GT3RS 500 horsies. That be the rumor. Porsche is the master at wringing the absolute last buck out of the outgoing model.
so what is this, the 23rd 997 variant? sheesh. The 997 GT3RSR America Club Sport Speedster, that name rolls right off the tongue
Okey, thanks. 50 hp power hike, in a NA engine, just for a special edition seems unlikely... 500 hp output sounds too optimistic in 997's lifetime...
I think you may be confused by the stories of the 3.9L Sharkwerk upgradeed GT3s with 500 HP massaged engine outputs. Those have been available since the 997.1 GT3's (came out in 2009?).
reminds me of the software business: software sales to a CTO "Hey, recall that POS i sold you last year?..."
Well, I think the days of high output gasoline engined cars are limited by the appearance of hybrid racers. So Porsche may indeed do a last hurrah sale of the current GT3 configuration to bump up RSR output to 500 HP to be competitive to the BMW V8 and Corvette V8, and Ferrari V8s.
Just as I guessed, it will use the RSR powerplant 4L/500 HP: http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/20/rumormill-porsche-sending-off-997-with-500-hp-911-gt3-rs/
This is all in keeping with Porsche's corporate goal of selling 150,000 cars by 2012(14?). So the specials keep on coming... see L.A. autoshow Cayman Club Sport or R, Boxster Spyder, GT2 RS, etc. New 2011 Cayenne and Panamera V6. Nothing can stop the Porsche Juggernaut from its goal to be #1.
I believe the VW/Porsche merger has fallen apart (again). but I agree, this strategy will end badly for Porsche. cars that once led the industry in retained value now depreciate worse than almost any other car; at some point that kills new car sales. killing the goose that laid the golden egg...
$200K is too expensive, unless of course you have an xtra $100K burning a hole in your pocket. Depreciation on that will make GT2s look like good value.
Sure, if you want the slow poser one. The serious version is the 997 GT3RSR America Club Sport Speedster Carrera GTS.
