Downforce majeure
Lighter, more accurate and with improved aerodynamics, the 911 GT3 is fast in, fast out, fast everywhere, says Andrew Frankel
IT WILL NOT HAVE ESCAPED YOUR attention that fast car manufacturers are engaged in a seemingly endless, futile and entirely counterproductive power struggle. Porsche is as guilty as anyone, but not its Motorsport department, responsible for its GT series cars. The engineers who work there beg to differ.
Which is why this new 911 GT3 has a grand total of 10bhp more than the last, not enough to shave so much as a tenth off its 0-60mph time. Then again, if what you want is a normally aspirated engine producing around 500bhp from a 4-litre capacity, that’s the price you pay. The reward is a motor that is internally identical to that in the Carrera Cup racing car, revs to 9000bhp and makes a noise of which a modern V8 Ferrari or McLaren could only dream.