With a new, second-generation of 992-era Porsche 911 Carrera and GTS now out there, we can expect a steady stream of revised models to follow. The Carrera T will probably return, the Turbos will be back with even more internet-breaking power, and hopefully there’s a Dakar (or similar( this time around as well. That’d be fun. GT3s are guaranteed as well, because 25 years after the first there’s still nothing more exciting in the 911 range. Here’s our first look at it, as a GT3 RS in fact.
Short of finding an invisibility cloak or testing in private, it’s always going to be pretty hard to disguise running around in a prototype 992 RS. It’s just so extreme, so unmistakable, that some black cladding just won’t work anymore. Plenty of 911s look like other 911s (you might miss the grille that marks out a GTS as a hybrid), apart from if it’s a GT3 RennSport - this is identifiable at 100 paces. Look closely, however, and there are a few giveaways that the 992.2 will be ever so slightly different. As a 911, it’s no surprise to find the rear as the main area of change, with a new rear bumper/diffuser arrangement as well as changes to the intakes.
Downforce will surely be the aim of this overhaul, given how it’s redefined the RS experience this time around (and contributed to that staggering 6:49.3 lap). Adding something more again to the huge 860kg peak would give the 992.2 a selling point over before. Power doesn’t tend to change very much with updates to these cars; that the 992 RS was just 5hp stronger than the 991.2 would suggest little will be altered. But the all-important Nordschleife time will surely have to improve, so it seems likely that aero will do that. It’s hard to imagine how the RS will be faster if power stays at 525hp, because it really does make incredible use of every single one in any circumstance - but Porsche does tend to find a way.
Our sources have suggested this GT3 RS will be a 2026 car, which tracks - there will be other models to come before this, and the original didn’t launch that long ago. Expect the usual palaver around allocation when the 992.2 RS arrives, and another round of dumbfounded drive verdicts. Quite the car, in case you hadn’t heard. And a new one would make the immediate predecessor perhaps a little less valuable - currently it’s from £275k.
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