The Porsche 911, in all its variants, has always been a highly venerated sports car, and then the brand brought in the 911 GT3 as a high-performance homologation model of the Porsche 911. The high-performance models began way back, with the advent of the 1973 911 Carrera RS.
The GT3 took some time in coming, introduced in 1999 as the first-gen of the Porsche 991 996, or the 996.1 As with homologation models, the 996 GT3 came devoid of anything and everything unrelated to performance, including loudspeakers, air-con and sound deadening. The idea was to make the car as light as possible.
And the results seem to have worked with the 911 GT3 winning several titles including the 24 Hours Nürburgring, 24 Hours of Daytona, Bathhurst 12 Hour, Petit Le Mans, and more. Clearly, the Porsche 911 GT3 makes for a special sports car. And since the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS has been announced, we are excited, and this is why we feel it’s going to be the best ever.
10 Let’s Begin With The Porsche 911 GT3 Engine
The heart of the 911 GT3 sits in the rear and unlike other Porsches, this one is not turbo or supercharged. It’s a naturally-aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six and makes 502 horses, all the while singing a rather catchy tune.
The GT3 offers just a little extra, with a seven-speed dual-clutch PDK automatic transmission, or a six-speed manual if driving stick-shift is more your style. But either way, the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 puts substance over style and the ride proves it. And the GT3 RS will be even more than this.
9 The Porsche 911 GT3 Beats The 911, Hands Down
When Porsche sat down to dream up a new GT3, they took the best-handling version of the 911, then 992, and then tore it apart to find ways to better it. And so the new 2022 911 GT3 is better than even the 992 when it comes to handling.
Everything about it is on-point, so much so that the steering-wheel paddles feel like a faux accessory. You are simply not going to need them because the Porsche 911 GT3 preempts every driving decision you need to make on the track so we can only imagine how the GT3 RS will feel like.
8 The Unequal Control-Arm Front Suspension
A control-arm front suspension on a street-legal track car; who would have thought of that? Porsche, of course, and inspired by their race cars, there is now a control-arm front suspension on the GT3, a first for in a production 911.
So you can corner as hard as you’d like the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 – that front suspension and plenty of other jazzed-up track-ready addition to the car makes you feel like a hero on the track. Even if you aren’t.
7 The Most Visceral Downforce Yet
Driving the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 is unlike any other Porsche, and to add to its superb track worthiness, Porsche also gave it a 1.9-inch wider front track. There’s 150% more downforce than usual, which is saying something considering even if your run-of-the-mill Porsches really like to push down on the road.
At max downforce, the most aggressive setting, the GT3 makes 317 pounds of downforce if going at 125 MPH. At top speed, it makes a whopping 770 pounds. So we wonder, what will the GT3 RS make?
6 The Rubber Spitting Tires
It's not all car, some of the credit to the prowess of the Porsche 911 GT3 goes to the tires, the barely-domesticated Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2Rs. The combination of the wider front-track with rear-wheel steering on those tires means the car lets you tighten the line on the track anytime.
With less tread depth, these tires like to run hot at 150-160 degrees. And they will start slinging rubber off the track and at your tail, leaving black streaks of melted rubber on the sides of the car post a track run.
5 The 911 GT3 Has Three Versions
Like with the last generation of the GT3, this time around the Porsche 911 GT3 will come in three models. There’s the standard GT3, equipped with everything we waxed eloquently about. And then there’s the GT3 Touring, which will nix the rear wing and make for a more toned-down look.
And then there’s the even more track-oriented model, the GT3 RS that Porsche is so tight-lipped about, it's driving all Porsche fans nuts.
4 Top Speeds Are Likely Exhilarating
The 2022 911 GT3 boasts a top speed of 197 MPH, and races 0-60 MPH in 3.2 seconds, basically before you can let you that deep breath you just took in. Now, we can only imagine what the GT3 RS is going to be like, considering the 2018 GT3 RS managed to snag 193 MPH, effortlessly.
So yes, the 2022 GT3 RS is likely to top 200 MPH, but if we truly hedge our bets, it can and probably will top 210 MPH. Now that’s truly breath-taking, especially with that downforce-inducing swan-mounted wang (read big wing).
3 Making the 911 GT3 RS Even More Race Oriented
How much more race-oriented can a GT3 get? Frankly, even the GT3, in its standard form comes foaming at the mouth to get to the track. Heck, there’s a new Track Display in the cabin in the GT3 that shows all your relevant driving stats for the racetrack.
While the GT3 RS also wears Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, there may be a size difference with bigger tires in the rear. Ultimately, the GT3 RS is a more track weapon than a car, and it shows visually as well.
2 Better Breathing Power
Compared to the GT3, the GT3 RS has been spotted with additional vents on the hood and front fenders and many of these vents may also have some active elements, to bring about better breathing.
There’s a more aggressive front splitter and new side skirts, with an even more massive rear wing, with swan-neck struts. The wing is also likely to have an active element, moving or angling to add to performance.
1 The 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Is All About Numbers
The GT3 makes 503 horses, but the previous GT3 RS already made a peak of 520 horses and 346 lb-ft of torque. So 2022’s GT3 RS may just blow everyone away with fantastic output numbers, as has always been the trend for the RS.
The GT3 RS is likely to run on the same seven-speed PDK transmission minus any manual option, and come with superior and better-cooled braking as well. All in all, we expect it to be the brightest track star from Porsche. And the wait is killing the Porsche fans.