What do you think of he brand new Porsche GT2 RS?

Sounds pretty amazing from a quick look at the specs. The supposed specs are 620hp and just over 3000# (and supposedly 7:18 around Nordschleife). As for the choice of the 3.6L, it's possible this has been in development longer than the Turbo S, or more likely that the 3.6L is simply more developed (may also be simple marketing to allow for a bump up in a couple years to help further recoup development costs). As for the transmission choice, this is inline with all of their GT offerings, and backs up the fact that the PDK, while promising, is still not quite 100% in terms of fully balancing drivability and performance.

Now, to Copenhagen ring's answer, which seems pretty unrealistic:

>Honestly I think they're worthless pieces of ****.

No problem, to each their own (though it begs the question... how many have you driven and/or owned to come to that conclusion?).

>...you probably have no clue what either one of those cars are but you'll figure it out eventually...

Of course, because people that like and/own European cars have zero knowledge of American cars?

>...that will fry the porsche in the 1/4 and in a road course for 1/4 the cost of you're porsche.

Let's just be clear? You think you can build a '69 Fury that will go around the Nurburgring in 7:18? Ok, it may just be possible... but what I want to know is how you plan to do that since part of the process will involve fabricating a new lightweight unibody with adequate torsional rigidity to handle the suspension capable of that kind of time (as well as designing, fabricating, and fitting the suspension... along with testing time to fine tune the pick up points)... and you are doing this all for the 1/4 the cost of the Porsche? Really, if you can do all this so easily and cheaply you should be working for an F1 team - they would pay millions for such quick and efficient work! You don't really seem to have a concept of just how fast any modern Porsche is around a road course, let alone how fast the GT2 RS is reported to be.

>I might get a whopping 7 miles to the gallon after I'm through with the motor...

I'm starting to get the impression you don't spend alot of time at road courses? I barely get 7mpg at the track with an engine that would get 25-30mpg on the street.

>...4.96lb/horse doesn't mean anything <blah blah blah, torque>...

Not quite. While torque is important as far as moving weight, the Porsche is only about 3000#. What you might mean is that an engine that produces lots of torque will tend to make more power lower in the rev range... however this isn't really important in racing where cars are not that heavy, and engines are normally operating in the upper part of their rev range anyways. However, the turbo Porsche DO produce quite a bit of torque... if anything, they are already bordering on too much to be effective in very tight corners (interested to hear how you intend to effetively put the power down with so much more than that).

>anybody can go out and drop a lot of money and buy a car that's going to perform.

Sure, anyone... given the time, money, and knowledge. In this case that "anyone" would be the engineers at Porsche. The car will perform, and the fact is, it will perform much better than anything you can build across a wide range. Yes, you could build a car that will be quicker in a drag for less, or one that is quicker around a road course... but you could not build one for less that would do both, be street legal, and still offer things like A/C, heater, etc.

If you think it's over priced... it's not an inexpensive vehicle. It will be worth it to some, not for others, and likewise unaffordable for many. However, ranting on and acting as if you are an authority on things you clearly have limited knowledge of reflects more on you than on what you are ranting about. For the record the Fury is a cool car (The Charger too!)... and a very good drag racing platform; but it would be a pretty major challenge to engineer a solution for one that would allow it to even come close to an older 2.5L Boxster around a road course, let alone be on par with the GT2RS.

that's an a chortle question, so i will answer it. in case you certainly need "a intense ingredient is (sic) style and visual allure," then you definately'll purchase Ferrari (or Lamborghini). on the different hand, if "reliability, velocity, ..." is what you go with, you will get a Porsche. Porsche is the "stealth" supercar: it does not stand out in a crowd the way the fancy Italian fashions do. Porsche, notwithstanding, is a approaches greater appropriate engineered and geared up for the long haul.

Honestly I think they're worthless pieces of ****. It's a porsche for crying out loud, an over priced piece of junk! I can build a 68 charger/challenger R/T and get a 440 out of a 69 fury interceptor...(and there's one sitting just outside of town for $400 with the motor and trans) you probably have no clue what either one of those cars are but you'll figure it out eventually...that will fry the porsche in the 1/4 and in a road course for 1/4 the cost of you're porsche. and guess what I'll turn more heads 2. I might get a whopping 7 miles to the gallon after I'm through with the motor but I'll still fry the porsche! they're worthless pieces of junk. and not only that if i were to t-bone that porsche in my pickup at 35 I'll completely destroy it. 4.96lb/horse doesn't mean anything and it ain't going to help you in a drag or a race that's got a lot of hair pin turns horsepower don't get you moving torque does most people that like porsche's don't have a clue that torque gets you moving so i figured I'd explain that to you. bottom line it's over priced and worthless. anybody can go out and drop a lot of money and buy a car that's going to perform. It takes a real person to build one...especially one that'll take away all there "inherent advantages"...Ask a ? about a real vehicle next time.

You guys get into this! Well it's a little out of my price range, but It's a cool car

writing the $245,000 check right now.