Porsche Flies: New 2010 Porsche GT3 Roars around Track

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We get a little insight into the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 in a conversation with Porsche's Andreas Preuninger, motorsport project manager for high-performance cars.

We asked him why the new GT3, perhaps the ultimate version of the Porsche 911, doesn't offer Porsche's latest technology, the seven-speed, dual-clutch, automated manual transmission known as PDK. Of course, we already knew that some of the explanation lies in the fact that PDK has been developed in conjunction with the new direct-injection engine introduced in the 997 model of the Porsche 911, while the GT3 features the motorsports engine derived from the original GT1 and so is incompatible with PDK.

But Preuninger didn't burden us with the technicalities. Instead he said, "First, the PDK weighs 66 pounds. Second, PDK does not have a clutch you can control, and if you want to do really big drifts, sometimes you need a clutch."

Then he said, "The manual gearbox in the GT3 is the best match for the purist."

And now you know what the 2010 Porsche 911 GT3 is all about and who should be driving it.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2010
• Porsche
• 911
• GT3
• autobahn
• Track
• 997
• PDK
• direct-injection
• engine
• motor
• car
• auto

[orochimaruisugly]

This car was the reason I was born.

[Kozmoshido]

5* upload, 5* car

[jim1556]

5* Car, 5* Driver, 2* Video - Music ruined it completely!!! One of the best things about 997s is the sound they make... Next time, let the car make the soundtrack please!

[seroyer2]

I did not realize that Edmunds had Walter Röhrl as there test driver.

[gecmartins]

@socal1000

What do you own now?

[bornkool]

Explosive

[thedancer911]

idiot, he was playing; btw, is your sorry ass telling ROHL HOW TO DRIVE???.....interestingly stupid.

[armwrestling23]

in straight line not in corners

[socal1000]

ive owned a porshe

[phidelt08]

Douchebags like you give Porsche owners a bad name.

[MrPatrykHilden]

ive got a porsch

[ksakbk]

i do