Foremost Photos of the Porsche 911 GT3 R
In Frankfurt, Porsche showed the 911 GT3 Cup car designated for single-make cup series racing. Now comes the 911 GT3 R, which will be the 997-II iteration of the company's FIA GT3 racecar. It succeeds the 911 GT3 Cup S.
Both the Cup and the R are based on the wide-body 911 GT3 RS production car, and the R has a wider track than Porsche 's previous GT3 racecar, though the company hasn't disclosed actual specs. But the 911 GT3 R makes 30 more horsepower than the Cup, thanks to an extra 0.2 liter of displacement — this 2,646-pound car has a 4.0-liter horizontally-opposed six-cylinder good for 480 hp.
New driver aids on the 911 GT3 R racecar include ABS, traction control and an automated throttle-blip featurethatwe imagine willmitigate tail-squirrelliness during hard downshifts via the car's sequential gearbox. Porsche also notes that theGT3 R comes with “striking LED rear light clusters.”
An official unveiling will happen at the Birmingham (UK) auto show on January 14, with deliveries beginning in the spring. If you plan to take delivery, you'll need to come up with 279,000 euros, which is, oh, about $416,000 by today's exchange rates.
More photos after the jump.
