Now that the launch has happened and the usual suspects have started to read the press release (such as this nice run through at http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/11/17/porsche-reveals-its-2017-gte-911-rsr.html) it is clear that the flagship racing 911 ... isn't. At all. At least not in any way but approximate general shape.
Mid engined (so not a 911 shell), wishbones all round (so no common suspension components nor indeed pickup points), magnesium gearbox housing, new engine which may or may not have some relation to the 9A1 family but certainly isn't the same as the road going RS, different body panels in entirety (even that vaguely 991 RS roof actually has an escape hatch in it), ... Even the front screen is heated so thus isn't shared with anything in the road car line up. It is by my reckoning significantly less 911 than even the 911 GT1-98.
Will they have to homologate this or do they have some kind of exemption. Otherwise, frankly, there must be a new not-911 911 on the horizon... :?:
Mid engined (so not a 911 shell), wishbones all round (so no common suspension components nor indeed pickup points), magnesium gearbox housing, new engine which may or may not have some relation to the 9A1 family but certainly isn't the same as the road going RS, different body panels in entirety (even that vaguely 991 RS roof actually has an escape hatch in it), ... Even the front screen is heated so thus isn't shared with anything in the road car line up. It is by my reckoning significantly less 911 than even the 911 GT1-98.
Will they have to homologate this or do they have some kind of exemption. Otherwise, frankly, there must be a new not-911 911 on the horizon... :?: