961 is 959 modified for competition finishes seventh at Le Mans in ’87. Taking the 911 from stone-age to sci-fi, 444hp 959 features a twin-turbo flat six derived from the 956 Le Mans racers’ with water-cooled heads, computer-controlled chassis and four-wheel drive.
3.0 six makes 251bhp in road trim, good for 0-62mph in 5sec. Changes include a lightweight Turbo-style shell and Kevlar bumpers. Porsche builds just 22 of these little-known homologation specials to qualify for Group B. Faster again from ’78 with a 300hp intercooled 3.3 (tell it by the boxier engine lid and thicker spoiler).
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Turbocharged 3.0 six’s 256bhp pushes the 911 into supercar territory – and several drivers into shrubbery. To tide budget US buyers over it revives the 912 for one year, dropping the 914’s VW-based 89bhp 2.0 flat four into the 911 shell. 912Eīy ’75 Porsche has killed the mid-engine 914 but the new 924 is still two years away. Having moved upmarket with the 911, Porsche fits a 89bhp 1.6-litre flat four to the same shell to create the 912 – a true successor to the old 356. Wide body Turbo-look option from ’85 slicker G50 ‘box from late ’86 lightweight Carrera Club Sport from ’87 retro Speedster in ’89. Targa now has black, not silver roll hoop. 1977-83Īll models except Turbo replaced by 178bhp SC (boosted to 201bhp in ‘80). Range simplified to 911 (148bhp) 911 S (173bhp) and Carrera (207bhp), all with 2.7 engines. 1974-76Ĭhunky ‘impact bumpers’ fitted to meet US crash laws. 207bhp Carrera RS 2.7 homo special lands for ’73, but only in Europe. Horn grilles beneath headlamps turn black for ’72. Porsche is expected to unveil the new car sometime this year.Big change is capacity increase to 2.2 litres for T, E and S (now 123, 153 and 178bhp).
Some rumors suggest this engine will displace 4.2-liters, more than any other GT3 model before it and helping it to pump out as much as 572 hp, a significant increase over the 513 hp of the outgoing model. Powering the car will, of course, be a naturally-aspirated six-cylinder engine. It also sports louvers on the front wheel arches. Read More: 2023 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Spied Again With Racecar Looks And Conventional Door HandlesĮlsewhere, we can see that the new 911 GT3 RS sports enlarged air vents on the hood and has been adorned with some body cladding across its rear end.
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Look closely and you’ll notice that the wing is active, opening up when the driver is accelerating and closing under hard braking. This new wing will no doubt help to improve downforce over the rear wheels and ensure the car is even faster around a circuit. Spy photographers were recently able to film the car being driven right at its limits around the circuit and as production cars go, few will be as well-suited to high-speed track driving as the 992-generation GT3 RS.Īs we’ve seen with spy shots in the past, the new GT3 RS will immediately stand out from the ‘regular’ GT3 thanks to the presence of a much larger rear wing that looks like it’s been taken directly off the GT3 Cup race car. The 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS is shaping up to be even more track-focused than its predecessors and the German automaker continues to put the car through its paces at the Nurburgring.
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