Before you read a word, look at the pictures accompanying this story and answer this question: If the 911 GT3 RS carried a sticker price of $1 million, how long would you need to pick yourself up after you collapsed in laughter?
Whatever your estimate, it’s likely fair enough on the surface. The 911’s enduring, insuperable popularity has encouraged Porsche to crank out as many derivatives of its 59-year-old sports car as its assembly lines can accommodate—and selling every one of them, mind you. Another year, another month, another week; ho-hum, look out, here comes another 911! People who don’t get it understandably hit the snooze button.
If the average 911’s ubiquity is at least partially a result of its inherent goodness, the GT3 RS is the line’s bucket of dry ice (no water) to the face. Unlike previous modern RS models, this car doesn’t merely up the standard 911 GT3’s general, measurable capabilities by 5 or 10 or some other smallish percent, and then add another $25,000 or so on the sticker. That’s not to say the GT division had become lazy or those cars weren’t world class; rather, there’s only so much you can do to’s inaugural Performance Vehicle of the Year award.
