Racing rulebooks are the only thing keeping the greatest 911 alive
The GT3 isn't turbo because the racecar isn't turbo.
The reason the GT3 hasn't gone the turbo is the same reason the GT3 exists: because racecar. In an interview with Autoblog, GT Project Director Andreas Preuninger laid it out thusly: "What's very crucial for us, a key factor is the bloodline between the racecar and the street car."
That's not just marketing. Preuninger tells that, without the 997-generation GT3 R racecar, there never would have been a GT3 RS 4.0 road car. "The theoretical paperwork didn't show how good the engine felt and what you could do with it before you really built one and tried it. That's what you do on the racing side - just try something out. And that filters into the street cars as well."
(AutoBlog.com)
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