Plain and simple this 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 video is just plain awesome. Let face it we are pretty easy to impress when a new car is involved but in this instance Porsche has included all of our top favorite video attributes. Such a list contains An awful lot of power-sliding, hot lapping, on-track action. There is also a nice helping of CGI graphics and plenty of world-class camerawork, too.
If you’d haven’t yet read our 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 that we posted last week you should as it included the cars specs and tech. You can find it here : “
Porsche has used the glitz and glamor of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show to unveiled its all-new fifth-generation 911 GT3. For those who are not entirely familiar with Porsche’s current line up the GT3 model is the uber performance, track ready/inspired model. Which currently sits atop the 911 range and until the Porsche 918 Hybrid hits the market in a years time, the GT3 is also the top model for the brand.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – Front 3/4
This is the fifth model to wear the GT3 badge since the 996-series original. All the “right” parts are present and accounted for: the fixed rear wing, single-lock alloys, instinctive front bumper with air vents on the bonnet, wide rear wings (by 44 mm compared to the Carrera S). Under the skin, though, it’s very different from what has gone before.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – Up high from above
The 2014 911 GT3 arrives with a new 3.8L flat-six engine borrowed from 911 Carrera S, but with several mechanical improvements. Porsche upgraded most of the engine’s components, including titanium connecting rods and forged pistons, bumping power from 400 horsepower to 475 horsepower.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – Rear 3/4
A dual-clutch PDK transmission (no standard manual gearbox will be offered) with shorter gearing than lesser 911 models sends power to the rear wheels. Providing forward motion isn’t the only thing those rear wheels will be doing, as Porsche says the 2014 911 GT3 is fitted with the manufacturer’s first active rear-wheel steering.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – Interior
All of those performance goodies net a 0-100 time of just 3.3 seconds, 0-200 km/h and on to a top speed of 315 km/h (195 mph). Oh, and it laps the Nordschleife in “under 7:30”. That’s fast, if you consider that in Porsche-conducted tests, the GT2 recorded a 7:32.0 lap time and the Carrera GT 7:28.0, both with WRC champion Walter Röhrl behind the wheel.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – Stretching its Legs on the Track
Luckily for us or I suppose you the reader would be the fact that Evo magazine’s Jethro Bovingdon has already had the opportunity to sit down with and interviewed Porsche Motorsport manager Andreas Preuninger about the new GT3. Preuninger does a great job of explaining the justification of all of the cars new design and technology features.
2014 Porsche 911 GT3 – All lined up and ready to go
What’s more, he insists that, despite being an all-new car, it delivers the goods one has come to expect from the hardcore version of the 911. The 2014 Porsche 911 GT3 will arrive at U.S. dealerships later this year with a starting price of $131,350,
Porsche’s latest “precision tool for the race track” is detailed in the latest clip filmed on the company’s test track in Weissach. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup was officially unveiled today, and the Porscheophiles they will be pleased to have yet another different 911 variant as we are well on our way to top the 21 models created for the 6th generation of the car. The new edition of the 911 GT3 Cup is the motorsports version of the future 911 GT3 and as such is the first race car that is based on the seventh generation of the sports car. The 911 GT3 Cup will be run exclusively in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2013.
The GT3 Cup provides us with a very good idea of what the series-production version of the 911 GT3 will look like. It makes use of the clean lines of this 991-generation and is relatively easily differentiated from its 997-based predecessor. The race car is powered by a naturally aspirated 3.8-liter flat-six that produces 460 hp at 7500 rpm. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels through Porsche’s own six-speed manual transmission, which is operated by paddle shifters rather than the traditional stick. Does this mean that the road going, series-production GT3 will get a similar transmission? No. Our intelligence tells us that it will get a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic instead; the 911 Carrera’s seven-speed manual could be offered as well, but no six-speed stick.
Porsche has yet to confirm when the street-legal version of this racecar, the 911 GT3, will go on sale. Teams looking to get their hands on one of these new GT3 Cup cars must first come up with around $250,000 Canadian bucks, which is not bad for a race car of the 911′s DNA.
Learn all about the GT3 Cup cars features and how they parallel the street legal version of the car in the below video.
