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Quote TOP GEAR:

Conclusion? This is the classic 911 experience on fast forward: ultra-high performance, Herculean traction out of corners, immense brakes. It's a supreme engineering achievement: it's Carrera GT fast but much better behaved. It should be The One.
But it isn't. The GT3 is. And it's fantastically instructive to drive them side-by-side. No kidding, 20 seconds in the cheaper, less powerful car is all it takes to convince. After 30 minutes, it starts getting sort of spiritual. The GT3 is very special indeed.

'The three contenders quickly settle into a relaxed lope through the countryside. So much for the widowmaker'
On this unfamiliar road, the GT3 is so good it's slightly spooky; brake, steer, change gear, accelerate - it breaks the process down into such clear, simple but devastatingly effective chunks that it's almost easy. Like Hendrix on the guitar or Miles Davis on the horn, there's an instinctive genius at work here.
On which musical note, it also sounds much better than the GT2 or Turbo. Forced induction is fun in a whooshy sort of way, and few things whoosh like a GT2. But the normally aspirated GT3 revs from 4,000rpm to a Wagnerian climax.
It's also more linear. Despite all of Porsche's best efforts, the GT2 still suffers from some lag. Not much, admittedly, but you have to time your inputs carefully nonetheless. The GT3 just goes, gives you exactly the right amount to work with and against. Assuming you buy into the basic 911 credo - the propulsive rear end, the absence of weight at the front - then this is the best. OK, it's not as fast as the GT2, but 60mph in 4.3secs and 192mph all-out is the sort of not-as-fast you can live with.
So, does that leave the Turbo somewhere in between, the perfect solution? As the everyday proposition it was designed to be, yes. Its wet- weather pace is extraordinary, and it has more grip than you will know what to do with. As an exercise in technical brilliance, it's difficult to fault. But you have to drive it like an absolute lunatic to really feel it, and no matter how fast you go round a corner or how late you brake, it'll cope. It's almost inhuman but, yes, probably the ultimate driving 'machine'.
The ultimate 911, on the other hand, is the one that remembers to put the driver centre-stage. And it's the GT3.

http://www.topgear.com/content/featu...ries/06/1.html

 

WOW! That is quite a bold comment. I tend to agree but then I am obviously a little biased.

 

Wow crazy to hear, I am still in love with the GT3, this almost seals the deal?

 

Thanks for posting!

 

It depends on what you want the car for...haha


I think as far as a true track car, you wont beat what the gt2 has to offer if you have a certain...disease...however, the gt3 is probably more enjoyable to the average car nut due to its relative ease of use.

 

If the car is nasty, it will be a different kind of exciting...not for everyone mind you. I had a supercharged Vette...630hp...could light up the stock tires shifting 2 to 3 on the highway. Everyone in town knew the car...though you could hear it 5 miles away, but it gave me an adrenaline rush like no other...and scared the **** out of everyone that rode in it. All my friends named it the Widowmaker, drag radials did it no justice.

The GT2 should have the Porsche quality, with a dash of nasty & a side order of exclusivity.

 

Thanks for posting...

 

GT3 is more accessible to more people. it won't bite like the GT2 will.

but that bite is the fun part for a few.

they are both fantastic cars regardless.

 

id rather have the GT2

 

Well I guess if Top Gear said so, it must be true

 

wait a minute guys, we have to take a step back hear. between the GT2 and GT3 that makes up about .0000000000000000001 percentage of cars on the road. We need to just count ourselves as just plain lucky *** to be driving them. so which one of the two best cars in the world i drive is not such a big deal is it.

 

Thanks for posting. I think that ALL of us with gt3s and RSs know what they meant about our cars.

 

The GT3 is an amazing machine.

 

I could understand that.
For most people, the GT3 is more affordable and easier to handle.
If money is not an issue, no doubt GT2.

 

Both are awesome. I couldn't trade one for the other so am hoping to have both.