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    PORSCHE INDEX 996 GT2

    Mar 01, 2022 5 minutes
    Written by Kieron Fennelly
    Photography by
    Ali Cusick

    HISTORY AND TECH

    Porsche Turbos have an illustrious record in motorsport. The 934 and 935 dominated sports car racing in the 1970s and when Group C took over from Groups 4 and 5 in the 1980s, Porsche’s 956/962 ruled the roost until the factory withdrew after six victorious seasons.

    A new category, the BPR championship, revived GT racing that had been in danger of fading out. Once again, Porsche fielded a works model initially based on the 964 RS – the RSR – but for the 1995 season the factory entered the GT2 class with a turbocharged racer based on the new 993 Turbo, converted from all-wheel to rear drive. Some 240 road-going versions of the 993 GT2 were built.

    Despite 600bhp, the competition GT2s didn’t achieve the dominance of their predecessors in the

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