{"id":355,"date":"2011-03-27T17:16:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T01:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2015-07-03T06:50:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T14:50:44","slug":"randy-wells-photography-classic-porsche-automotive-travel-music-reviews-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/porsche_911_997_gt2_rs_11_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/porsche_911_997_gt2_rs_11_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"porsche_911_997_gt2_rs_11_08\" width=\"330\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/porsche_911_997_gt2_rs_11_08.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/porsche_911_997_gt2_rs_11_08-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 85vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>GT2 RS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never posted twice in the same day, but since I&#8217;m on a Porsche roll&#8230; Why not.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video from Porsche explaining the genesis of the new GT2 RS, the most powerful and exclusive 911 Turbo street car <em>ever<\/em>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the Cayman R and 918 may be in the current spotlight, (and the executive town car Panamera is outselling the sports car 911) this is the car I would own. Of course, it&#8217;s sold out.  No RMS hassle either. It would look great sitting next to my &#8217;72 911S and 911T\/ST.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Power from the twin turbo 3.6L flat six is 612 hp with 516 lb\u00c2\u00b7ft of torque. Top speed is 205 mph. 0-60 mph happens in 3.3 seconds. With Walter Rohrl driving, the GT2 RS recently clocked a record-breaking time of 7 minutes and 18 seconds around the N\u00c3\u00bcrburgring-Nordschleife track. Unlike the SUV Cayenne, I wouldn&#8217;t mind having to replace the brakes yearly on this one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"355\" height=\"278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yoyrF27NuU0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also&#8230;  Here&#8217;s current F1 champion Sebastian Vettel in an early RHD Porsche 911 (a silver &#8217;71 911E) from today&#8217;s Australian Grand Prix. Cool&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/vettelf1.jpg\" title=\"vettelf1.jpg\"><img id=\"image354\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/vettelf1.jpg\" alt=\"vettelf1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photographer: Unknown)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GT2 RS I&#8217;ve never posted twice in the same day, but since I&#8217;m on a Porsche roll&#8230; Why not. Here&#8217;s a video from Porsche explaining the genesis of the new GT2 RS, the most powerful and exclusive 911 Turbo street car ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3,7,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7828,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/7828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}