Porsche has taken its 911 GT3 RS to a place usually reserved for million-dollar hypercars when it comes to extreme aerodynamic performance.
its forthcoming $800,000-plus mid-engine Valhalla will make more than 1,433 pounds of downforce at 150 mph.
Perhaps counterintuitive at first blush, the RS is about 80 pounds heavier than the standard GT3, but this is due to the addition of the extra go-fast equipment, including wider 911 Turbo-style bodywork, the hydraulically controlled massive rear wing, the active front-wing flaps located in the nose, wider front and rear track widths, and wider wheels and tires.
Even on the wet Silverstone, we initially could see and feel the downforce benefit most clearly in deceleration zones. Following a seasoned instructor who had more laps of the circuit than we did and who was regardless probably inherently quicker than us as a driver, the GT3 RS absolutely annihilated his standard GT3 on the brakes. We're talking utter carnage. Time and again, it devoured yards' worth of distance from the advantage he held going into a corner.
Speaking of power, the 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS boasts a mild bump over the GT3, 518 hp versus 502, while peak torque decreases from 346 to 342. The small horsepower gain is thanks to a few changes to the 4.0-liter naturally aspirated flat-six, mostly its new intake and exhaust camshafts and a more efficient exhaust system.
Unlike plenty of other experiences, at no point did any of this feel like Bergmeister was tempting fate or that the car was a snappy, unpredictable handful controllable only by a top-flight pro driver. Watching his hands and feet on the wheel and pedals supported this perception. Yet the sheer physicality of the cornering forces and speed is nearly unprecedented in a road-legal series-production car on street tires, and it's entirely unprecedented at this price point.
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