Elite Traveler Fall 2022

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The 4 . 0 -liter, naturally aspirated 502 hp engine, which conveniently redlines at 9 , 000 rpm, found its way fr om the Porsche Cup racing car into the GT 3

Porsche 9 11 GT 3 The lion’s share of research and development resources within Porsche and its parent company VW Group are focused on both sustainability and electri fi cation. As Porsche has made clear, the 911 platform will be the last of its models to be electri fi ed. Knowing this, or perhaps in spite of it, the engineers in Weissach continue to demonstrate that re fi nement and experimentation, after 50 years, are still possible. The 4.0-liter, naturally aspirated 502 hp engine, which conveniently redlines at 9,000 rpm, found its way from the Porsche Cup racing car into the GT3. It’s not the most powerful engine in the lineup (that was last year’s feature, the 640 hp Turbo S). The beloved six-speed manual gearbox (the seven-speed Sport PDK is optional) persists in the GT3. It plucks, from the Le Mans-winning RSR competition car, the double-wishbone front axle — a fi rst for a series-production 911. The custom-compounded Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires also make their fi rst non-RS 911 debut here. This mélange of fi rsts has created a rear-drive-only, track-ready albeit street-legal 911 GT3. It’s a visceral kind of car in a sea of turbo and electric. Porsche 911 GT3 from $169,700, porsche.com

Photos Brecht Decancq, Rossen Gargolov