Ever since the first spy photos with the upcoming Porsche 911 GT3 RS (991) started appearing, those massive Turbo-style side air intakes have been the center of attention.
Some media outlets believed that those hardcore-looking pre-production prototypes are actually the future 911 GT2, since apart from the 911 Turbo it was the only 911 to use forced induction, and those air intakes certainly screamed “Turbo” from every angle.
Others jumped to the rather improbable conclusion that the new 911 GT3 in RS guise will feature a turbocharged flat-six – which apart from not making any sense from a budgetary point of view it would also be the first of its kind in history.
As most of you know, every single 911 GT3 model to date has featured a screaming naturally-aspirated engine and no forced induction whatsoever – that was the 911 Turbo and the 911 GT2’s job.
Well, it turns out that the peeps from BridgeToGantry were lucky enough to spot a 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS prototype making rounds on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, and as you can hear for yourself, there is not a shade of turbocharger whistle in the resulting footage.
In other words, a new 911 GT RS is indeed coming, and you should rest assured that it won’t be turbocharged. On the other hand, it seems that the seven-speed PDK transmission from the “regular” GT3 is staying on the RS as well, so purists probably won’t be 100 percent happy about the new model.
By Alex Oagana