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Written by Vijay Pattni
More than 20 class wins across the globe, and still Porsche tells us its "engineers noticed room for improvement in a number of areas". So, welcome to the new Porsche 911 RSR: the company"s mid-engined GT racer. It"s an update of the car we first saw back in 2016. And by update we of course mean pretty much entirely new. "The only components that we"ve kept unchanged from the predecessor are the headlights, brake system, clutch, driver"s seat and parts of the suspension," says Porsche. The first big update was increasing the size of that mid-mounted, naturally-aspirated flat-six from 4.0-litres to 4.2-litres now the largest ever boxer engine mounted in a 911 ex-works". We"re told this new unit, able to produce up to 510bhp depending on the size of the restrictor (because of GT regs) gives better driveability over a wider rev-band than the old motor. Should sound special, too.
Date written: 8 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16250
More than 20 class wins across the globe, and still Porsche tells us its "engineers noticed room for improvement in a number of areas". So, welcome to the new Porsche 911 RSR: the company"s mid-engined GT racer. It"s an update of the car we first saw back in 2016. And by update we of course mean pretty much entirely new. "The only components that we"ve kept unchanged from the predecessor are the headlights, brake system, clutch, driver"s seat and parts of the suspension," says Porsche. The first big update was increasing the size of that mid-mounted, naturally-aspirated flat-six from 4.0-litres to 4.2-litres now the largest ever boxer engine mounted in a 911 ex-works". We"re told this new unit, able to produce up to 510bhp depending on the size of the restrictor (because of GT regs) gives better driveability over a wider rev-band than the old motor. Should sound special, too.
Date written: 8 Jul 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16250