I have noticed that in every acceleration test done since the release of the 997GT3, the car has come short of the numbers claimed by the factory. This is especially true for the 0-100mph times. It seems that the numbers are accurate for the turbo but not for the GT3.

My GT3 is plenty fast but I have never tested it with a stopwatch. Has anyone gotten the numbers claimed by Porsche? Any theories?

 

I dont know, but with thte gearing the way it is, one would have to REALLY drop the clutch on some high revs to get that time...and seeing as how Porsche has enough replacements, it wouldnt suprise me if they really bombed one to get a number like that...


That said, my turbo ritually talks to the underside of 4 seconds and that is much better than what porsche stated...

 

Car and Driver and also some other independent mags got somewhere in the range of 8.5-8.7 for the GT3's 0-100mph.