Despite packing more equipment and safety kit than ever, the new GT3 weighs 1,420kg – the same as its predecessor. If, of course, you tick a few expensive boxes for weight-saving options.
Two bodystyles are available from launch: the ‘regular’ 911 GT3, with its sizeable motorsport-derived wings, and the GT3 Touring, with a cleaner, wingless body. For the first time, the Touring is available with the option of rear seats. Up until now, the GT3 has always been a strict two-seater, not least because its one-piece-shell bucket seats could not fold to enable access to the back of the cabin.
Responding to customer demand, Porsche has engineered folding carbon-fibre buckets for this generation, making the Touring an option for petrolheads with young children. Whichever body style you go for, and whichever gearbox (six-speed manual or twin-clutch PDK automatic), the new GT3 costs the same: £157,300, before options.
Unlike the new 992.2 Carrera GTS, which now boasts hybrid tech with an electric motor incorporated into its gearbox, the GT3 still drives its rear wheels via a naturally-aspirated 4.0-litre flat-six. Various measures to cut its exhaust particulate emissions in half mean that it develops a little bit less torque than before, but it still carries the same 503bhp peak power output, and revs to the same magic 9.000rpm red line as its predecessors.
