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PorscheC4 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-15-2008, 03:27 PM

Porsche will always be the benchmark. They do more with less hp than any other car. they are a high end marque that in comparitivie models, dust ferrari and lambo.
as far as racing goes, they new GT3 RSR is def a major improvement and doesn EVERYTHING better according to the article on it i read in christophorus magazine. and the RS Spyder is just a monster having trounced audi and puegeot even though it has 300 less hp in the 12 hrs of sebring in the LMP2 class, and the RSR won in the GT2 class.
i also think that the 911 either needs to become a midengined two seater, or they need to start racing the cayman, or both! the 911 is eventually going to need to go to a v8 platform, where i see the rear seat being deleted for the space and becoming a mid engined car.
Porshce ALWAYS has something up their sleeves. the 997.5 is a good example. it doenst look like they did anything more than come out with a new front and rear bumper and diffusor and new wheels and pdk, when in reality, they have again honed the suspension, changed the engine a bit and make the car faster, handles better, brake better, etc.
take this for example...the 996 mk2 (325 hp) was 0-100 in about 11.5 seconds...they 997S came out with 30 more hp (355 hp) and .2 liters more displacement, yet it does 0-100 mph in ~10 seconds now...and it also runs substantially faster on tracks, in the 1/4 mile, it brakes shorter and thrills just the same if not better. they have taken what is inherently a poor design and turned it into the worlds best sports car! no other engineers besides Porsche could have pulled it off.