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What makes a Porsche 991 GT2 RS so special?

This is the widowmakers latest version - the 2018 Porsche GT2 RS. It ist available only in RS configuration, if it is really available! We drove the Weissach Edition as you might recognize easily having a closer look at all those wonderful carbon fibre body parts.


Red stitches, dials an the Weissach RS logo look great with dark grey Alcantara/leather interior.

Weissach RS package

The engine uses bigger turbochargers than the 911 Turbo’s, new pistons for a lower compression ratio, and new charge air intercoolers that are cooled by a water spray system fed from a five-litre tank located in the bottom of the car’s luggage compartment and allow the engine to maintain its peak output of 700 bhp even at high temperatures and under demanding load conditions.

The water spray reservoir i located inside the front trunk. Distilled water is used to be sprayed on the intercoolers to control the combustion chamber temperatures under full load.

This is the lift side exhaust outlet with flap. When the car ist driven hard and the flap is open you might see the catalytic converter glowing dark red, crazy!


What a crazy idea to conduct the air flow through a NACA inlet in the front hood to the front wheels to cool the front brake rotors. German engineering at it's best!


Weight-saving measures include a titanium exhaust (7kg lighter than a 911 Turbo’s); forged magnesium alloy wheels; a bonnet, anti-roll bars, front wings and engine cover made of carbonfibre-reinforced plastic; polyurethane bumpers; and back and rear side window glazing in lightweight Gorilla Glass.
We went to the wonderful Baden region near the river Rhine and the city of Baden-Baden. Here you'll find some nice villages like NEUWEIER, where is our restaurant for today. Armin Röttele's Restaurant & Residenz offers a variety of fresh dishes accompanied with regional wine from the "Schlosskeller".
  






Nearby is Yburg castle. It's worth to walk across the wineyards on top of the hill to visit the ruin and the 120 steps high Yburg tower. And of course the Biergarden in swiss "Heidi-"style is worth to relax there.






Technical Specs:

Max. Power:                                        515 kW or 700 hp @ 7,000 rpm
Displacement:                                     3,800 cm3
Acceleration 0 ... 100 km/h:                2.8 s
Top Speed:                                         340 km/h
Fuel consumption combined:             11.8 l/100 km
CO2 emissions combined:                 269 g/km

Weissach Paket - GT2 RS

Carbon fibre anti roll bar
(C) Porsche AG Press Database 2018


The result is a sensationally fast car, one that’s also far sharper, more drivable and controllable than it has any right to be. It doesn’t feel electronically managed either, not for a second, but wonderfully mechanical.

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