A YouTube channel German Car Scene has managed to catch three Porsche 911 GT3 prototypes at a gas station in Spain.
Caught completely undisguised, the prototypes reveal the production model will have an aggressive front bumper with a splitter and a vent to improve down force. There’s also a prominent rear wing and a center-mounted dual exhaust system. We can also see high-performance brakes and center-locking wheels.
The GT3 is expected to be powered by a 3.8-liter engine with approximately 465 hp. It could be connected exclusively to a PDK transmission which may enable the model to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in around four seconds and hit a top speed of roughly 322 km/h (200 mph).
Needless to say we cannot wait to drive through a test drive! It’s classic Porsche 911 design and it promises to be the fastest GT3 ever created.
We hope that none of you are suffering from a huge super bowl hanger over and enjoyed last night’s game. To help you all ease into the new week we have a great Porsche 911 video for you. In the video we get to experience a classic Porsche 911 drive down a windy road and onto a race track. Where we then find a trailer full of vintage and modern 911’s, getting rolled out for a track day event. The video wraps up with the most powerful Porsche Carrera S model ever made taking a rip around the track, with its flat six engine howling
Porsche has really been upping there game lately in the retrospective video category and this video is no exception. Enjoy!
The Porsche 911 is famous for retaining its iconic styling ever since the first generation 911 rolled off of its Stuttgart assembly line back in 1963. Fortunately this week Porsche has released a new promotional video that dives into the heritage and history of the 911 model throughout the ages. The video is well crafted and gives you an appreciation of just how impressive it is to maintain a car brand and model as the 911 approaches its 50th birthday next year.
Due to this major milestone we think that there will be a slew of tribute videos coming over the next year as we edge closer to the icon celebrating is bicentennial birthday.
It seems that our Porsche themed day continues and we have no one other then Chris Harris of Evo Magazine to thank for that. Chris is one of a hand full of automotive journalist whose option you should take note of. So the fact that he likes the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera tells us just how good the new car is.
Well we have to admit that when our feet hit the floor this morning we had no intention of making today’s posts all about Porsche, but then the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet models were introduced. The new seventh generation 911 Carrera will go on sale in North America in the spring of 2012 and will feature a newly designed folding soft top. The roof uses exotic materials to reduces its weight which included canvas magnesium and advanced high-strength steel.
In the rear of the 911 Carrera Cabriolet you will find the same direct injected 3.4-liter boxer six-cylinder engine as in the hard top model. The 350 hp can be motivated to run the 0-100 km time in 4.4 seconds and only sends its power to the rear wheels through a standard seven-speed manual transmission or an optional 7-speed PDK dual-clutch automated manual transmission.
The Carrera S model has inherited the role of big brother quite well and it is powered by a larger direct injected 3.8-liter boxer six-cylinder engine that is creating 400 hp at the rear wheels. The increase in power will reduce the 0-100 km time by a mere .3 of a second, officially doing the run in t 4.1 seconds.
If you are interested in purchasing one of the new Porsche drop tops you can expect to pay $100,000 plus for either model with the “S” being at least 10K more the base Carrera. Whichever flavor you can afford we will be jealous as these new Carrera Convertibles look hot.
We have two delicious videos released last night for you to drool over, Enjoy
We were surprised by this video as by the title and after watching the first minute the whole thing seemed a little nerdy for me. However I quickly got into the content/physics of cornering speeds and angles as well as how to get away with hanging that great big flat 6 of the back end of that scary Porsche 911 GT2 RS.
It is worth the watch so if you have 5 minutes check it out. As Motor Trend takes out their full range of high speed cameras and focus’ them on the GT2 RS as it takes a high speed corner to analyze the science of the most powerful 911′s speed.
Nothing to crazy for this post just a short video that shows you how a chase car is used in the shooting of a car short film or commercial. In this case a Porsche Cayman R is used keep up with the new 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S at Laguna Seca. Maybe it’s just me but it looks like the Cayman R has no trouble of keeping up with its newer bigger brother. it is interesting footage and for you amateur film makers out there take notes and thank Top Car magazine out of South Africa for the video.
