wurlie:
If I were buying a GT3 now, I would buy the 991 without a thought. I like a lot how it looks. I like a lot how it sounds. I like a lot how it seems to drive on track (based on the videos posted here also).
I have fallen in love with Porsche and the GT3 ethos not only because the performance potential of the platform, which I will most certainly never be able to fully exploit. Mainly the attraction came from the genuine connection between the road going GT3 and the Cup of the same generation. I am fortunate to own a version of a 997 GT3, and have with my own hands bolted on many genuine Cup parts. This fact in itself adds to the joy of owning the car.
None of the above can currently be applied to the 991 GT3. For me, this is unfortunate, and makes, in my opinion, 991 GT3 less attractive. Hence, Porsche has, in one possible view, moved away from the original GT3 ethos. We might like, not like or be ambivalent about that fact. I do not particularly like it, but can understand the technological advancement argument.
There is a nagging disappointment that I have with the way Porsche has made some choices relevant to the 991 GT3 and communicated them (exclusive PDK-S, rear wheel steering, weight, engine not used in Motorsport). I understand this does not matter to some people. It does to me, and perhaps some others. It also, in my view, makes the 991 GT3 a different kind of GT3. It seems it is just not made in the same spirit as all the ones that came before.
So spare a thought for those who are somewhat disappointed in the brand they feel very strongly about, disappointed about the change in direction it is taking some of its long held and communicated values.
Best, w
Cup parts and all and the new 991 GT3 will probably still eat your 997 GT3 for breakfast.
Add the upcoming GT3 RS to the equation, I really don't know what you complaint about???
For street driving, most cup parts are illegal in Germany, so you may have bolted them on to your GT3 but this doesn't mean it became a better car. You just improved (depending on what you did and for what purpose, this could be questionable too) the track racing capabilities, so maybe you just didn't understand the stand of a GT3 and a GT3 Cup in the motorsport family? If you are using your car mainly for track racing, get a Cup, not the street version.
I understand what you are trying to say but I think that you got the wrong idea of the GT3. The GT3 was never a race car but a very capable sports car with very good track capabilities.
Which reminds me of a friend who raced a GT3 and then a GT3 RS in the Alpenpokal. In the end, he always wanted a more professional race car because everything was a compromise.
The 991 GT3 is probably the fastest GT3 Porsche ever built but this is not a car you want to track race professionally. Get the Cup version or at least wait for the GT3 RS.
Maybe Porsche marketing kind of created a false impression of the GT3 but I think Mr. Preuninger and others made pretty clear that the GT3 is a street car but one you can easily take to the track too for some track fun.
You want a professional race car? Talk to Porsche Motorsport. They do this stuff but certainly not based on a street legal GT3.
Like it or not but it wasn't different with the 997 GT3. Yes, there are tons of Cup parts available for this car but does this really help the typical GT3 customer with anything? Cup parts = most likely bye bye street legal status. So why not get a Cup car in the first place? Money? Well...thats a different story.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche Panamera Turbo S, Cayenne GTS (958), 991 Turbo S (Oct. 5th), BMW X3 35d (2013)