Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

Nothing like a one make race to brighten your Sunday. There’s something about a pack of cars with near identical abilities racing on a track where the outcome is more weighted on the drivers’ performance than all other factors combined. The 911 GT3 Cup is Porsche’s candidate for its one maker series races. This 911 GT3 Cup is based on the seventh generation 911. The 3.8 litre six cylinder flat engine makes 460 bhp and delivers immeasurable dollops of excitement on track.

The new GT3 Cup makes 460 hp at 7500 rpm, 10 horses more than its predecessor. A six speed gearbox developed by Porsche Motorsport transmit power from the rear mounted engine (duh!) to the rear axle. The new GT3 Cup is also the first Porsche trophy race car to have its transmission operated by shift paddles.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is produced in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen on the same assembly line as the road legal Porsches. The car is then taken to the Motorsport Centre in Weissach where it gets its superpowers courtesy of some fine tuning and is then tested by a professional race driver.

New components include the single piece race wheels with centre mount. The width of the Michelin race slicks was increased by two centimetres to 27 centimetres at the front, and by ten millimetres at the rear to 31 centimetres. Porsche says the 911 GT3 Cup also gets a newly developed race braking system. The biggest improvement is the endurance quality compared to the braking system in the previous generation GT3 Cup. The race spec 911 gets 380 millimetre slotted and inner-vented steel brake rotors at the front and six-piston aluminium fixed callipers. The rear axle features a four-piston calliper.

A newly designed safety cage & new race seat improves driver safety.The seat is distinctively shaped around the head and shoulders and can be adjusted individually with the help of padding. The 911 GT3 Cup also has a rescue hatch in the roof for easy access by medics in case of a crash.

The basic retail price for the vehicle, exclusively available to drivers of a Porsche racing series and in white exterior colour only is 181,200 Euros. The cost of course, does not include country-specific import duty and taxes.