2013 911 GT3 PDK Hits The Ring!
May 23, 2012 | 01:24 PM
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2013 911 GT3 PDK Hits The Ring! 2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Caught Track Testing
The new hard-core 911 stretches it's legs at the ring!
Our trusty Teamspeed spies delight us again with more photos of the next-generation 911 GT3 testing at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife. Just as we showed you earlier in the week here , we can again clearly see the typical GT3-style front bumper, staple centered twin exhaust pipes, and a new style rear wing which appears to be the same as the aero-kit rear spoiler option found in the standard 991 order-book. As we noted before we don;t think this will be official rear wing set-up for the production version.
The new massive multi-spoke center-lock wheels come into play a little clearer in these images and the strip of camo tape on the top of the rear bumper we are convinced is hiding a symmetrical row of air-vents.
Power is expected to be around 450 horsepower and as mentioned earlier in the week, August Achleitner, the 911 project chief, confirmed that Porsche's motorsport division is currently testing both manual and PDK versions of the new GT3. We believe this test mule is a PDK fitted car.
Stay tuned for more news!
Confirmation of PDK GT3 testing below:
May 23, 2012 | 01:51 PM
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We love Cup cars with sequential gearbox...
May 23, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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It will be manual as well, its just going to take time to develope a PDK box that fits the character of a high revving GT car. IMO, that is why we are seeing a PDK equipped mule. We all knew that this was going to happen, so as a note to my fellow purists, time to get over the butt hurt of there being an optional PDK in the GT3.
...oh and it will be faster than the 6MT as well.
...but that still isn't reason enough for me to want a flappy GT3
I would love to see a roadgoing GT3 with a massive 'sequential-esque' shifter in the middle. However, with the racecars going to paddles, I just don't see this happening.
...oh and it will be faster than the 6MT as well.
...but that still isn't reason enough for me to want a flappy GT3
I would love to see a roadgoing GT3 with a massive 'sequential-esque' shifter in the middle. However, with the racecars going to paddles, I just don't see this happening.
Last edited by "The JC"; May 23, 2012 at 02:22 PM.
May 23, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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