A Brief History of Porsche AWD - First On-Track Review of the GT2 RS + 11

Published: Tue, 04/03/18

INTRODUCING THE WEISSACH PACKAGE FOR THE GT3 RS

Porsche's recent weight loss kick has been a game of inches. When the 911 Carrera T debuted, it showed just how far this weight-loss game has come. Now comes the Weissach Package for the GT3 RS.

HERE'S WHAT YOU GET AND FOR HOW MUCH

PORSCHE INVITES YOU TO #SPORTSCARTOGETHER FOR THEIR 70th

Porsche is turning seventy years old and it's amazing how far the company has come. Our community is growing rapidly, adding new Porsche owners every day. In this new #SportscarTogether campaign Porsche wants us to share how your Porsche helps bring you, your community and other Porsche owners closer together.

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

PORSCHE INTRODUCES A REVOLUTION IN FARMING

In a surprise move this weekend, Porsche announced a return to their agricultural roots with the debut of the Mission E Tractor.

THE FASTEST ACCELERATING TRACTOR IN THE WORLD

INSIDE THE BOXER ENGINE WITH HANS MEZGER

Hans Mezger is 88 years old, and his career designing engines spans decades. Mezger's hands were in everything from the 1960's Porsche Formula 1 racers to the 911 GT1. His engines remained in 911s through the 997 GT3 4.0 and 997.1 Turbo. It really feels as though everything Porsche produced since is compared to the Mezger flat-sixes.

WHO BETTER TO TAKE US THROUGH THE HEART OF A PORSCHE?

BAD TRACK ETIQUETTE: MCLAREN BLOCKS CAYMAN GT4

There are occasional track days when some people don't give way to those who clearly deserve to run ahead. The governing bodies try to filter the fast from the slow, but introducing lots of horsepower, conceit, and a narrow track can complicate things further.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS INSTANCE

HOW DOES THE TURBOCHARGER IN YOUR PORSCHE WORK?

If you're a Porsche fanatic, chances are pretty great that some of your favorite cars from the brand's history are turbocharged. A lot of their greatest hits are powered by engines with exhaust-driven forced induction. Not only was Porsche a pioneer in turbocharged race cars, but they were among the first companies to sell a turbocharged street car as well.

HERE'S HOW THEY WORK

PORSCHE'S EV NETWORK WILL CHARGE YOU FOR A CHARGE

Tesla rose to fame, at least in part, by building a huge cross-country network of super-fast charging stations, and offering their customers free use of those stations for a limited time. It was partially a marketing exercise to draw in clients with inexpensive operating costs. Even now that Tesla has saddled their entry-level Model 3 customers with charging costs, and has begun to roll back those charging subsidies for Model S and Model X owners, they are still giving their customers a charge for essentially the cost of the electricity. Tesla does not believe in operating their Supercharger system as a profit center.

PORSCHE, HOWEVER, FEELS DIFFERENTLY

FEELS FAMILIAR: A TURBOCHARGED 911SC

Derek Whitacre and I seem to have similar priorities. Not all fun performance cars need to be set up for the track. Give up a little bit of spring rate, retain a bit of carpet, and suddenly the usability factor goes way, way up. That's not to say Mr. Whitacre's 1982 911SC is a mild or modest machine.

THIS PORSCHE WAS BUILT TO ATTACK MULHOLLAND DRIVE

DRIVING 180 MPH ON THE AUTOBAHN

Is there a better experience for a Porsche sports car than to take the unrestricted Autobahn to the Nürburgring, and then take the unrestricted Autobahn back home again when you're done?

THAT'S WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE 991.2 C4S

FIRING UP A TWIN-TURBO GM V8 IN A CLASSIC 911

In the best sense of the word, this '78 911 is a mutt. Not only does it wear the skin of a 964, but it's been recently fitted with a 5.3-liter LM7 motor out of—shock and horror—a Cadillac. It's not the first American motor to be swapped into a Porsche.

BUT IT IS ONE OF THE MORE EXTRAVAGANT

FIRST ON-TRACK REVIEW OF THE GT2 RS

The new rear-wheel-drive, turbocharged, Nürburgring-owning ÜberPorsche, the GT2 RS, is an intensely interesting beast. As cars are currently being delivered to customers, very few video reviews have as yet been released, and none of them have featured any on-track driving.

THIS NEW VIDEO CHANGES THAT

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PORSCHE AWD

With all four wheels intelligently propelling certain model Porsches up the road, astronomical amounts of power and torque can be harnessed by the least experienced drivers in the most treacherous conditions. As it turns out, this system was pioneered in one of Porsche's first racing cars, taken rallying, and then later honed through decades of high-performance road cars.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK