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Ranking the best Porsche 911 models ever made places the GT2 RS at the top of the chart. It is a mean track beast that features some of the best components Porsche has ever used in a car. Although the engine is the same 3.8-liter flat-six powering the Turbo S, its power output is tuned to produce more power and torque. Standing as Porsche’s flagship model for their Motorsport Division, the GT2 RS sends all its wild power to the rear wheels.
There’s no AWD, so technically, the 911 GT2 RS is the new widowmaker. And at slightly less than $300,000, the GT2 RS is powerful and thrilling enough to make anyone remortgage their homes to buy one. Here are some of its best features and components.
9 The Powerhouse
Bigger is better all the time, but the Porsche 911 GT2 RS needed a mighty powerhouse, thrilling acceleration, and speed, but not a huge engine to reach its optimal performance. This explains why the company equipped this beast with a 3.8-liter flat-six instead of the 4.0-liter naturally aspirated engines. It features the latest turbo technology that helps it reach 700 horsepower and 553lb-ft of torque at 7000 rpm.
Its VarioCam system constantly changes the cams' timing to perfectly maximize the 22 lbs of boost. Helping this tried and proven powerhouse is a smooth and swift-shifting seven-speed double-clutch transmission. The car takes only 2.7 seconds to reach 60 mph from a standstill, making it one of the quickest RWD sports cars ever. And its 211 mph top speed is thrilling enough to make a true enthusiast want one.
8 Engineering Marvel – Pure Work Of Art
Germany is known for some of the best and most exotic cars globally, but none of them looks as brilliantly engineered as the GT2 RS. The car features lots of engineering greatness, expertise, and everything good. Theoretically, it was designed to be awesome, with the ability to drive well on track.
This luxurious work of art offers a lot of raw power and torque, and as such, it deserves a smooth-performing transmission box to route that juice to the right wheels. Porsche equips the GT2 RS with a well-behaved seven-speed PDK dual-clutch box; there’s no manual gearbox for the RS.
7 Swift Transmission
It requires a mighty gearbox to handle 700 horses or raw power. And while manual transmissions are perfect, they cannot effectively handle this kind of power. Even and odd numbers have a unique clutch — while one is engaged in the current gear, the other is shifted and taking care of things in the next gear. In the PDK Sport mode, every gear shifts in the twinkling of an eye.
The GT2 RS transmission features hardened steel parts and short peened shafts. It shifts in a flush and does it with lots of authority. Unlike in lower models, the GT2 RS offers uninterrupted power delivery during shifts — power and timing are not cut during shifts, making it easy to achieve the 211 mph top speed.
6 Water Spray System
Porsche put in a lot of time and work to bolster the chassis of the GT2 RS with a stability system to help tame the power that emanates from the 3.8-liter flat-six engine. There's in place a water spray system that cools all the extra power produced by the turbochargers. This system impacts the intercooler and assists in reducing the engine's temperature.
The car comes with radiators and oil coolers placed behind the front intakes to cool the engine and drivetrain. It features prominent carbon fiber vents that direct air to the intercooler, and the NACA ducts sends air to the front brakes.
5 Outstanding Interior
Long gone are the times when features like air conditioning came as optional components in vehicles. However, Porsche believes that a race car should have as few components as possible, so they built the GT2 RS with only the TrackPrecision package and power windows as standard features. Buyers can have navigation, and AC added at no extra dime. But who needs a heavy track car?
Its steering wheel has no controls — it's designed this way to reduce driver distractions during a race. The car is pretty much analog. The Chrono package and roll cage are standard on the GT2, and the seats are ready for racing harnesses, and the headroom is plenty for times when the occupants are wearing helmets.
4 The GT2 RS Weissach
There's also the 911 GT2 RS with the Weissach Package. This one is not for the faint-hearted or the inexperienced. The Weissach model features several driving modes that require drivers to undertake and learn how the car behaves in each of them. For example, keeping the gas level consistent helps keep the car stable.
The GT2 RS with this record shuttering Weissach Package has an exquisite interior. Inside, drivers are warmly welcomed by the Porsche 918's carbon-fiber seats and an Alcantara steering wheel. The wheel is designed as analog as possible — it comes without controls to ensure the driver is not distracted from focusing on the track.
3 Excellent Brakes
A machine as powerful as the GT2 RS requires a precise stopping force. The GT2 RS brakes include 16 inch carbon-ceramic rotors up front and 15.3 inches at the rear. The rotors are 1.4 inches thick and are held together by six-piston monoblock calipers. They're drilled and feature turbine vanes between their faces to assist in cooling.
The perfect combination of ABS, traction control, and torque vectoring make the GT2 RS a perfect track arrow. And with the several driving modes available, this car is just as perfect as anyone would expect.
2 The Not So Expensive Price Tag
If a buyer prefers to buy a brand new 911 GT2 RS, there's a suggested retail price of $293,200. This amount brings 3,236 lbs of curb weight and a fighter jet-like power to weight ratio to the driveway. That's awesome.
Better still, buying this car could be a better investment than buying stocks; the rate at which it's meant to appreciate is out of this world. There are also higher models with higher price tags, but the base model is just perfect.
1 Unexpectedly Outstanding Features
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS comes equipped with excellent components. There are dive planes in front of the wheels and winglets on the spoiler. Porsche engineered this beast with quite interesting and unexpectedly perfect features. For example, the electric power steering is a viable ratio — 17:1 on center and 13:1 on full lock, which is not limited to the front wheels.
The back wheels come with 2.8 degrees of steering that turn against or with the front wheels, depending on how fast the GT2 RS is traveling. The rear wheels are 21 inches x 12.5 inches wide and have 325/30/ZR21 rubber. To crown, the GT2 RS' maximum torque is achieved at 2,500 to 4,500 rpm.