2008 Porsche GT3 RSR
February 14, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
“More powerful than any other 911 based Porsche, the GT3 RSR is a pure bred racing car”
The Price: 349,800 Euro, plus taxes. AUD$570,431
by: Anthony Crawford
Porsche Motorsport is on a roll. As if the GT3 Cup wasn’t quick enough, then came the GT3 Cup S and now the daddy of them all, the ferocious GT3 RSR.
GT2 is one of the more exciting race series these days, due largely to the super exotics such as the Ferrari F430GT, Spyker GT2 R and soon to be released Aston Martin Vantage GT2, which contest this class.
These are seriously fast machines which race long distances and are generally piloted by professional racing drivers.
With wins at the 24 hours of Le Mans and Spa in Belgium along with an outright first place at the Nuerburgring 24 hours last year, there is no doubt that the patriarch of the 911 dynasty, is the car to beat.
What these Porsche guys manage to get out of a naturally aspirated 3.8 litre six-cylinder boxer engine, is staggering. Remember, its not an eight or a twelve, and there’s no turbos or superchargers within a country mile. At full tilt, it produces no less than 342kW (465bhp) at 8,000rpm but the rev limiter doesn’t get busy until the needle hits 9,400rpm. Staggering times two!
It’s little wonder then that this year’s engine remains largely unchanged from last year’s effort.
What is new is the six-speed sequential gearbox was developed for the magnificent Porsche RS Spyder and is substantially lighter than last year’s effort.
Teams will also have a wider choice of suspension set-ups due to the flat angle of the driveshaft.
With only 35 GT3 RSR’s to be built, this may well be one of the most exclusive 911’s ever produced.
“Let’s just hope salaries at Car Advice improve dramatically otherwise this is the closest I’ll ever get to this 911”
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looks nowhere near as good as the aston..but then again nothin does
looks a bit chav to me as well, and old
but then again i cant afford niether of these cars atm so im not one to comment
Nissan looks pissed.
Yeah, bye bye GT-R huh! No way the Nissan GT-R can compete with this now, there’s no way I’d buy a GT-R for $160K when I can buy the RSR for just $570 grand instead. Any GT-R that comes up alongside me when I’m in my 911 GT3RSR is a goner.
Thats Ace Godspeed….
Looks a bit Chav…..you’re avin laf boy its sorted maaate!
are these road legal or track only?
track only
GOD! Its georgeous…..have to have one…..anyone got any old money they don’t want????
awesome series producing serious eXcitement – need to be more than a mere mortal to steer one of these.
I’d prefer an atom for the money, roughly 90k aust compared to 570,431
someone needs to challenge porsche’s dominance in motorsports.
will be nice to see how many people will be entering with nissans or ferrari’s instead of the usual porsches and bmws.
Porsche is going to get knocked off the top. Starting with their fastest production models getting wiped off the Nurburgring by Nissan, Lexus, and possibly Honda as well. And well, we already know that the Japanese GT500 (SuperGT) cars are faster than FIA GT1 cars which have at least 100+ more hp than the GT500’s. IMO, it’s a natural progression of evolution. If you’re at the top, if somebody else wants to be there, then it’s only a matter of time before you get replaced. Supremacy is always temporal.
wooooooooooooooow