The Porsche 911 GT2 RS is coming back. The automaker recently teased an “additional flagship model” that will supposedly “raise the bar even further in the sports car segment,” and a new Autocar report suggests the car is, indeed, the fifth-generation GT2 RS.
Porsche “insiders” allegedly described the sports car as “the most extreme and technically advanced 911 yet,” and the automaker has been working for a long time to perfect it. Our spy photographer may have caught an early GT2 prototype testing at the Nürburgring over two years ago disguised as a GT3. And that car could soon make it to production.
The report says the rumored GT2 RS will have a turbocharged engine, and we’d get additional evidence supporting that allegation a year later when a video captured another GT3-looking prototype testing at the track. It did not sound like the wail of Porsche’s naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine, and we described it as having a sound “far closer to the last-generation GT2 RS.”
While the next-generation GT2 RS might have turbochargers, it’s less clear if it’ll also have any form of electrification. A previous report suggested that the new GT2 RS would adopt a hybrid powertrain with over 700 horsepower. The 991-generation GT2 produced 690 horsepower, but adding electric hardware will increase the car’s weight, and that won’t help in breaking any Nürburgring lap records.
It’s unclear when Porsche will add the bar-raising flagship model, but we don’t expect it to happen before the end of the year. The automaker provided a vague “medium-term” timeline regarding the car’s launch, but we hope we don’t have to wait long.
The 911 GT2 RS was a killer car that broke records, and we can’t wait to see what a new one can do.
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