Special Sundays: The Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Welcome back to Special Sundays, where we re-visit automotive history, and take you back in time to the automotive legends from the 20th century!

Okay, so this weekend, we decided it was an opportunity to not visit a car from the past, but since a few weeks ago we wrote a post on a very special Porsche from the 20th century, we gathered that we probably might as well break the trend of 20th century automotive legends for just one week, and focus our attention on a car that has revolutionised the present day, and keep the Porsche trend going!

The Porsche 911 GT3 RS. It is for many, the holy grail of cars. The GT3 RS has it all. The looks, the power, and must we stress to say… The handling! First off, specifications. It carries a 4.0 litre flat-six under the bonnet pumping out an incredible 368kW (500 hp)! Acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes just 3.3 seconds, and from 0-200 km/h, just 10.9 seconds, which is quite amazing in our books! The GT3 RS can reach a top speed of 310 km/h, so no wonder people go crazy over them!

But what is it that makes the GT3 RS so important to the car society that makes car people love it, and what makes it such an amazing car?

Well first off, the car is designed with precision, like most high-performance cars. Except, the car is designed with an excessive amount of precision, for track. Just to clarify, the ‘excessive’ amount of precision isn’t a bad thing, and we respect Porsche engineers for taking the time to design the car, similarly to the way we respect other auto-designers!

The reason that the GT3 RS can accelerate so astonishingly quickly is because of the weight reduction! With the use of extremely light carbon fibre wings, carbon fibre rear lids, carbon fibre seats and lots of lightweight parts, this car stays firm on the ground, with high stability around corners and a high level of downforce!

For those who are intrigued to know what extreme path Porsche AG decided to take, here it is. They went to make the road-legal track car as light as possible, by removing the front Porsche badge… And replacing it with a sticker, for that extra weight reduction! Similarly with the door handles on the interior, which they replaced with fabric! As you may know, most of the Porsche 911 Series of cars have 4 seats. With the GT3 RS’s rear seats… What rear seats? Technically there are seats in the rear, but they’re literally pieces of carpet laid down in the shape of seats! Also… Unless you didn’t mind having the air taken out of your legs, you would not be sitting comfortably! If those seats aren’t being used, which is very likely, then a roll cage would be your next option, as shown on the picture below!

All these minor details to the car definitely make it one of the best drivers cars, with exceptional handling, performance and stability. We wouldn’t recommend it as a daily car though, for obvious reasons that have already been stated.

Porsche definitely made this car with track intentions, and they have definitely succeeded, making some of the best track times around some of the world’s most well known tracks!

Images: Porsche AG