Yesterday, we brought you a series of spyshots showing a 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 test car doing its thing on the Nurburgring (where else?). We are now back on the topic to give you a pair of clips that allow us to get a good taste of the Neunelfer's aural violence.
The pieces of footage bring us the GT2 flying on the Nordschleife, which makes for an awesome decibel show, one involving ingredients such as violent acceleration and downshift exhaust popping.
Speaking of which, if we judge by the soundtrack of these videos, we're dealing with a PDK machine, but this doesn't make the rumors about the optional manual any less effervescent.
As for the twin-turbo flat-six responsible for this concert, we're expecting the output to sit in the 600-650 hp area - if we look at the Zuffenhausen tradition, we'll notice that Porsches usually steer clear of being the most powerful cars in their class and yet deliver some of the most impressive lap times.
Ah, yes, lap times. To get an idea on how quick the 991-generation GT2 will be, we can look at the 991.2 Turbo S. The latter comes with a Green Hell time of 7:18, beating the 991.1 GT3 RS by two seconds.
Factor in the 918 Spyder's 6:57, which still counts as the current Nurburgring production car record (Koenigsegg is having trouble grabbing that record) and you end up with... a downright fat interval for estimating the upcoming GT2's Ring performance. Then again, this only comes to show how good the German carmaker is when it comes to tricking us into believing we know what it's doing.
If we look at all the little details of the car, it seems this is far from a production-ready animal, which is why we're expecting the rear-wheel-drive beast to be released next year, as a 2018 model.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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