Porsche 911 GT3 RS
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The 911 GT2 RS may be the top of the 911 pecking order but Porsche hasn't forgotten about the equally drool-worthy 911 GT3 RS. The German firm has developed a few tweaks for its naturally aspirated track star, and now the updated car has been revealed at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. The car is due in showrooms in the fall, as a 2019 model. There are tweaks to the styling, inside and out, and yes, there's more power to be had from the familiar 4.0-liter atmo flat-6. Starting with the exterior, aerodynamics and lightweight construction have played the lead role in the design. This...
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2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS spy shots and video
The track weapon that is the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is about to be sharpened just a little bit more. Our spy shots and video reveal a prototype for an updated GT3 RS that we’re expecting to be revealed next month at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Official photos of the car have already...
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The beauty and horror of a Lego Porsche 911 GT3 RS crash test
A lot of fun can be had when putting together a new Lego creation, especially when it's one of the company's Technic automotive kits. Taking them apart is much less fun—unless you do it all at once. This video features a Lego Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which you can buy for $299, crash...
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Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 pushes hard in rally race
Before Porsche's 997 series 911 went away, the world was graced with a spectacular low-run version of the mighty GT3 RS. Instead of the 3.8-liter flat-6 of the GT3 RS at the time, Porsche fitted this particular variant with a larger 4.0-liter engine based on the unit used in motorsport. Power...
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Webber congratulates Verstappen on Porsche 911 GT3 RS purchase
It recently emerged that Formula One driver Max Verstappen had purchased a 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Thanks to a Twitter post from Mark Webber, who ended his F1 career with Verstappen’s current team Red Bull Racing, we now know what color Verstappen chose. Shunning the more radical orange and...
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F1 youngster Max Verstappen buys Porsche 911 GT3 RS
Formula One driver Max Verstappen has just bought himself a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The Dutch youngster didn’t escape the hefty markup that the limited edition sports car has been attracting, however, with Swiss newspaper Blick (via Autoweek) reporting that he paid $400,000 for the car...
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Lego enthusiasts can now put together their own Porsche. The Danish toy manufacturer has unveiled a brick-by-brick version of Porsche's 911 GT3 RS sports car. Although it looks slightly bionic, the Lego 911 GT3 RS is full of proper Porsche cues all the way down to a script RS logo on the model's wheel centers. CHECK OUT: How turbocharger wastegates work With 2,704 pieces to assemble, Lego's version of the 911 GT3 RS isn't for the faint of heart. Then again, neither is the actual production car with its naturally-aspirated flat-6 that spins to 9,000 rpm. Lego hasn't released performance...
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Mechanic drops new Porsche 911 GT3 RS in waterway
Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS is one of the most desirable cars on the planet right now. Unfortunately for one Porsche dealership in Amsterdam, a mechanic drove a Gulf Racing-livered example off a ledge and into the surrounding waterway. ALSO SEE: Meet the Audi RS 7 from hell: Video Fortunately it...
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Mercedes-AMG GT R faster than SLS Black Series, may top 911 GT3 RS
Mercedes-AMG engineers are working on a more hardcore version of the GT sports car, with prototypes currently being tested across Europe. The car is expected to be called a GT R and make its world debut at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the United Kingdom in June. ALSO SEE: Here's how you...
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Aston Martin Vantage GT12, Porsche 911 GT3 RS & McLaren 650S Free-For-All: Video
The Aston Martin Vantage GT12, Porsche 911 GT3 RS and McLaren 650S couldn’t be more different, yet they all have a common goal—and that’s to put down fast lap times. And according to Chris Harris, who recently pitted the three cars together, they also have similar asking prices...
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2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Driven By Chris Harris: Video
Chris Harris has joined the likes of racing driver Brendon Hartley and actor George Clooney to be among the first to have driven the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Fortunately for us, Harris was kind enough to put together a video of his day behind the wheel of Stuttgart’s latest track special for...
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George Clooney Getting Porsche 911 GT3 RS As Birthday Present
George Clooney, who celebrates his 54th birthday on Wednesday, and the first with new wife Amal, is reportedly getting a Porsche 911 GT3 RS as a present. The actor’s penchant for fine autos—and motorcycles—is well known, so it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that someone...
