2017 Porsche 911 RSR race car The new RSR's first race will be the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona, the season opener of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The race is scheduled for next January.

The 911 GT3 RSR is not street legal, and the price is steep: In Germany, Porsche will charge €410,000 before taxes. At current exchange rates, that’s more than half a million dollars.

The launch of the new 911 RSR GTE shows that Porsche is continuing to find ways to develop and improve its signature flat-six. Both the current GT3 and GT3 RS use 4.0-liter engines with over 500 ...

It was Maraj’s intention to scoop a $161,650 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S right off the showroom floor, boost its output by 110 horsepower, and bolt on the bodywork from a full-race GT3 RSR.

So for the 2017 racing season, Porsche will up its game with a new version of the 911 RSR race car. It differs from 911 road cars in one big way: it’s mid-engined.