Porsche set a new record for road-approved sports cars on the 20.6km Nurburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GT2 RS on 20 September. The record time of six minutes and 47.3 seconds was achieved in the presence of a notary and surpassed even Porsche's own expectations. Frank-Steffen Walliser, Vice President Motorsport and GT Cars, said, "At the start of the development process, we set ourselves a lap time target for the GT2 RS of less than seven minutes and five seconds.

"The credit for beating this target by 17.7 seconds goes to our development engineers, mechanics and drivers, who demonstrated an exceptionally strong team performance. This result makes it official. The GT2 RS is not only the most powerful, but also the fastest 911 ever built." The fastest and most powerful road-approved 911 celebrated its world premiere at the Festival of Speed in Goodwood in the U.K. at the end of June.

At the heart of this high-performance sports car is a 690bhp six-cylinder bi-turbo flat engine. Weighing in at 1,470kg with a full fuel tank, the lightweight two-seater accelerates from 0-100km/h in 2.8 seconds. The rear-wheel drive coupe has a top speed of 340km/h and with its near-motorsport drive technology, the new 911 GT2 RS trumps its 3.6-litre predecessor by 80bhp and achieves 750Nm of torque (an increase of 50Nm).