Porsche 911 GT2 RS Unlike the previous 996-era GT2, this 997 variant was deemed intense enough to skip straight to the “RS” designation reserved for Porsche’s homologated street-legal racers.

before Porsche eventually introduced an entirely new power-folding canvas roof design for the 991 Targa. On the extreme end of the 996 spectrum sits the GT2. It’s essentially a hardcore Turbo ...

people thought Porsche had grown soft. And this was despite the fact that 996s were generally faster and more powerful than the 993s that preceded them. Nevertheless, the 996 GT3 and GT2 ...

All except this one, if reputations are to be believed. Everyone knows the Porsche 996 GT2 isn't civil. It's the devil child, or to use the more common colloquialism: the widowmaker. That's not ...

Got yourself a Porsche Carrera, GT2, GT3, Carrera 4S or Turbo from 1997-2004? Those were the years of the 996, which marked a change from air-cooled to water-cooled. It was also the point at which ...

Since the 997-gen 911 replaced the 996 two years ago, the GT2 has been on hiatus, giving its engineers—most of whom were pulled from the Porsche motorsports program, a separate entity from the ...

The Porsche GT2 is the basis of the model we are gawking at in this article. It was a high-performance offshoot of the Porsche 911 introduced in 1993 for the 993 generation to sat ...

If we respected the 996 GT2, we were blown away by the 997-generation model: "The GT2 is, quite simply, the finest roadgoing Porsche of all time." If that sweeping statement gives you pause ...

Only 303 of these cars made it to the US, which means that there are about half as many 996 GT2 examples as there are Carrera GT models. We know that Porsche is working on a new GT2 RS ...

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Porsche 996 GT2 Clubsport – Turbocharged Legend or Widowmaker¿ Posted: April 14, 2025 | Last updated: April 14, 2025 Outlaw Garage is a channel for car lovers who live for classic builds, rare ...

Porsche reportedly built just under 1,300 units of the 996 GT2. It's not as rare as the 993 GT2, but it's still special by any standard. By comparison, Nissan built over 11,000 R34 GT-Rs ...