2008 Porsche 911 GT2

The last of its kind, the last true widow maker. This twin-turbo, manual transmission rear-wheel drive animal was a true unicorn. First and foremost I would have never thought I would have had an opportunity to drive one of these let alone be able to spend an entire day with it. I feel so grateful for the chance to put it through its paces. So let’s address the elephant in the room and say how rare this particular car is. There were only 185 Porsche 911 GT2 examples delivered to the US and this particular one was the most optioned GT2 in the world in 2008. Coming in right at a lofty 227k, that’s right 227k in 2008. So the owner of this car must have been a real boss because we all know the US economy was in freefall in 2008. Now, I don’t mention this brag or gloat by any means. I just needed to say that to put things into perspective because even in the Porsche exclusive world this is ultra-exclusive and a truly one of a kind example.

Now, all the high-level stuff is out of the way let’s talk data. So this bad boy weighs in at 3150lbs and has 530hp and 505 ft-tq. Now with the horsepower wars of today, it doesn’t sound nuts however, this car’s power to weight ratio is off the chars. Most of those super horsepower cars of today are 4,000lbs or more. Also, this car doesn’t have a bunch of nannies to save your tail. You screw up just a hair the car will burry you in a heartbeat. Also, 0 to 60 is 3.7 seconds and…