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Porsche has set a new record for road legal sports cars on the famous 20.6km Nürburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GTS RS.
The record time of six minutes and 47.3 seconds was achieved and other marques are already working on shooting it down.
But for the time being, the German car-maker holds the boasting rights: Frank-Steffen Walliser, vice president motorsport and GT cars, said: “At the start of the development process, we set ourselves a lap time target for the GT2 RS of less than 7 minutes and 5 seconds. The credit for beating this target by 17.7 seconds goes to our development engineers, mechanics and drivers, who demonstrated an exceptionally strong team performance. This result makes it official: The GT2 RS is not only the most powerful, but also the fastest 911 ever built.”
At the heart of the high-performance sports car is a 700 hp (515 kW), flat-six biturbo engine, weighing in at 1,470 kg with a full fuel tank. The lightweight rear-wheel drive two-seater coupé accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds, achieving a top speed of 340 km/h with its motorsport-derived drive technology. The new 911 GT2 RS beats its 3.6-litre predecessor by 80 hp (59 kW) and achieves a torque of 750 Nm (an increase of 50 Nm).
