If you thought owning a Porsche 911 GT2 made you a badass, think again. Porsche is planning to unveil a much more capable machine, Porsche GT2 RS. And though the auto press has yet to test drive it, word about its specs is spreading like wildfire.
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
This is the fastest and most powerful road-going sports car ever built in the history of Porsche, with power up by 90 horsepower and weight down by 154 pounds in comparison with the already extreme 911 GT2. The car’s 3.6-liter six-cylinder boxer engine boosted by two turbochargers with variable turbine geometry exclusive to Porsche drives the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox. The final numbers come in at 620 horsepower and 3,021 pounds in road trim with all fluids on board. Porsche says that the GT2 RS can complete a lap of the legendary Nürburgring circuit in seven minutes 18 seconds, some 16 seconds faster than the Porsche GT2.
The GT2 RS gets some additional hardware improvements, including wider light-alloy wheels and new tires (245/35ZR19 in front and 325/30ZR19 in the rear), composite ceramic brakes, adaptive suspension management, specific stabilizer bars and engine mounts, plus a recalibrated stability management system that enables the driver to individually switch off stability- and traction-control functions.
Together, these exterior and mechanical modifications make the Porsche 911 GT2 RS a force to reckon with. Porsche claims 0 to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds (0.2 second faster than the 911 GT2), 0 to 124 mph in 9.8 seconds and 0 to 186 mph in 28.9 seconds, reports Autoweek. Top speed is 205 mph at redline in sixth gear.
There will only be five hundred of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS made, and it you want one it is going to set you back about $245,000, it will officially be unveiled at the Moscow Auto Show on the 25th of August 2010.
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Porsche 911 GT2 RS
