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Porsche 911 GT2 (2008) undisguised
By
Ben Whitworth
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09 May 2007 10:32
Ahh yes, the GT2. Harder, faster and lighter than the Turbo. Correct?
On every count. Expected to bow in at the Frankfurt motorshow in September, GT2 will sit at the top of the Porsche podium. With a 1485kg kerb weight and a mighty 525bhp power output, the twin-turbo monster will be the first production 911 to top the 200mph mark. It’ll be easy to spot too – that huge rear wing (adjustable for track or road driving) is complemented by a bank of gill-like cooling ducts around the rear bumper, while the nose gets a much larger central air intake and cleaner front bumper sans foglamps. It arrives here in early 2008 wearing an anticipated £120,000 pricetag.
Talk me through the changes from Turbo to GT2
The GT2 reverts to rear-wheel-drive, which means Porsche’s electronic stability and traction control has been extensively recalibrated and put on red alert. Its 3.6-litre boxer engine undergoes a raft of minor mechanical tweaks – an uprated oil cooler, stronger conrods and a stiffer crank, among others, and the GT2 also borrows the track-biased suspension from the GT3 as well as the ceramic composite brakes from the Turbo. And finally the cabin is stripped out. The GT2 will be built along the same production line as the Turbo at Zuffenshausen.
