HE Porsche 911 GT3 has nothing to showAnd it fought only less than 25 years. In fact, many of them said it was impossible to improve this sport.
But Porsche Motorsport is looking for excellence; He never assumes that he has reached him. Thinking that others are looking at GT3 992 (the forefront) and leaving as the best option, they analyze every small detail in Porsche. Important improvements through numerous small adjustments.
Therefore, for more than 25 years, GT3 is then … GT3. Automatic answer to many problems. “The best street cart with a circuit approach?“GT3.” The most exciting 911? “GT3.” A lifetime car? “GT3.” The car you sell to your grandmother? “GT3. I’m sorry, grandmother, but I’ve always wanted the best for me.
And so I arrive at Valencia. The new second generation 992 GT3 is absolutely bright. I’m sorry for him Spoiler. However, there are questions to be answered. The new GT3 is just a camouflaged S/T, but without the madness of the sales market again?
Do you justify your rise Dizziness price 250,000 euros? Do you prefer rear wing or rear seats? (Unfortunately, you can’t have both.) Yes, I can’t sleep with suspicion.
There are deeper problems. GT3 has been exceeded everywhere lately. At home, RS is a real turning point and has created a great gap about the “basic” GT3. (Not before absorbing all its energy and of course converting it into aerodynamic loads).
A Rs had never different from a GT3. Then there is a magnificent s/t retro style. Lighter, less complex, set to offer feelings and accessibility … And the new favorite of Porsche fans. 992 of the ranks with approximately 350,000 euros on their days, and today more: with such models, a clear example of the balloon we have these days.
Then he has a question The new GT3 is less powerful than the model it changed. Yes, six 4.0 -litre boxer cylinders are increasingly faced with more strict emission arrangements and Porsche’s more aggressive eccentric miles fell from 470 nm to 450 nm, despite their efforts with better cooling and revised combustion chambers.
. Maximum power remains 510 hp at 8,500 rpmIf you have an account, only 10 hp more than the 2017 version, 991.2 GT3.
In other words, instead of fighting the shadow of RS and S/T, the new GT3 leaves a gap, so Other circuit super car with turbo motor And do the big figures secretly enter? Maserati has already started the GT2, which will be delivered to 914 millionaires paying 349.258 euros in a short period of time, and is not the only person to see GT3 fell.
The difficulty of maintaining a 4.0 -liter atmospheric engine, which reaches more than 500 HP and reaches 9,000 RPMs, is gigantic. Actually, Most of the new GT3’s technical presentation revolves around the hardness of emission arrangements. For example, the NOX borders in the US have dropped 44 % since the approval of the previous GT3. The new model has four catalysts and two particle filters in the escape.
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Even with these difficulties, the brand’s test engineers and pilots seem satisfied. I’m glad you not seeing GT3 died because of emissions. After the presentation, I commented with Andreas Preuninger, the President of the GT, which seems to be too much to stay where they are. For a moment settings and answers: “Yes, but we didn’t stay where we are.” How do I love these people.
Our GT3 test is divided into two parts: Six Fast Manual Transmission, Rear Wing and New Weissach Package and PDK Tour and Back Seats Magnificent mountain roads around Chestte.
Both cost the same base and have the same suspension configuration. Choose the spoiler or not just a matter of taste and You need to carry children or adults of compact size.
A turn is enough to realize this GT3 is a monster. And yes, according to his predecessor, one step forward. Everything is still familiar: the boxer’s strip roar rises up to 9,000 rpm, the supreme balance and optional ceramic brakes.
However, small detectable changes are noticed. For example, to compensate for light torque loss, Change is 8 % shorter. This increases the last figure reaching the rear wheels, further sharpens the answer, and allows more often to enjoy the mechanical and sensitive change in H.
With Less acoustic insulation (Porsche made weight savings where it is possible, making GT3 only 2 kg heavier despite new security and emission arrangements), the sound is more intense and exciting.
And Suspension improvementsReduce the head with a lower pivot point with a aerodynamically shaped forearm and shorter stops to produce load, and increase the suspension capacity to cope with piano or rash pits.
Small improvements, yes. But remarkable. In an emergency braking since 200 km/h, the previous GT3’s morro has set 12 mm. New, only 6 mm. This also required a shorter stops, a new shock absorbers inherited from R’sAlways improving the stability of the car. Shows. Even at the border, the GT3 is still stable and always leaves margin to correct small errors.
Weissach Package Help. Probably. It is the mentality of small improvements applied to carbon fibere. Details of this material at the air intake include rearview enclosures, hood, roof, rear spoiler last plates, rear balancing rod, connection rods and structural supplements, about 20 kg savings.
A good number, yes, but if you add the carbon antivuelco cage, it will cost about 18,500 euros or 23,000. There are also magnesium tires with ceramic brakes for 9.1 kg for 16,300 euros and 10,800 euros. More than 250,000 Euro GT3 is already a fact.
On the road, GT3 affects even more. If the previous model was sometimes very reactive, it looks more refined and intuitive. Curve adhesion is cruel, but the car reacts in a balanced way and transmits each movement with total clarity.
Any thought about RS or S/T disappears. Are the most exciting Rs? Maybe on the right track. The most special and pure s/t? This may be, but GT3 stands against more comprehension and absolute control.
And when the world goes at full speed and the boxer shouts behind you, the experience is so absorbent that there is no time to compare. You’re just there, squeezing GT3, I wonder that it cannot be improved and improved. I wonder how someone else can approach.
Good luck, Maserati. You will need.
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