Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport unleashed
German brand blurs the line between road and race.
What do you do when you create the ultimate road-going race car? If you're Porsche you turn it back into a track-day special.
The German brand unveiled the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport at the 2018 Los Angeles motor show, which takes the company's most potent road car and makes it racetrack ready.
It utilises the same mechanical package that underneath the retro-styled 935 track special Porsche launched in September, taking the GT2 RS and only making minor modifications.
The engine is the same 515kW 3.8-litre twin-turbo six-cylinder boxer engine driving the rear-wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
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However, there are some obvious changes including taking the carbon fibre steering wheel and digital dashboard display from the company's 911 GT3 R racing car. There's also a rollcage and a single racing-style bucket seat.
Only 200 examples of the Clubsport will be built by Porsche and each will be priced from 405,000 Euros ($630,000). The car has been developed for private track days but the brand is in talks with GT series organisers about running it in the new GT2 class set to start in 2019.
"For the upcoming years, our customers will not only race the GT2 RS Clubsport on track days but also at international motor racing events," said Dr Frank-Steffen Walliser, vice president Motorsport and GT Cars. "We are currently holding very productive talks with the race organiser SRO."
First deliveries of the Clubsport are due in May 2019.
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Stephen Ottley
Stephen has been interested in cars as long as he can remember. Speed is in the blood as his great-grandfather was a motor racing pioneer in Australia, establishing several land speed and racing records. Based in Sydney, professionally he has been writing about everything on four-wheels since 2001…
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