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Porsche’s 911 GT2 RS is a brute, a lightweight, twin-turbocharged, 620-hp bout of madness that stemmed from Stuttgart’s quest to see how high up the sports-car ladder the 911 could punch. It is the most serious roadgoing Porsche ever. The engine is a port-injected, 3.6-liter flat-six from the Le Mans–winning GT1 race car of the late ’90s, with a pair of variable-geometry turbochargers huffing a maximum of 23.2 psi of boost into the combustion chambers. The result is 620 hp at 6500 rpm and 516 lb-ft of torque at 2250. It gets a six-speed manual gearbox and rear-drive only. Yikes.
The Porsche 911 GT2 RS, then. Take a Porsche 911, add a turbocharged engine that’s even more powerful than the one you’ll find in a Turbo S, and fit suspension that’s even more focused than the GT3 RS. Hey presto; the GT2 RS, a 690 bhp limited-run supercar that’s capable...
The GT2 RS's reputation as the most powerful street-legal car is as monstrous as this comprehensive guide. Suffice to say, this supercar has been built with the best Porsche has to offer. It's not bragging, it's just facts. There is no doubt that the new GT2 RS is the pinnacle of the 911 in terms of performance. It is simply the fastest 911 in history, and that’s a fact. It is the quickest production car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It is the most powerful 911 ever made.
In stock form, the 911 GT2 RS is one of Porsche’s most powerful road-going cars ever made. Its 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged flat-six cranks out 700 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque. That power is fed to the rear wheels via a crisp seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. When it comes to its...