The first, worst, fastest and best Porsche 911 GTs - Autocar
The GT moniker is one reserved for Porsche's go-faster 911s, and throughout its long usage there have been some truly standout models. The first - 996 GT3 (1999). Back in 1999, we couldn’t figure out why Porsche didn’t call the first 996 GT3 the ‘RS’. We didn’t know it was being saved up for something else. It wasn’t any lighter than a standard 996, which may also explain Porsche’s reluctance to use the RS badge. While standard 996s seemed somewhat sanitised relative to their air-cooled brethren, the GT3 was still safe but far sharper and more responsive. Today, the first GT3 seems a little conservative, but at the time Porsche wasn’t sure how such a car would be received. Soon there would be no limit to the extent of thefirm’s ambitions for its new GT sub-brand. Porsche 996 GT3. 0-62mph 4. 5sec. Three generations of the Porsche 911 GT3 tested. The worst - 996 GT2 (2001). It seems a trifle churlish to call any Porsche GT car ‘the worst’ at anything, but the first water-cooled GT2 (let us not forget the rare and scintillatingly scary air-cooled 993 GT2 of 1995) was the least satisfying. Source: www.autocar.co.uk
