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Welcome to the stratosphere of your driving capability.

The new 911 GT3 RS. We all reach a limit eventually. This can be personal, physical or the technically feasible. At that point, we could give up, turn around and admit defeat. Or we could carry on and surpass even ourselves. The new 911 GT3 RS breaks boundaries – an experience we have no intention of keeping from you. Welcome to the stratosphere of your driving capability. For that to be possible, nothing less than an explosion of power is required.

Plus a tremendous amount of propulsion: the 4.0-litre flat-six engine delivers 368 kW (500 hp) and a torque of 460 Nm. With a maximum speed of 8,800 rpm, it pushes to the extreme – and yet never feels the strain. Equipped with Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) as standard, this thoroughbred athlete blazes through the 100 km/h mark after merely 3.3 seconds – that’s 0.6 seconds faster than its predecessor. Nevertheless, the new 911 GT3 RS is also capable of slowing the pace down: the PIT SPEED button on the centre console activates a safety-oriented speed limiter, cooling the car’s temperament at a single stroke.

Engine power is converted into propulsive force by 7-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK), fitted as standard. Seventh gear is optimised for performance, and gear ratios are tuned for racetrack driving. The chassis has been engineered for maximum performance. Dynamic engine mounts and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) with sports tuning are all included in the standard specification. The body of the new 911 GT3 RS has been fleshed out. By comparison with the predecessor model, it is around 30 mm broader at the rear and even 80 mm broader at the front.

With its wider track, a 100 mm longer wheelbase and with rear-axle steering fitted as standard, the new 911 GT3 RS represents a new dimension in driving and roll stability and promises even better agility and driving performance. This performance capability is underpinned by wider wheels and tyres as well as by the enlarged wheel diameter of 21 inches on the rear axle. Despite the extra girth, the 911 GT3 RS is strict on weight. To increase its chances of victory and further reduce fuel consumption, many of its components are made from carbon and light alloys, such as magnesium or aluminium. The potential to push limits has never been so great as it is today. And who knows? The 911 GT3 RS might just show you that the realms of impossibility are much further away than you ever dared imagine.

Aerodynamics and design. Experience from motorsport has taught us that the limit is not the place for frivolous accessories or superfluous gimmicks. Here, everything fulfils a particular purpose. Motorsport technology in its purist form is epitomised by the front wheel arch air outlets of the lightweight carbon wings. With 12 slats, they provide an efficient exit for the air drawn into the front wheel arches. This reduces the overpressure created by the turning wheels and thereby counters lift. It’s an aerodynamic detail with road approval, otherwise found only on racing cars like the RS Spyder. The result is extra downforce, generated together with the aerodynamically styled front end and the 911 GT3 RS-specific front spoiler. At the limit, the air rapidly thins out. That’s why the new 911 GT3 RS has two air intake openings for the engine – on the left and right in the rear side sections. At the rear, the new 911 GT3 RS is muscular in appearance, aggressively so when seen from the side. The 21-inch wheels on the rear axle not only improve the footprint, traction and lateral dynamics, they also help to provide a slight forward pitch, which hints at the car’s hunger for acceleration.

Another unique characteristic of the new 911 GT3 RS is the surface contouring of its lightweight magnesium roof and carbon luggage compartment lid. The cooling air intake grilles are coated in titanium colour. The carbon rear lid has wing uprights in forged aluminium and a rear wing, also made from carbon. The indicators, daytime running lights and position lights are designed with LED technology. SportDesign exterior mirrors embody lightweight construction. The rear silencer in titanium is characteristic. Each aerodynamic measure works in harmony with the customary Porsche motorsport design to form a functional unit: a high level of downforce and a high degree of driving stability.