The “green hell” of the Nürburgring is cool, but have you ever tried drawing equally zigzag roads in your own backyard in a 502-horsepower hero with balletic legs and a killer’s heart? people yet?
You have if you’ve been driving 2022 Porsche 911 GT3, a cymbal clash of a supercar that has been enshrined in Halls of Fame and Garage Mahals worldwide since its debut. The GT3 meets the best sensory overload, especially when it’s equipped with two very important bits: a 6-speed manual shifter and a Python Green paint job that delivers its mission statement in single color. simply perfect.
Want to bring metaphor to its most painfully obvious climax? GT3 has the ability to move quickly across dimensions with ease. Its sinister representation is mostly overblown. Its natural beauty must be studied before it can be appreciated. It can also frighten survivors when they are unprepared. All of those feelings will explode whenever you enjoy all the glory from Porsche’s manual-shift GT3 in Georgia, USA.
The GT3’s calling card is a 502-hp flat-six turbo, but by its very nature, handling isn’t applicable.
Hulk smashed!
Bring this 911 to life and everything green — the trees, the hills, the lawn, the car — turn into a blur of excitement.
Muscular and furious at being docile and docile the rest of the time, this banner-carrying 911 takes a Hulk twist as I pull it out of a deep valley parking lot outside of Atlanta. The nose lift made it safe to hit the road without scratching, but then a gas slide reminded me of what was happening under my feet and what was about to happen.
Once we clear the suburbs, it’s down to the races — or to the chorale show, one powered by its easy flat-6 turbo. With 502 hp and 346 lb-ft of torque, just 2 hp and 7 lb-ft of torque from Final GT3, the current car will get drunk as it moves a few millimeters from zero. From its 4.0-litre capacity and 9,000rpm bandwidth, the GT3 produces a bass sound that elevates the front end of the car. it while it removes some low level responses. It’s a car designed to travel at triple-digit speeds and beyond.
I don’t have to preach to the choir when I change from four lanes to two lanes. The GT3 sings with the rafters, in this case occupied by a couple of lunatic squirrels and a skunk passing my favorite semi-rural street with the same kind of existential dread as when I logged in. Twitter every morning.
Porsche’s PDK will never be read by me, but in this case, the transmission is a special, timeless moment. The 6-speed manual has acceleration from the gear input that resonates deep in any rider’s heart, while the left pedal lets you deliver coded messages to the clutch. with deft precision. Ballet slows everything down — 0-60 mph takes 3.7 seconds, compared to a scorching 3.2 seconds for a dual-clutch transmission — but if you believe in things like organic produce and Long story short, the manual will evoke the sensual pleasures that PDK gearshifters can only do’ t. That’s the difference between video games and crossword puzzles: different skill sets, different play centers.
That’s 6 speed, not 7 speed, but we’ll color you green with envy anyway.
911 GT3 Owner’s Manual: Greatness, Glory, and Goodness
Skip two wider lanes for thread-thin roads that link logging towns with mining towns, and the GT3’s manual reveals itself to be a pot of gold . It drops its own power for launches, so local gas station owners aren’t any more wary than they are, thanks to the electric paint job and the lunch table wings that sprout from the rear of the car. Its Michelin Sport Cup 2 tires barely make a sound every time I climb up from the top, which I do a couple of times to create the goofy and grinning ride the GT3 produces like an object. use.
At 3,126 lb, the six-speed manual GT3 had an easier time than some electric cars I’ve driven through similar stretches. As spacious as this 911 generation is, the car glides through unmanned roads with the precision of a sewing machine. A lot of the elements link its cruise and handling differently from other 911 variants, but its relatively light weight (only 11 lb increase over the last generation GT3), double wishbone front suspension reworked and its stable steering is to be reckoned with. Feels more stable — thanks to the 20-inch wider front and 21-inch rear tires — more glue on the road, and the GT3 turns with glaring attention when it hits a corner and then barks at you when you lose its power . Porsche’s electric motor drive system sets the standard for smooth variable-ratio response and output.
The GT3 sticks a lot thanks to more layers of the gorgeous bodywork. An adjustable front diffuser and spoiler switch between road and track modes to increase downforce by 50% in the everyday runner position — and up to 150% in the performance position. Lots of glue. (If you want fancy performance with a less visible wing, try a GT3 Touring with retractable spoiler.) As for the brake? Never fear as long as you know what Salmon P. Chase looks like. The carbon ceramic package for the 911 GT3 makes almost any situation stopable.
If you want something non-aggressive to fix, the GT3 can be stiff and relentless – and much of that comes from the inexactly available carbon fiber bucket seats that make this a Panamera Gran Turismo. The welder of the digital display is humorously cut to pieces by the steering wheel, like the view from the back.
The GT3 calls the racetrack home, but the everyday roads also call its inner supercar.
Amazing stickers
And then, of course, there’s the price. An original 911 GT3 with a continuously variable manual transmission costs $161,100. Embed it with Python Green for $4,220. The leather interior costs another $4,730 and the carbon-ceramic brakes cost another $10,110. The 6-speed manual transmission is free – but a full racing bucket seat costs $5,900, and the front axle lifter that keeps its chin looks like a plastic surgeon’s best work costs $3,670. In its entirety, with a $1,350 arrival fee and $1,700 hard gasoline tax, this green horn costs $195,850.
You can convince me that there is a better 911 out there, just keep in mind that being wrong is okay. Few cars touch the visceral supercar feel without the abuse of supercar driving and upper body power demands — and even fewer that tell your fingertips exactly what to do. and for how long. Even the stratospheric price does not appear to be morally wrong. After all, you have two kidneys.
It is not a car that limits its thrills to a few private tracks and closed roads. The vast hills of Germany might be a better place to experience all of this, but why leave the country when you have green country roads by the back door? It’s an apex predator, possibly the top of the 911 line-up until Race car GT3 appear; Python green harmonizes perfectly with the verdant hills of northern Georgia, and leaves the 911 GT3 in hiding and hiding before the next attack.
In other words, the Nürburgring race track is great, but have you ever plunged down a dark road and shut down your car quickly while your heart races and you half-expected a district cop to turn around? you with questions? Similar.
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Porsche gave us a Python Green GT3 with a manual transmission so we could write this test drive review and share how many people will never get to enjoy this car.