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There are few cars that better suit the description “a race car built for the road” than the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which racing driver Brendon Hartley sets out to determine in this latest video. Hartley is one of Porsche’s works drivers for its LMP1 efforts in the World Endurance Championship, and to test the performance of its most hardcore 911 the German automaker sent the young New Zealander to the Nardo test track in Italy, which Porsche just so happens to own. MUST WATCH: Here's A ‘Furious 7’ Extended Look Video Hartley points out a number of features that...
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2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS finally revealed
Having missed its original targeted launch date by more than six months, Porsche’s GT3 RS based on the 991 series of the 911 has finally landed, debuting this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. It may be a little late, but Porsche has made up for it with a whole new engine and a simply...
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New Porsche 911 GT3 RS To Feature PDK, Develop 500 HP From 4.0-Liter Six
Photos of Porsche’s new 911 GT3 RS based on the 991-series 911 have already leaked onto the web ahead of the car’s expected debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show in a week’s time. Now some of the car’s specs have also leaked. According to the leaked information, obtained by...
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New Engine Developed For Porsche 911 GT3 RS: Report
Porsche is close to launching a new generation of its 911 GT3 RS and it seems like a week can’t go by without some new information being revealed. Recently an undisguised version of the track-focused special was spotted in a garage near Porsche’s headquarters in Germany, and now we have...
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New Porsche 911 GT3 RS Leaks Its Way Onto Instagram
It's no secret... we're dying to get an eye and ear-full of the latest Stuttgart track assassin. We're talking about the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, which we've seen in spy photos as well as in scale model form. Now it seems that the car has made its debut, in a quiet parking garage in Germany, by way...
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2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Spy Shots
Porsche is in the final stages of development of a more hardcore version of its track-focused 911 GT3, the infamous 911 GT3 RS. The latest spy shots reveal as much of the car as ever, as Porsche hasn't bothered to do much in the way of camouflage on this track-focused screamer. The car was...
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Porsche was meant to reveal its new 911 GT3 RS this summer but decided to delay its arrival following the discovery of a fault with the 3.8-liter flat-six engine in the 911 GT3 that the 911 GT3 RS was to share, albeit in uprated form. The German automaker is yet to announce when we might finally see the covers come off, but has the car already been revealed… in scale model form? This photo of a 911 scale model was posted on the website 4WheelsNews and may potentially depict the new 911 GT3 RS. The scale model is clearly based on the latest 991-series 911 GT3, but some unique elements...
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Will The Next Porsche 911 GT3 RS Be Turbocharged?
Porsche was originally due to reveal its new 911 GT3 RS this summer but decided to delay its arrival following the discovery of a fault with the 3.8-liter flat-six engine in the 911 GT3 that the 911 GT3 RS was to share, albeit in uprated form. Now it’s being reported that the new 911 GT3 RS...
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2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS May Be Delayed Due To Engine Fix
Porsche’s next 911 GT3 RS track monster has been spotted testing in prototype form for the past several months and was originally expected to be launched sometime this summer. We’ve just learned, however, that the car’s arrival may be delayed due to additional testing required to...
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The 991 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Might Still Get A Stick: Wishful Thinking?
The news that Porsche's newest take on the hardcore 911, the GT3, would come in PDK-only form was taken a bit hard by some enthusiasts. We totally understand the lack of a three-pedal in the GT3--it's the street-going track version of the car, after all, and race cars have flappy paddle gearboxes...
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About All Of This Whining Over The PDK-Equipped Porsche 911 GT3 & GT3 RS
We get it. Enthusiasts like three-pedal manuals. We like to shift our own gears. We enjoy the feeling of nailing heel-and-toe downshifts a dozen times a lap, lap after lap. It's part of the experience. Wrong. It was part of the experience, once upon a time. Just like having a mechanic ride along on...
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Porsche Engineer Says New 911 GT3 RS Coming In 2014
The wraps have only just come off the new 2014 Porsche 911 GT3, the track focused version of the latest 991 family of 911 models, but already we have details on its more hardcore cousin, the 911 GT3 RS. From the Carrera RS 2.7 of 1973 right up to the Type 997 911 GT3 RS launched in 2010...
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