2017 Porsche 911 GT3
Is the new 2017 Porsche GT3 really that different? This is a mid-generational update rather than a full-scale rebirth, but there’s plenty of new stuff to get excited about. Most important is that motor: 4.0 litres, 493bhp and 339lb ft. If that sounds remarkably similar to the 991.1 GT3 RS motor, then forget about it. Porsche says this is a new engine that appears in the GT3 Cup racers and is built for a spine-tingling 9000rpm redline, a height it can reach thanks to axle-mounted rocker arms, a stiffer crankshaft and bigger bearings. Serious stuff. And can I have a manual GT3 this time? Praise be you can, although regrettably this early example doesn’t have it. We’ll revisit the GT3 another time with what is probably the ideal spec for road driving (and for holding its value) but don’t dismiss the PDK. A precise snap change at 9000rpm is not something you want to get wrong but PDK gets it right every single time; when you’ve got the throttle pinned it slides the next gear in with the precision and speed of a card shark taking your money. It also allows you the guilty pleasure of a perfectly-executed launch control start over and over again; this car isn’t really about straight-line speed yet it makes an event out of it nonetheless.
2018 Porsche 911 GT3
The new Porsche 911 GT3 is better than you, and it’ll let you know when it gets bored by becoming a machine made of pure anger. But it won’t bite unless you’re a colossal moron. Some things in life simply aren’t fair. I’m short, started balding before I hit 30 and don’t get on well with cheese. Those things aren’t fair. Nor is the fact that I’ll likely not get a 991.2 Porsche 911 GT3 of my own, because it is simply brilliant. It’s not without flaws, sure, but there’s no Photoshop in the real world and nothing should be perfect anyway. Porsche’s GT cars are always a bit special. From their genesis, the 2.7 liter RS of the 1970’s, to the electrifying 991.1 GT3 RS and the unjustly brilliant Cayman GT4, they’re uncompromising speed machines designed to get around circuits faster than the other guy with as little fuss as possible. The latest iteration of 911 GT3 is of the same ilk, which means it’s a 911 plus. It’s the car from fifty years ago with fewer toys and more grunt. The new GT3 gets a 4.0-liter H6 engine with 500 horsepower and 339 pound-feet of torque. There are no turbochargers to boost its torque (or blunt its noise), no superchargers to make it whine. It is what it is, and what it is… is a racecar engine. Sort of. Porsche claims the GT3’s motor is very, very, very similar to the one found in its racing cars. Having experienced its wail, I’m not going to accuse Porsche of lying. On startup it sounds pretty rough, but so do most motors. But, unlike most motors, once you lean on it, it howls the song of its people. Its people, incidentally, like singing loudly. There’s not as much sound deadening in the GT3 as a regular 911, and there aren’t any rear seats either, so all the noise from its rear mounted engine finds it way into the car. That noise, by the way, doesn’t stop until around 9000 rpm, when it changes gear and repeats a verse. Naturally aspirated cars are a dying breed, but the GT3 makes a compelling case for this allegedly outdated way of doing things. The new turbocharged 911s sound like they’re shouting into a pillow. This sounds like it shouted its way through a plate glass window. Power delivery is instant, and the throttle response is sharp and easy to control. While the motor does like to spin up super quick after 4,000 rpm, it’s not quite as urgent before that, but still fast enough to catch you off guard. You can easily drive it on the throttle in the corners because it’s so delightfully adjustable.
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