Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S

[Final Daihatsu]

Originally Posted by GraemeH

How many "hardcore track specials" do they need? Shouldn't the GT3 or GT3-RS have been this?

Well, I answered that already

Originally Posted by Final Daihatsu

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup S is based off the road-legal GT3 RS, but in contradiction to the last one, which obviously is designated to drive the children to school, the new sister is only permitted to track days.

[Leonidae]

This car is utterly pointless.. and doesnt the GT3 RS have a rollcage, bucket seats x2, no bakseats or upholstery? and somehow that wing brings NFS Pro Street to my mind..

[GraemeH]

Originally Posted by marcos_eirik

I'm suprized of the amount of people on a car forum who doesn't understand that this is a racing car, made to do races and is therefore stripped off everything but the bare necessities. A GT3 and an RS isn't, because they are a road cars.

Oh no I understand that, even without patronizing bold words. I just think there are still too many. There are several road going track cars, then several track going track cars.

[marcos_eirik]

Originally Posted by Leonidae

This car is utterly pointless.. and doesnt the GT3 RS have a rollcage, bucket seats x2, no bakseats or upholstery?

And in which racing series does Sir plan on racing that?

Originally Posted by GraemeH

I just think there are still too many. There are several road going track cars, then several track going track cars.

Oh really? There is only one (GT3 RS) in the first category, and now three in the second. And annother thin is that the GT3 RS isn't su much a track car as you might think, it's no worse (in therms of comfort) on a cross continental journey than a normal Carrera, if EVO is to believe.

The 997 GT3 Cup is mostly just for the Porsche Supercup and it's competitiveness in other racing series is restricted by that. So then you might think, why not go for an RSR then? Well here's the clue, an FIA-spec RSR costs about £1/2 million from factory (with running costs being equally astronomical), so it's rather expensive for a small team. The Cup S falls neatly in between the two and can fulfill the roles the normal 997 Cup car can't be specced to do, but for less than half the price of an RSR, and is much cheaper to run.

And besides what's the problem about Porsche making even more win and awesome? When they announce something like a new Cayenne or the Panamera, people complain and say that they should focus on sports and racing cars, and when they launch a new racing car then guess what? People still complain... geez...

[Dr.Kamiya]

Originally Posted by Leonidae

This car is utterly pointless.. and doesnt the GT3 RS have a rollcage, bucket seats x2, no bakseats or upholstery? and somehow that wing brings NFS Pro Street to my mind..

I think the OP explained well enough: Hardcore as it is, the GT3 RS is still a street-going trackday car. This new Cup S is a track racer through and through, and the intended customers are obviously race teams, not ordinary people looking for a fast drive.

It's the sort of car a race team might end up building with the GT3 RS as a base.

[DarkReaper]

sooooo...is there gonna be a CUP RS?

[Viper007Bond]

Guys, get it through your thick skulls: this is a RACE car. The GT3 RS is not.

[Hercules286]

Originally Posted by DarkReaper

sooooo...is there gonna be a CUP RS?

More importantly, is there gonna be a CUP RSR?

[maateuszz89]

I know, it's race car and blah blah, but I couldn't resist.

[Elmo187]

Originally Posted by DarkReaper

sooooo...is there gonna be a CUP RS?

Originally Posted by petarkb

More importantly, is there gonna be a CUP RSR?

no. the GT3 Cup is just a decked out GT3 RS made for the track. building a Cup RSR would be retarded. if Porsche makes it an RSR, then Porsche would be wasting money because they're making practically the same car with 2 different names.

[GraemeH]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Guys, get it through your thick skulls: this is a RACE car. The GT3 RS is not.

Here's a tip; read, comprehend, then bring out the insults. In that order only.

Originally Posted by GraemeH

There are several road going track cars, then several track going track cars.

Added the apparently popular 'patronizing bold' so your thin skull absorbs the fact I've had to state twice already; that I understand the differences. They're irrelevant to my point.

[BlaRo]

Originally Posted by DarkReaper

sooooo...is there gonna be a CUP RS?

Originally Posted by petarkb

More importantly, is there gonna be a CUP RSR?

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by GraemeH

Here's a tip; read, comprehend, then bring out the insults. In that order only.

I think you should take your own advice.

Originally Posted by ahpadt

A bit too hardcore for me. I'll take a GT3 RS, please.

Originally Posted by GraemeH

How many "hardcore track specials" do they need? Shouldn't the GT3 or GT3-RS have been this?

Originally Posted by Necx0

oh my lordy lord lord. That is the stuff that sweet dreams are made of. Although is there now too many 911's???

Originally Posted by Leonidae

This car is utterly pointless.. and doesnt the GT3 RS have a rollcage, bucket seats x2, no bakseats or upholstery? and somehow that wing brings NFS Pro Street to my mind..

Originally Posted by GraemeH

Oh no I understand that, even without patronizing bold words. I just think there are still too many. There are several road going track cars, then several track going track cars.

Don't be an idiot.

[amdforever]

Originally Posted by fbc

It's a track special - doesn't matter how it looks - what matters it how it goes.

I have heard that excuse too many times.

Still ugly.

[Elmo187]

Originally Posted by amdforever

I have heard that excuse too many times.

they aren't excuses.....

ITS A FUCKING RACE CAR! not a road car, not a street-going race car, not a "hardcore" special. just a plain, Porsche built race car that is on sale to the masses instead of big named racing teams like Flying Lizard.

[Twerp128]

I don't care about the GT3 anymore. I want to see a GT2 force-fed, stripped out race car. Like this:

+ YouTube Video

[MadCow809]

Originally Posted by Final Daihatsu

The GT3 Cup RS is equipped with the 3.6 Boxer engine that produces 440HP at 8,000 RPM

now we are talking, id love to hear this car being hammered on a race track.

the more revs the better

[Vector]

250,000 euros for what appears to be nothing more than a stripped out 911? Jeremy's gonna have a fit!

[MadCow809]

Originally Posted by Vector

250,000 euros for what appears to be nothing more than a stripped out 911? Jeremy's gonna have a fit!

jeremy doesnt drive race cars.

[Bugatti's Aftershave]

Originally Posted by Spazatao

I found the headlights to be a little weird... Is there a specific reason for them to be like that?

Yes:

Originally Posted by MadCow809

now we are talking, id love to hear this car being hammered on a race track.

the more revs the better

Yes... My MSPaint skills are astounding.