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R loses about another 30 pounds. Thus equipped, it takes only 25 seconds longer to lap the Nürburgring than the new Porsche 911 GT3. Even more notable is the five-second lead it carves out over the 305-hp, European-market Ford Focus RS. ...
Any talk of Porsche selling out is handily drowned out by the 8500-rpm wail of the best sports car in the world, the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3. Of all fourteen roadgoing 911 models, the GT3 is the most potent distillate of Porsche's original mission - the ... 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 Canada.com
Climbing into a Porsche 911 is always good for one's spirits. The story with this car is the PDK (Porsche's dual-clutch automatic) transmission, and I have a few thoughts on that: First, Porsche got the hardest part right, which is to say they tuned the initial clutch engagement for a smoot...
Output for the 35i is the same 300 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque we've come to expect - and thoroughly enjoy - in its other applications. The new turbo V-8 makes a similarly welcome 400 hp and 450 lb-ft of torque - far better figures than that old normally aspirated 4.8-liter V-8. Both engines are mat...
In the case of the latest Porsche 911, the GT suffix stands for anything but Gran Turismo. Guaranteed Trauma is more like it, at least when the beast is not treated with due competence and caution. The new 911 GT2 combines elements of the GT3 (lightweight components, rear-wheel drive) and th...
The engine is left alone: 8.4-liter pushrod V-10 with 600 hp at 6100 rpm and 560 lb-ft of torque at 5000 rpm. Max engine speed is still 6250 RPM. The 6-speed Tremec T56 transmission and the GKN ViscoLok speed-sensing limited-slip differential also caries over from the standard Viper.
Per GT-R tradition, the new car (which does not use the Skyline name like its predecessors) is equipped with an advanced all-wheel-drive system. To save weight and improve packaging, the twin-clutch transmission, the four-wheel-drive transfer box, and the rear differential have all...
Forking over the new 911 Turbo, Porsche stipulated no to-the-death comparison tests or precise performance measurements. Of course we honored that request. But what would you do with the most powerful Porsche coupe ever produced in a land blessed with speed-limit-free autobahns? In tw...