GT3 RS

French-registered 3.8 RS leaving the Chateau de Prye, the mid-day stop of the Rallye de Paris, heading to Circuit de Magny-Cours for some track action.
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Stunning!

Thank you.

 

Joe,
A couple questions if I may..

Do you think this car will fetch anywhere near this estimate?

Do you know what the DZM option is?


2011 Porsche 997 GT3 RS 3.8 | Gooding & Company
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Anything is possible in this market, and we are all awaiting the Scottsdale Auctions as a updated gauge of values. Look at it this way, is there another PTS 3.8 RS with the same mileage for sale for less than this estimate? Either way, its a very nice low-mileage PTS example of the 3.8 RS. Considering that MY 2011 is the last year for the manual gearbox & Mezger engine iconic combination in Rennsport cars, these cars have become very collectible.

The DZM reference refers to the trim-color package in black (air-intake bezel, door mirrors, wheels & wing end-plates). I think the auction text should say its the only one "in the USA" as we know that there is one in the UK http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/143619399-post2739.html and another in the UAE with the same package.

 

3.6 RS @ The Green Hell in the wet!
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3.8 RS in better weather @ the Nürburgring
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Thank you for your thoughts and information.

 

November 2004, before the mighty 997 series was upon us.
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Dutch-registered 3.6 @ Assen
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As the owner of a 2011 RS 3.8 (with customization package DZH) I sincerely hope they get that price.....rising tide and all that

Bill
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I'd only hope for appreciation in price if you intend to sell. I bought our 3.0 Turbo Carrera for a reasonable sum, and almost the very next day, prices sky-rocketed. As I'm not selling, the only "benefit" to me is rising insurance, a need for better security on the garage, and a lingering doubt when using it as intended (at the track, weekends away, etc.).

I suppose it will make it easier to justify if the car ever needs money put into it.

 

3.8 RS New Jersey-registered WINGS
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Hong Kong-registered RHD 3.6 RS
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2 guys around my area with one. Both black and orange. On one hand, I love the way the orange body looks and how bright it is, but orange wheels also set the car off with a black body.

Green looks amazing.

 

Many agree.

Here is one @ the Gran Turismo Evo 2012, Nordschleife, paddock
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlbECvgWhv8

Great new-car test by renowned tester.

 

Steve, you touch on an interesting topic. I have owned many old classics, and what I have found is that if they are to be used to any significant degree, they require money to be spent on them, significant amounts in fact, lots of money, often a percentage of the car's value, if done right and not on a shoestring.

The thing I like about the contemporary classics (Ferrari Supercars and more especially the last-of-a-series Porsche RS cars the topic of this thread) is that they require less money to be spent on them because their build-quality is light years better in the first place. Added to that, not only are someone of them as collectible and valuable, but they are so (dual-purpose road & track) usable, so amazingly reliable, and, just so much fun. The combination of the aforementioned cannot IMHO be beaten.

German-registered 3.8 RS in static and menacing repose...
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Race-car driver Danica Patrick tested the 2007 GT3 RS to the limit: Danica Patrick drives the 2007 Porsche 911 GT3RS - The Science of Speed Video - Motor Trend
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Danica Patrick at speed in the 3.6 RS
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EVO magazine number 098 featuring the 3.6 RS
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EVO magazine number 142 featuring the 3.8 RS
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Top Gear magazine April 2010 featuring the then-new 3.8 RS
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UK-registered RHD PTS Riviera Blue (designation delete) 4.0 RS flying down an English country road...
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Riteous

 

Rolling along, 996 GT3 RS featured in issue number 62
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