New
Edition of the World´s Most Successful Racing Car
Stronger, wider, faster
– the new version of the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup offers its many customers
the world over even greater value than ever before. The successor to
the best-selling racing car of all time built in a production series of
more than 1,400 units is based for the first time on the 911 GT3 RS,
with the weight of the racing model reduced significantly versus the
lightweight road-going version.
This is the first GT3 Cup to
feature the 44-millimetre (1.73”) wider body at the rear, providing
sufficient space for even larger wheels. Wider wheel arches also at the
front clearly show that the front wheels are likewise new.
Engine capacity is up by 0.2
litres over the former model, engine output is 30 bhp more than before.
The most important facts and figures: 3.8-litre six-cylinder
horizontally-opposed power unit developing 450 bhp (331 kW), sequential
six-speed manual gearbox, weight 1,200 kg (2,646 lb), racing version of
the 911 GT3 RS.
The power unit featured in the
new 911 GT3 Cup is largely identical to the production engine in the
911 GT3 RS – same output of 450 bhp and same maximum engine speed of
8,500 rpm. Capacity of the Cup engine, however, is up from 3.6 litres
on the former model to 3.8 litres on the new car, helping to increase
engine power by 30 bhp.
Additional Unibal joints
are featured on the track control arms and the sword-shaped anti-roll
bars front and rear are now adjustable to seven different positions on
both sides, allowing an even more precise set-up of the car in
accordance with the respective race track.
The cockpit of the new 911 GT3
Cup caters even more than before for the specific needs of the driver.
An additional vent in the upper part of the front lid, for example,
provides the driver with an even better supply of fresh air. The
controls for the Info Display are now positioned directly on the
steering wheel housing a total of six switches. And in addition to
fore-and-aft adjustment, the steering wheel may now also be adjusted
for height as on the regular production car.
The new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
available exclusively in Carrara White will be delivered to customers
as of the end of October. In the upcoming season it will be raced in no
less than seven cup trophies – not only in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup
on the occasion of Formula 1 races, but also in the Porsche Carrera
Cups in Germany, Asia, Japan, and Italy, as well as the GT3 Cup
Challenges in the USA and the Middle East.
The Euro base-price is Euro
149,850.- without value-added tax. |
The new GT3 Cup
is clearly recognisable at very first sight through the special looks
and design of the front end.
The striking daytime driving lights come straight from the current
generation of the 911, the front body panels are the same as on the 911
GT3 RS. The front spoiler lip is however 15 millimetres or almost 0.6“
lower to provide significantly more downforce on the front axle.
Downforce on the rear axle is also increased by the rear wing extended
in width from 1.46 to 1.70 metres (57.5 to 66.9”) and fitted higher up
as a feature carried over from the even faster 911 GT3 Cup S in
international FIA GT3 racing. The rear air dam with its striking air
vent openings as well as the rear lights in LED technology, in turn,
come straight from the road model.
The wheel arches wider at the front and the flared wheel arches at the
rear provide ample space for even wider wheels. Hence, the front axle
comes with three-piece light-alloy rims measuring 9.5 J x 18
(previously 9 J x 18) and running on 24/64-18 Michelin racing tyres.
The three-piece light-alloy rims on the rear axle are up by one inch in
width, now measuring 12 J x 18 and running on 27/68-18 tyres.
Another feature exclusive to the Supercup version is PCCB Porsche
Ceramic Composite Brakes also available on Porsche’s road models.
Compared with the composite cast brake discs featured on the Carrera
Cup cars, this reduces the weight of the car by approximately 20 kg or
44 lb.
A racing exhaust system
with a fully controlled catalytic converter helps to reduce harmful
emissions to a minimum. As an exclusive feature in the Porsche Mobil1
Supercup held on the occasion of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship
races, the new 911 GT3 Cup comes with a modified, special exhaust
system offering an even more dynamic and muscular sound.
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