2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

Make

Porsche

Model

911 GT3 RS

Year

2016

Listed price

$228,995

Location

Akron, Ohio

Transmission

7-Speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)

Mileage

14,075 miles

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS VIN WP0AF2A95GS187150 | 14,075 miles A 4.0-liter flat-six that revs to 8,800 rpm, a magnesium roof, and a fire extinguisher on the options list. Porsche was not being subtle about what this car is for. Why We Acquired This Vehicle The 991 GT3 RS is the car where Porsche's GT department stopped compromising. It took the wide Turbo body, fitted a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six producing 500 horsepower at 8,250 rpm with a redline at 8,800, added rear-axle steering, and then removed weight everywhere it could - a magnesium roof, carbon fiber front hood and engine cover, and polycarbonate rear glass. The window sticker for this car records a retail price of $208,975, and the option list tells you plainly what the original owner intended. Ceramic composite brakes, the Sport Chrono Package with Porsche's Track Precision App, the extended-range 23.9-gallon fuel tank, and a fire extinguisher - a specification assembled by somebody who planned to use the car where it was designed to be used. Then there is the front axle lift, which is the option that makes all of the above livable on a road. It is finished in Lava Orange over a black and Lava Orange interior with matching seat belts, on satin black wheels. At 14,075 miles it has been driven and enjoyed rather than stored. The verified appointments are detailed in full below. At a Glance Highlights Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes Front Axle Lift System Sport Chrono Package with Porsche Track Precision App Extended Range Fuel Tank, 23.9 Gallons Fire Extinguisher Lava Orange Paint Leather Interior in Black and Lava Orange with Alcantara Seat Belts in Lava Orange Wheels Painted in Satin Black LED Headlights in Black with PDLS Plus Sport Design Mirror Lower Trims in Gloss Black Door Sill Guards in Carbon Fiber, Illuminated Light Design Package Porsche Communication Management with Navigation Sound Package Plus Magnesium Roof Carbon Fiber Hood and Engine Cover Carbon Fiber Interior Trim Full Alcantara Headliner Dual Titanium Exhaust Electro-Mechanical Limited-Slip Differential Rear-Axle Steering Exterior: Lava Orange | Interior: Black and Lava Orange 14,075 miles 4.0-Liter Naturally Aspirated Flat-Six 500 HP at 8,250 RPM 7-Speed PDK Transmission Rear-Wheel Drive Retail Price as Delivered: $208,975 WP0AF2A95GS187150 + Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specification The Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to Finish Our Perspective At Perfect Auto Collection, we do not measure a car by its badge alone. We ask a quieter question: how does it present, and would we be proud to place it in our own collection? What we like here is that the order is completely honest about itself. Ceramic brakes, the lap timer package, the big fuel tank, and an extinguisher say one thing; the front axle lift and the navigation say another; and the Lava Orange over matching orange belts says the owner was not interested in being discreet about any of it. Nothing was ordered to protect resale value. This is a GT3 RS specified by somebody who wanted a GT3 RS, and that is the only kind worth having. Why Enthusiasts Value This Model The 991 GT3 RS was a series of firsts for the model line. It was the first RS with a 4.0-liter engine, the first with rear-axle steering, and the first to use the wide Turbo body shell - and it remains one of the very few road cars with a magnesium roof panel, a material Porsche chose specifically to take weight from the highest point on the car. The engine is what people remember. A naturally aspirated flat-six making 500 horsepower at 8,250 rpm and revving to 8,800 is a specification the industry has largely abandoned, and Porsche's GT department has never turbocharged a GT3 or GT3 RS since - every subsequent generation kept the naturally aspirated engine while the rest of the range moved on. There is no lag, no plateau, and no substitute for the way the power builds all the way to the limiter. What buyers are looking for among them is specific: ceramic brakes, front axle lift, a color worth having, mileage that shows the car was driven rather than parked, and documentation proving how it was ordered. That is the difference between a listing that claims a GT car is properly specified and one that can show it. Factory and Vehicle Highlights 4.0-Liter Naturally Aspirated Flat-Six The naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six produces 500 horsepower at 8,250 rpm and 338 lb-ft at 6,250 rpm, with a redline at 8,800 rpm. Why it matters: Eight thousand eight hundred rpm from a production engine is the whole argument. The power arrives at the top rather than the bottom, which means the driver has to work for it and gets a rising, hardening note the entire way there - an experience no turbocharged engine reproduces and one the industry has almost entirely stopped building. Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes The car is fitted with Porsche's ceramic composite brake system in place of the standard steel rotors. Why it matters: Ceramic rotors weigh roughly half what iron equivalents do, and every gram of that saving is unsprung and rotating - on a car whose entire engineering brief was removing mass, this is the most effective single option available. They also do not fade, which is the point on a third consecutive hot lap. Magnesium Roof The roof panel is magnesium rather than steel or aluminum, a specification unique to the GT3 RS in the 911 range. Why it matters: Magnesium is difficult and expensive to form, and Porsche used it in exactly one place - the highest point on the car, where removing weight does the most for the center of gravity. Almost no other production car has ever had one, and it is the detail that best explains how seriously this model was taken. Carbon Fiber Hood and Engine Cover The front hood and the engine cover are carbon fiber, with the RS-specific vents pressed into the front lid. Why it matters: These are the two largest panels at the extreme ends of the car, so taking weight out of them reduces the polar moment - the resistance to changing direction - more than removing the same mass from the middle would. It is why the RS turns in the way it does despite the engine hanging out behind the rear axle. Rear-Axle Steering The rear wheels steer opposite the fronts at low speed and with them at higher speed. Why it matters: A 911 carries its engine behind the rear axle, which has always been the model's defining challenge - steering the rear wheels lets Porsche settle that mass under direction change rather than merely damping it, and it is the single biggest reason this generation drives so differently from the GT3 RS models before it. Electro-Mechanical Limited-Slip Differential The rear differential locks electronically under both power and overrun, with fully variable control. Why it matters: Locking on overrun matters as much as locking under power in a rear-engine car, because that is the moment the tail is lightest and most willing to move - the differential is working hardest exactly when the driver most needs the car to stay predictable. 7-Speed PDK Transmission The seven-speed PDK dual-clutch gearbox is the only transmission offered in this generation of GT3 RS. Why it matters: Porsche made PDK mandatory here rather than optional, which drew criticism at the time and was the right engineering answer - with an engine spinning to 8,800 rpm, the gaps a manual introduces between ratios cost more than the involvement they add, and the RS was built to be quick first. Front Axle Lift System The front axle raises hydraulically at the touch of a button to clear obstacles at low speed. Why it matters: The RS carries a fixed front splitter that projects ahead of the bumper and sits closer to the ground than any other part of the car - without lift, every driveway is a calculation and the splitter is expensive to replace. This is the option that decides whether the car gets driven or left at home. Sport Chrono Package with Porsche Track Precision App The Sport Chrono Package adds the dash-mounted timer, the Track Precision App, and preparation for a lap trigger. Why it matters: The lap trigger preparation is the telling part - it is wiring for a beacon receiver, which only exists so the car can time itself accurately at a circuit. Nobody specifies that by accident, and its presence dates this order to an owner who had already decided where the car was going. Extended Range Fuel Tank, 23.9 Gallons The extended-range tank replaces the standard 16.9-gallon unit with a 23.9-gallon capacity. Why it matters: Seven extra gallons is real weight to carry, and nobody adds it for road driving - it exists so a track session ends when the driver is finished rather than when the fuel light comes on. Alongside the extinguisher and the lap trigger, it completes a very clear picture of intent. Fire Extinguisher A factory fire extinguisher was specified and mounted in the cabin. Why it matters: Most circuits require one before they will let a car on, which is precisely why it appears on this sticker - it is the least glamorous line in the whole specification and among the most revealing about how the original owner planned to spend their weekends. Dual Titanium Exhaust The exhaust system is titanium, with dark chrome tailpipe finishers. Why it matters: Titanium is roughly forty percent lighter than the stainless steel it replaces, and it sits at the very back of a car that already carries its engine behind the rear axle - so this is weight removed from the worst possible place for it, which is exactly why Porsche paid for the material. Lava Orange Paint The exterior is Lava Orange, one of the two signature launch colors for this generation of GT3 RS. Why it matters: Lava Orange is the color most people picture when they picture a 991 GT3 RS, and it does real work on this body - the RS has wide arches, deep vents, and a fixed wing, and a saturated orange is what makes all of that geometry read as sculpture rather than as shadow. Leather Interior in Black and Lava Orange with Alcantara The cabin is trimmed in black leather with Lava Orange accents and Alcantara on the contact surfaces. Why it matters: Matching the interior accents to the paint is a decision very few RS buyers made, because it commits the car to one color permanently. Alcantara on the wheel and the seat centers is the functional half - it grips when hands and shoulders are working, which leather does not. Seat Belts in Lava Orange The seat belts are woven in Lava Orange to match the exterior and interior accents. Why it matters: In a car with fixed-back bucket seats and a dark cabin, the belt is the longest continuous line of color anywhere inside - and pulling it across your shoulder is the last