Re: OFFICIAL: New 991.2 GT3
Whoopsy:911R vs GT3 Touring
-911R has single mass flywheel
-911R is numbered
-911R has a bit more 'emotions', less insulation so more noise
-911R has a few lightweight bits
-GT3 Touring has a better engine
-GT3 Touring has a bit more stability at high speed due to extra downforce
-GT3 Touring after configuration will be about 15% cheaper than a comparable 911R (both counting MSRP)
The GT3 Touring is a direct result from people going after the 911R like crazies.
Some say about 80% of people ordering manual GT3 will go for the Touring option, rough guess Porsche will make around 4000 GT3. figured the take up rate for manual cars will be 30%, 1200 manual cars and if 80% figure is true, Porsche will make around 1000 GT3 Touring, around the same number as 911R.
Don't get swayed by forums about everyone is ordering manual. Car forums have perhaps a few hundred active members that are ordering manual cars, the silent majority outside of online forums will be ordering PDK.
Fitting PDK back onto the GT3 Touring is trivial, I wouldn't be surprised if Porsche ended up allowing that option later down the road.
As a 911R owner, do I feel upset or betrayed? Not really. From talking to AP, I always knew a manual GT3 is coming, the 911R is just a beta car for them to test out the 6-speed and diffuser. Porsche dressed up a beta test car and limit the number to make it 'special'. Now going all the way to make it wingless does put a little bit of sour taste in my mouth, but in the end, there are still a lot of content difference between the 2 cars. Hopefully with the Touring car people will not go crazy on the 911R anymore and make the price come down, so I can actually drive it more.
This is what I suspect at some point...as a last "edition". Too late for me I'm afraid...not that it matters.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet (2015), Porsche Cayenne S Diesel (2017), Audi R8 V10 Plus (2016), Mini JCW (2015)