Jan 14, 2007 9:23:40 AM
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North American GT3RS
I'm confused.
I was jus reading Excellence (Feb 2007), and Andreas Preuninger (project manager) is quoted as follows:" In the US, we had certain legislative burdens to homologate the car . . . it is not legal for us to equip the car with the roll cage, plastic rear window, or the lightweight seats. But you can order them through Porsche spare parts. You can even get the single mass flywheel for the US! The flywheel saves 18 lbs of rotating mass and makes the engines rev more quickly."
The article goes on to say that for the US at least, the real difference offered by the RS is the lack of a sunroof. (So to get a GT3 without a sunroof we have to pay an extra 17G!!) The other goodies offered on the RS are the wider hips, unique paint options (which you can special order anyways), and rear spoiler.
Is that true? The extra 17,000 clams in the US simply buys you the cosmetic stuff and ditches the sunroof, all of which you could buy for you GT3 (except the wider hips and sunroof delete) anyways??
WHAT A WASTE! THE US GT3 RS IS JUST A GT3 IN A CLOWN SUIT
I was jus reading Excellence (Feb 2007), and Andreas Preuninger (project manager) is quoted as follows:" In the US, we had certain legislative burdens to homologate the car . . . it is not legal for us to equip the car with the roll cage, plastic rear window, or the lightweight seats. But you can order them through Porsche spare parts. You can even get the single mass flywheel for the US! The flywheel saves 18 lbs of rotating mass and makes the engines rev more quickly."
The article goes on to say that for the US at least, the real difference offered by the RS is the lack of a sunroof. (So to get a GT3 without a sunroof we have to pay an extra 17G!!) The other goodies offered on the RS are the wider hips, unique paint options (which you can special order anyways), and rear spoiler.
Is that true? The extra 17,000 clams in the US simply buys you the cosmetic stuff and ditches the sunroof, all of which you could buy for you GT3 (except the wider hips and sunroof delete) anyways??
WHAT A WASTE! THE US GT3 RS IS JUST A GT3 IN A CLOWN SUIT
This makes me go crazy every time I think about it.
