GT3 RS

[bryanearll]

So why is GT3 RS not available in the United States and Canada?

Is it available in Mexico?
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[David J Marguglio]

Write your congressman.

[bryanearll]

I always see the GT3 RS in you posts David... Did a search... Found info, but nothing on the Porsche website.

Found Porsche Racing's GT3 RSR, but apparently that's not for use on the road, just the track.

I bet the problem is ground clearance or bumper height. Which made me think, with all of these lowered cars out there; are those in violation of the law?
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[martinreinhardt]

The RSR is a Track car only even in europe, the RS is a street car and the RS club sport is the weekend racer/street car.

The GT3 RS can be imported (not by porsche) into the US, I have seen some for sale.

The biggest joke is that the GT3 comes with 996 sports seats in the US RoW comes with GT3 seats

[David J Marguglio]

Bryan:

The GT3 RS was a limited edition Club Sport version of the GT3 street car that had colored script (red or blue) down the side and matching wheels reminiscent of the 1973 RS. The Club Sport and the RS version of the GT3 where never sent to the US market - we are not good enough drivers. The short answer as to why is one part US Federalization requirements and two parts PCNA is real customer (they decide what they offer to their market). Throw in a few conspiracy theories and what is left means none for us.

[TheStig]

me thinks that the American automarket is bent on comfort rather than sportiness when it comes to the GT3. Out those seats would go and in those GT3 seats if I had the car. I need to finish school faster..

[martinreinhardt]

This place will import RS models http://www.euro-rs.com

[kary]

I got to know Aubrey who has the 993 RS from Europe. He had it imported here and made legal in the US. Costs a bit of money but can be done. I am sure the same thing could occur for the street GT3 RS.

It's only a matter of money.....

[TheStig]

It's also a matter too of what shop is willing to legalize the car correctly. Hell I've seen some gray market cars that were horribly converted over. Then again most of those were from the 70s and 80s.

[MVZ944T]

I think now, thanks to our illustrious leaders in DC, that if you import a non-US spec car, it must be both imported and converted by the same company. At least that was what the law read a few years ago. I think Ferrari was the main culprit behind the revision of the law, but I think Mercedes and BMW, and probably Porsche had their fingers in it also.

Which brings up another story. Back in '83 when I left Saudi Arabia and returned to the states, the local Porsche dealer in Saudi was having a "blow out sale" on all their new 911's. Out the door, fully optioned for about $22k. About $12-14k less than a comparable US model if I recall coreectly. They also had 2 or 3 of their sons at schol at USC, and they regularly brought back cars, brought them up to spec, drove them for the year and then sold them. So they had the import process down pat. Did I buy one. No!

[Bob Gagnon]

The main reason that the 996 GT3 RS was built was to FIA homologate the special suspension and special cylinder head parts for use in the 996 RSR racing variant.

The RS uses hollow cast suspension uprights with altered roll centers and the cylinder heads have 12 mm plugs not on normal GT3.

The suppliers for GT3RS parts like the carbon fiber wing and hood were low production suppliers who could not make parts fast enough to satisfy a large production run.

Hence, it did not make business sense to make more of the cars than Europe would buy.

It could have come to the USA otherwise.