{"id":1011,"date":"2015-03-04T23:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T23:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luxurycarmagazine.com\/en\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2015-03-04T23:28:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T23:28:21","slug":"2016-porsche-911-gt3-loses-weight-gains-power-rs-moniker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurycarmagazine.com\/en\/2016-porsche-911-gt3-loses-weight-gains-power-rs-moniker\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Porsche 911 GT3 loses weight, gains power and RS moniker"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s one thing Porsche does well (well, there\u2019s a lot more than one, but bear with me) it\u2019s track-derived road cars; the press release itself for the new GT3RS makes sure we know that, confidently stating that it \u201cbreaks down the barrier between road-going sports cars and race cars.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And because this is Porsche, that\u2019s far, far<\/em> more than just corporate speak.<\/p>\n

All that aerodynamic addenda you see? All functional, including new vents over the front wheels\u2014very race car-like, those\u2014that combine with the big rear wing and front lip spoiler to add even more downforce. The wider body is shared with the 911 Turbo.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll want that downforce, because all sorts of lightweight materials\u2014including, for the first time, magnesium for the roof\u2014help save 10 kilos over the GT3, already a light car in its own right. Much easier to catch air over crests, then\u2026<\/p>\n

Power comes from the naturally-aspirated 4.0-litre flat-6, making a whopping 500 horsepower and 338 lb.-ft. of torque. \u00a0That makes it the most powerful fuel-injected, naturally aspirated engine in the 911 family, and it\u2019s enough to get the GT3 RS from 0-60 mph in a claimed 3.1 seconds. Paired with a newly-developed PDK transmission (the only transmission announced so far), it helped the GT3 RS complete a lap of the Nurbugring Nordschleife five seconds faster than a standard GT3.<\/p>\n

In the chassis department, rear-wheel steering and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus\u2014whereby power is instantly sent to whichever rear wheel can make the most use of it\u2014helps stabilize the car, while a wider front and rear track (and the widest tires seen on any current 911 model) help reduce body roll.<\/p>\n

Inside, you\u2019ll find new seats based on the items from the 918 Spyder hypercar, and a new Track Precision app combines with the GPS to measure a number of parameters as you tackle the track.<\/p>\n

Watch for the RS\u2019 launch in the middle of summer 2015.<\/p>\n

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