THE TRACK WEAPON
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (992)
518 hp, 9,000 rpm redline, and the first production Porsche with F1-style DRS
Porsche revealed the 992-generation 911 GT3 RS on 17 August 2022, describing it as a road-legal race car with a development brief built around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The 4.0-litre naturally aspirated flat-six is shared in spirit with the GT3, but retuned to 386 kW (518 hp / 525 PS) at 8,500 rpm, with a 9,000 rpm redline and a seven-speed PDK gearbox driving the rear wheels. 0–100 km/h takes 3.2 seconds. Top speed is 296 km/h (184 mph). Curb weight, in European spec, is 1,450 kg.
What sets the 992 RS apart from every GT3 RS before it is the aerodynamics. The massive rear swan-neck wing and vented front fenders generate 409 kg of downforce at 200 km/h and 860 kg at 285 km/h — twice as much as the 991.2 GT3 RS, and three times as much as the contemporary 992 GT3. For the first time in a production Porsche, the rear wing's upper element is actively adjustable via a driver-activated drag reduction system, a direct borrow from Formula 1. A button on the steering wheel flattens the wing on straights to reduce drag; under braking and cornering the wing tilts back to its high-downforce position automatically.
In October 2022 — two months after reveal — Porsche factory driver Jörg Bergmeister took a 992 GT3 RS around the 20.832 km configuration of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:49.328. That's 10.6 seconds faster than the regular 992 GT3 over the same layout. Australian Porsche ambassador and former F1 race winner Mark Webber tested prototype versions of the car extensively with GT director Andreas Preuninger. Porsche confirmed MY2025 as the final production year for the 992.1 RS; a refreshed 992.2 GT3 RS is expected in the 2026 model year.
- Engine
- 4.0L naturally aspirated flat-six
- Power
- 518 hp (525 PS) at 8,500 rpm
- 0-100 km/h
- 3.2 seconds
- Downforce
- 860 kg at 285 km/h
- Kerb weight
- 1,450 kg (European spec)
- Nurburgring
- 6:49.328 (Jorg Bergmeister, 2022)





