The 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

The brand new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is able to race. The major product of Porsche Motorsport's buyer racing autos will head in to the 2012 period wîth extensive modifications. Specially striking initially look would be the adjustments into the human body: the width from the new GT3 RSR has developed by forty eight millimetres. Constructed to evolve to your A.C.O. 'LM' GTE rules, the 911 represents the crowning pinnacle of the choice of profitable buyer activity race automobiles which might be dependant on the 997 variety 911 GT3 RS road sports activities vehicle.

Powering the newest 911 GT3 RSR is a particularly successful six-cylinder boxer engine wîth a four-litre potential. By using a mandatory air-restrictor, it generates 460 hp (338 kW) and drives the 310 millimetre wide rear wheels. The diameter in the front wheels has greater by thirty mm to now measure 680 millimetres. The Porsche sequential six-speed gearbox is operated via paddle shifts within the §teering wheel.

The nose and rear panels are adapted for the flared front and back wheel arches, as would be the door sill along with the wheel arch coverings. The aerodynamic concept is complemented by a different ducting of your intake air. Openings in the rear facet sections, as well-known through the turbocompresseur variants from the Porsche 911, replace the oxygen scoop around the motor hood, that's quite just like the 911 GT2 RS street sports activities motor vehicle.

The new 911 GT3 RSR is usually raced with the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA Environment Endurance Championship, the Le Mans Series, the American Le Mans Collection in addition to the Worldwide GT Open and then in other collection and races.

'Our consumer teams can be expecting a technically mature, significant functionality race motor vehicle wîth which they will be highly aggressive at worldwide extensive distance races,' assures Hartmut Kristen, Head of Porsche Motorsport. 'Our test programme on several international race tracks is presently running at complete velocity. We are incredibly happy wîth the car's overall performance and driveability.'

The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR will probably be taken to consumer squads round the world from January 2012. The providing price is 498,000 Euro additionally worth added tax of the respective countries.