First Look: 2025 Porsche 911 GT3

[XutvJet]

Porsche pricing is just dumb. I also don't understand the purpose of cars like this. No one can use it on the street and no one takes these cars to the track. They're just all about flexing wallets at Cars and Coffee and talking about how rare the car is and the owner's special options. These 911s are MASSIVE as well.

[dgoldenz]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

Porsche pricing is just dumb. I also don't understand the purpose of cars like this. No one can use it on the street and no one takes these cars to the track. They're just all about flexing wallets at Cars and Coffee and talking about how rare the car is and the owner's special options. These 911s are MASSIVE as well.

Have you driven a GT3? You could easily drive it every day on the street if you wanted to. It’s more harsh than a base/GTS/turbo but it’s not intolerable. It’s one of the most fun street cars I’ve ever owned.

[ash_schwin]

Agreed with all the points made on this thread about the pricing. I would also be one of those people that would absolutely get a GT3 Touring with the new carbon buckets and rear seats if I was in the financial position to do so. To me, the 992 GT3 with a manual transmission is the holy grail of what I look for in a 'forever car'.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

Porsche pricing is just dumb. I also don't understand the purpose of cars like this. No one can use it on the street and no one takes these cars to the track. They're just all about flexing wallets at Cars and Coffee and talking about how rare the car is and the owner's special options. These 911s are MASSIVE as well.

I know people that race GT3s in AutoX (and do terrific in em).

Just because you can't, doesn't mean other people can't too.

Wildly expensive, yes...if you want to go have fun tracking a car, you don't need one of these. But that doesn't mean that people don't.

[Guvna]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

Porsche pricing is just dumb. I also don't understand the purpose of cars like this. No one can use it on the street and no one takes these cars to the track. They're just all about flexing wallets at Cars and Coffee and talking about how rare the car is and the owner's special options. These 911s are MASSIVE as well.

I see just as many 911s as Corvettes, and associate them similarly.

[pikkagtr]

Ah the gate keeping continues
The folks with too much money to burn but aren't actually car guys buy these and flex at cars and coffee
Talked a young man last Sunday with a very nice 718 GT4RS and gave him compliments
Proceeded to as him how it feels bouncing off the limiter
He explains he's taking it to the dealer on Monday as there's a problem with his transmission, as it won't allow him to red line
The poor sap hasn't ever taken out of comfort mode and has no idea what manual mode is or does
Worst part is it was daddy's money, he just picked the bright green one cuz it looked cool
These are the Porsche target audience sadly

[beats]

Originally Posted by XutvJet

Porsche pricing is just dumb. I also don't understand the purpose of cars like this. No one can use it on the street and no one takes these cars to the track. They're just all about flexing wallets at Cars and Coffee and talking about how rare the car is and the owner's special options. These 911s are MASSIVE as well.

At the track events I go to the GT3 is likely the single most common model car present (or 2nd perhaps to M2/M4). Curious what clubs are you going to the track with that you don't see any GT3's?

[dgoldenz]

Originally Posted by pikkagtr

Ah the gate keeping continues
The folks with too much money to burn but aren't actually car guys buy these and flex at cars and coffee
Talked a young man last Sunday with a very nice 718 GT4RS and gave him compliments
Proceeded to as him how it feels bouncing off the limiter
He explains he's taking it to the dealer on Monday as there's a problem with his transmission, as it won't allow him to red line
The poor sap hasn't ever taken out of comfort mode and has no idea what manual mode is or does
Worst part is it was daddy's money, he just picked the bright green one cuz it looked cool
These are the Porsche target audience sadly

This sounds like a story that never happened