Porsche Fills Out Performance 2025 911 Lineup With GT3 and GT3 Touring Package
As the Porsche 911 lineup has transitioned exclusively to turbocharging whether or not there’s a Turbo badge on the decklid, the normally aspirated GT3’s position as the purists’ 911 has grown more secure. While the most extreme GT3, the RS, is unchanged for the 2025 model year, Porsche has revealed details on the updated GT3 and GT3 with Touring Package.
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While sharing the RS’s 9,000-rpm 4.0-liter flat-six engine and some of the hardcore suspension componentry with that single-purpose track weapon, the regular GT3 is aimed at better balancing daily comfort with track capability. The Touring tames the car further, ditching the towering rear wing in favor of an active spoiler that contributes to a subtler look — from the rear, at least; all GT3s have a prominent pair of nostrils atop their hoods for venting air from the radiator in their noses.
More meaningful for some buyers is that Porsche still builds the standard GT3 and GT3 Touring with a six-speed manual transmission. The RS’s uncompromising approach to speed means it is only available with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic — which is also offered on the non-RS cars. In the GT3, the 4.0-liter flat-six puts out 502 horsepower and 331 pounds-feet of torque, 16 hp and 11 pounds-feet less than the RS.
Bau to Your Sensei
Lest you think the GT3 and Touring are softies, weight-reducing bundles are available for both. For the regular GT3, it’s called the Weissach Package and includes a rear anti-roll bar, rear suspension components, roof, wing side plates, mirror housings and front-end bits made from carbon fiber, plus leather and synthetic leather interior trim including a glare-reducing passenger-side dash pad.
The Touring’s Lightweight Package includes the same bits, plus a plaque forward of the shifter that reads “Leichtbau,” the traditional name for a lightweight 911. Both packages can be further de-massed with magnesium wheels that save approximately 20 pounds total and a smaller lithium-ion starter battery that drops another 10 pounds.
GT3 buyers can carry the theme further, adding available carbon-fiber sport seats with removable head-restraint padding for increased comfort while wearing a helmet. Or, Touring customers can add some weight back in to accommodate more people with the available rear seat.
Other fun bits of motorsport theater include a tachometer that drivers can rotate to put the 9,000-rpm redline at the 12-o’clock position and an old-fashioned ignition switch that has to be turned instead of a button to be poked. A Track Screen setting replaces gauges in the digital dash, with readouts providing data on tires, oil, coolant and fuel.
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Availability and Pricing
The 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 and GT3 with Touring Package will go on sale in summer 2025. Pricing for both, including the $1,995 destination fee, will start some $20,000 less than the hardcore RS, at $224,495.
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