Carlist.my
Carlist.my App
Predict the Price of Your Vehicle
4.5
18,373
Get

2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Becomes New King Of The Nurburgring

Auto News

2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS Becomes New King Of The Nurburgring

Porsche has set a new lap record for street legal sports cars on Nürburgring-Nordschleife with the 2018 911 GT2 RS.

According to Porsche, the best lap time of 6:47.3 minutes makes the GT2 RS the fastest 911 model ever built.

The man behind the wheels of the record-breaking car was Porsche factory driver Nick Tandy, who completed the lap at an average speed of 184 km/h.

Unveiled in June at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the GT2 RS is powered by a 3.8-litre twin-turbo flat-six engine which produces 700 PS and 750 Nm of torque, enabling the rear-wheel drive car to accelerate from 0-100 kmh in 2.7 seconds and top out at 340 kmh.

Just six months ago, the Lamborghini Huracan Performante lapped the Ring in 6:52:01, beating the record set previously by the Porsche 918 Spyder by five seconds.

And while many said that the Huracan’s time is almost impossible to be beaten by a street legal car, the 911 GT2 RS, in the hands of Nick Tandy did it beautifully, even to the surprise of Porsche itself.  



Related News

The Porsche 911 Hierarchy Explained

The Porsche 911 Hierarchy Explained

Insights
When it comes to variety, no other car model beats the Porsche 911. It comes in so many different variants, based off of the same basic platform with ...

Comments

app-icon
app-icon
app-icon
View your Dream Cars
in the App
Download App Now