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2023 Porsche 992 GT3-RS

August 17, 2022 at 10:00am PST.

GT3-RS. Iconic, brute, exhilarating, beast. This is my rendition to describe Porsche’s penultimate engineering and technology marvel, allocated into the all new 2023 992 GT3-RS. 

The GT3-RS will start at $225,250 before the gas-guzzler tax and ADM that will be through the roof. If you opt for the Weissach package with magnesium rims, you will be set back another $33,250; $63k more than a 2022 992 GT3. Best of luck trying to get this car for less than $350k. Porsche dealers will have a field day over charging their crown clients for the opportunity to own this special auto they know they have the upper-hand on. 

A 7-speed PDK automatic is the only transmission offered to this beast. Unfortunately, the 2022 992 GT3 still beats the 2023 GT3-RS with a top speed of 198mph as opposed to the 3RS at 184mph. 

I absolutely love the heightened aero helped by phenomenal looking louvers that remove wheel-well air pressure as well as the splitters and air intakes.

4.0-liter, flat-six, with 518hp (up from 508,) is enough to propel it to 60mph in under 3 seconds. Lower weight at 3,264 pounds, helps too. This gives it the title for most powerful, naturally aspirated 911 ever. Carbon fiber engrosses the door skins and the exterior of this variant is aggressively overtaken with aerodynamic upgrades up the wazoo. You will notice the massive aero wing that helps with the new active aero and creates 902 pounds of downforce at 124mph and 1886 pounds at 177 mph. To combat the drag this creates, Porsche has now integrated a drag-reduction system (DRS) that at a push of a button will stall the wing to reduce drag at higher rates of speed. The DRS system lowers the swan-neck wing that overtakes the roof on the 911 at the push of a button and can also flip up into an airbrake position like the McLaren P1!

Coveted enthusiasts of the brand are ecstatic to hear that they can now individually adjust the compression and rebound stages of the front / rear dampers via steering-wheel controls! Porsche took the three radiators and united them into one heat exchanger mounted in the former “frunk” area. So no more space to carry anything, even your groceries. 

Photos by: Car and Driver
Photos by: Car and Driver
Photos by: Car and Driver