Porsche unveils new 2012 911 GT3 RSR racecar
Porsche revealed a heavily updated, wider, meaner RSR racecar today - take a look inside.
While you may know Porsche for its extensive lineup of road-ready coupes and convertibles available at your nearest dealer, Germany's largest sportscar manufacturer also produces race-ready solutions like this new 2012 911 GT3 RSR.
The latest GT3 RSR is a serious racecar, filling the range-topping role among Porsche Motorsports' lineup, and for the 2012 season the car arrives with a bevy of changes, including a sizable widening of the body by 48 millimeters.
"Our customer teams can expect a technically mature, high performance race car with which they will be highly competitive at international long distance races," assures Hartmut Kristen, head of Porsche Motorsport. "Our test program on various international race tracks is currently running at full speed. We are very pleased with the car's performance and driveability."
One quick glance at the car and it should be clear that it is definitely of a widebody design, intended to carve through corners at obscene rates of speed, tucking wheels that have also grown for 2012, by 30 mm in the front. Power is sent exclusively to the rear wheels from an air-restricted (racing regulations) 460 horsepower 4.0-iter boxer engine.
Being a racecar, shifting is handled by the efficient and practical six-speed sequential gearbox with paddle shifters mounted to the rear of the steering wheel.
Ducting for the latest car has been modified to fit the wider design, with the nose and rear panels adapted to the flared front and rear wheel arches, as well as the door sill and wheel arch coverings. A keen Porsche eye will also notice that the engine scoop normally found on the 911 GTS2 RS has been replaced by opening in the rear, side sections, known as turbo variants.
Want a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR for yourself? You have until January 2012 to fork over 498,000 Euros - not including tax.
