetrack where quite frankly it requires to be put through its paces in order for it to really make any kind of sense.
So someone please sign us up to show a 911 GT3 RS the good time it deserves.
Now tell me about the Clubsport Package
It’s simple. You get a roll cage, a battery disconnect switch, fire extinguisher and six-point harness. And the best part? It’s free. Yes, a free option exists in the Porsche catalogue!