thing that happens before the engine starts, which makes it the most frequently noticed detail in the whole interior. Carbon Fiber Interior Trim The instrument panel, door panel, and console inserts are carbon fiber. Why it matters: In a GT car carbon inside is consistent with the structure rather than decorative - the same material is holding up the hood and the engine cover, so using it on the panels a driver touches keeps the whole cabin honest about what the car is. Full Alcantara Headliner The headliner is finished entirely in Alcantara. Why it matters: Suede absorbs sound where a hard lining reflects it, which matters more here than in most cars because the RS deletes so much of the standard insulation - the headliner is one of the few acoustic surfaces Porsche kept, and it is doing real work under a magnesium roof. Wheels Painted in Satin Black The center-lock wheels are finished in satin black. Why it matters: Satin rather than gloss means the wheel holds its shape in direct sun instead of dissolving into reflections, and against Lava Orange the dark finish is what lets the arches read as arches - a bright wheel on this body would have fought the paint for attention. LED Headlights in Black with PDLS Plus The LED headlights are finished in black and include Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus, which steers the beam and adapts it to speed and conditions. Why it matters: The black internals are what stop the headlights from reading as two bright circles against orange paint, and PDLS Plus is the functional half - on a car that invites a winding road after dark, a beam that follows the steering is worth more than raw output. Sport Design Mirror Lower Trims in Gloss Black The lower trims of the Sport Design exterior mirrors are painted high-gloss black. Why it matters: The Sport Design mirror is mounted on a single stalk from the door rather than the corner of the glass, which is a shape borrowed from Porsche's racing cars - darkening the lower half emphasizes that stalk instead of hiding it in body color. Door Sill Guards in Carbon Fiber, Illuminated The door sills carry illuminated carbon fiber guards. Why it matters: Getting into a car with fixed-back buckets and a roll structure means stepping over the sill rather than around it, every single time - so this is a surface that takes genuine wear on an RS, and protecting it in carbon is practical before it is decorative. Light Design Package The package adds additional interior and approach lighting throughout the cabin. Why it matters: This is one of a small handful of comfort options on an otherwise single-minded sheet, and its presence alongside the navigation and the front lift is the evidence that this car was ordered to be driven on roads as well as circuits. Porsche Communication Management with Navigation The PCM system is fitted with the navigation module, alongside automatically dimming mirrors with an integrated rain sensor. Why it matters: Plenty of RS buyers deleted this equipment to save weight, and the ones who did now own cars that are harder to use and no faster in any way anyone can measure - keeping it is the pragmatic choice, and it is why this car works for a long drive to the circuit rather than only once it arrives. Sound Package Plus The package upgrades the audio system, with SiriusXM satellite radio including navigation traffic and weather. Why it matters: Nobody buys a GT3 RS for the stereo, and that is exactly the point - it is here because the original owner intended to cover real distance in the car, and an RS cabin with its reduced insulation is a demanding place for any system to work. Rear-Wheel Drive Power is sent to the rear wheels alone, with the engine mounted behind the rear axle. Why it matters: The GT department has never built an all-wheel-drive GT3 or GT3 RS, and the reason is weight and purity of response - the engine's mass sits directly over the driven wheels, which gives traction the layout should not have and is why a rear-engine 911 launches the way it does. Behind the Wheel A GT3 RS is honest with you immediately. The fixed-back buckets hold you firmly, the steering is heavier than any other 911, and the reduced insulation means the flat-six is present from the moment it fires. There is no setting that makes this car quiet, and nobody who orders one wants there to be. Then you use the revs. The engine does its best work above 6,000 rpm and keeps building all the way to 8,800, the note hardening into something close to a racing car, with PDK taking gears faster than thought. The chassis is the other half - rear-axle steering pulls the car into a corner, the ceramic brakes haul it down without protest, and the whole thing rotates around the driver rather than pushing ahead of them. For the right owner, this is not simply a fast Porsche. It is the one the GT department built without compromise, specified here by somebody who bought it to use and then did. Preparation and Buying Confidence Before presentation, each vehicle is evaluated for cosmetic condition, mechanical integrity, and the ownership experience it is prepared to deliver. Our process includes a comprehensive exterior and interior detail, with paint correction where appropriate. Key wear items such as tires and brake components are evaluated against our internal preparation standards. This vehicle is offered with our 7-day return policy and a 2-month / 300-mile limited warranty, subject to eligibility and written terms. 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