The most powerful and fastest 911 Porsche has ever built is now in Malaysia. With 700bhp and 750Nm – which all goes to the rear wheels – there are plenty of other details which can make any motorhead nod in approval. Its top speed is 340kph, revs to a maximum of 7,000rpm, and does the century sprint in just 2.8 seconds. Remember: rear-wheel drive!
Still nodding your head? This will stop it: the base price of the new 911 GT2 RS is RM2.9 million.
Still, this is a car which laps the 20.6km Nurburgring Nordschleife in six minutes 47.3 seconds, with an average speed of 184.11kph. The new time is faster than the Porsche 918 Spyder’s (6:57s), and certainly the time set by the Nissan GT-R Nismo (7:08s; whatever happened to the rivalry?). And yes, the GT2 RS’ time is a new record for road-approved cars.
The source of the immense power comes from the 3.8-litre flat six as used in the 911 Turbo S, and now makes 80bhp/50Nm more than the previous GT2 RS. It sports larger turbochargers, new cooling system, and can reduce the air temperature out of the turbocharger using an intercooler water-spray . The gearbox is a customised 7-speed PDK, and sorry, no manual box option unlike in the GT3.
Weight saving is a big thing here: among others the exhaust is titanium which is 7kg lighter, bonnet, rear mirror housings and front wing are carbon fibre, while the roof is magnesium. Even the springs are lighter. Having said that, the anti-roll bars are softer than before, but with increased spring rates. Basically what’s lost in comfort is a gain in lateral stability. Pretty much the GT3 RS, then. As such, the GT2 RS also has rear-wheel steering. The car comes standard with carbon brakes (PCCB), makes sense.
Want it lighter? That’s what the Weissach package is for and this swaps the magnesium roof for a carbon fibre one, the same of the anti-roll bars and coupling rods. The wheels are made from magnesium too. Overall this shaves off 30kg from the GT2 RS’ 1,470kg.
The launch also hosted two other special events. First, it was the first to be held at night together with Sepang International Circuit’s new lighting facility. For that, Porsche club owners had first dibs of driving at a lighted up Sepang track. Second, the ten first owners of the new Porsche GT2 RS received their keys, and proceeded to join the track day (or is it track night? Discuss). It was a sight to behold, ten cars lined up for a total bill that exceeds RM30 million. Plus the Weissach package extra, which was fitted to ALL the cars.
