Larger Holes In Porsche Engine Result In $65,000 Markup
The rumors were all correct: Porsche is selling a GT3 RS 4.0. The weight: 2,998 lbs. The juice: 500 horsepower from a four-liter version of the venerable old GT1 engine.
The price: hold on to your hats.
It will cost you $185,000 to pick up one of the 600 limited edition four-liters. Some of us in Porsche-land remember when the RS America was cheaper than the standard Carrera 2. Those days are long gone, although the $150,000 Carrera shown at the NYIAS Porsche stand made it plain that it’s no longer even remotely affordable to have a well-equipped 911 in one’s driveway.
You can have your RS 4.0 in any color you like, as long as it’s Carrara White. Some of our competitors are aghast at the “misspelling” of Carrera, going on here. We’ll clue you in: Carrara is a kind of marble which can be a dull white. It’s not the same color as found on real racing Porsches. The traditional Porsche white is “Grand Prix White”, which is a bright, single-stage finish. Neckarsulm-painted Porsches, such as the 944, could be had in the Audi “Alpine White” color. Since the debut of the 997, Porsche has done a couple runs of “launch cars” in Carrara White, so if your local dealer had a PDK 997 3.6 he couldn’t get rid of for love nor money, now you know why: the company made him take it. Reportedly the new Carrera GTS was also initially sent to dealers in Carrara White.
I’m sure you’ve already closed your browser by now and phoned both your local dealer and your broker, but if you’re still waiting for a Nurburgring time, it is: 7:27:00. Now you can make that call.
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Anybody who buys a new German car (except for maybe the New Jetta) is an idiot oblivious to the plethora (haven't used that in a sentence in a while) of mint-condition used German cars on the market.