Is it just me or it's very late whiff of aftermarket tuner about the way it looks.

It's not just you, is it?

It's a busy looking device you can solve that we're having in black in black.

You don't steal the car before we go any further.

GT two batch concerts A little bit about what it is, what it stands for, why it's so feared.

How far back it goes back to 95 doesn't it?

We're late 94 95 when Porter wanted to Ramallah gate a car for what was then the top line off Tin Top endurance racing regulations with BP are weren't they on?

They created a car called the 993 GT two, which was effectively a nine on three.

Turbo, which had big, swollen wheel arches, which were riveted on on that car, became iconic.

It won a lot of races.

It raced against McClaren.

If one's in period, it was 430 horsepower, but it didn't weigh an awful lot.

It was a special thing, and it was one of those Jorgen Bath specials that came out the back of portion Motor Sport.

No one quite knew how they made them.

They weren't many.

I think there were about 60 cars, 12 with right hand drives.

That was a genuine home allegation racing car.

It was replaced by the 1960 tiu that came along in 2001 wasn't it?

That was the first production guy ever break.

That wasn't a delegation car that really waas on 996 Turbo missing the front drive shafts with a bit of Bob's in a little poke.

And they did a facelift of that car, which actually had a lot more power, that about 480 yards on that had no traction control and really quite rope you Michelin tires.

So that's where there is that with the widow maker.

Yeah, that the 96 was the widow maker.

Really?

Because the 993 GT two not enough people drove them around.

Really, I understand they were very, very Larry card, but I thought the 19 sixties Larry, at 97 again continued theme it really waas a 997 turbo missing the front drive shafts with a screwdriver in the boost That was it, really?

And then they made this car called the 997 GT.

Two arrests on that WAAS.

More serious than we'd expected, a power output beginning with six, when a 9 11 turbo of the period had about 530.

So it had a lowball power to will drive that really WAAS, a widow maker that that car waas there were no set the bar for a new level of lunacy.

And then this thing cranks it up another step.

But it's it's It's kind of what we'd expect giving their given the 997 were so unhinged.

Well, I'm not sure I'm not sure it was what I expected, because I think Maur yeah, what's always been the case with the GT two?

It never felt like an afterthought, but it's always felt like they just take the engineering that's available to them from what they've done with the GT three rs of the period.

The normally aspirated car through a bit of it at the car, and they take the turbocharged engine that's available.

Maybe tweak it a bit, and there you go.

It's never been the car that they use as the figurehead of what part a motor sport should do.

Whereas this one is thing now is very much Porsche saying the best we can do is through a turbocharged engine, and that's quite strange.

Normal.

They want the normal aspirated card to do that shouting 700 horse Barry will drive hand on heart.

Is it too much?

No, it's no.

If we turn everything off and it's wet, it's way too much.

It's it's it's city.

You can't really hang on to it.

But the systems are so good the way they calibrate the system is so clever now.

But if you leave them on and you still got from tire tread depth of the rear class, fine question to ask is, Could you sell this car without tried control?

No.

Which brings us on to the lap time.

It's quite a special time, isn't it?

Now there's a bit of magic going on because it's not on the board at the moment.

That's cause we're talking just before you recorded in the studio.

So 1 13.4 did that surprise you in any way?

No, it's for seriously, seriously fast car.

Is it quick?

Does it feel quicker than a 675 lt.

Yes, I think the 675 probably has more helpful chassis.

It's mid engine for all the obvious reasons.

But the power that every this thing is extraordinary.

I know the Internet's gonna be screaming now they want to see the 7 20 s, c 7 20 years Take care of it.

Might do might be very, very close, but it was too cold.

So we will run the 7 20 s gonna think 7 28 is probably a few 10th quicker than a 675 That's how my plan worked.

They need to keep moving forward.

So it be close, but it would be very, very now, the thing that keeps playing on my mind is where does this leave the 9 11?

I can't see how 100 more horsepower and more downforce could approve this car where the game's gonna be.

Make sure it's a 9 11 specific question.

That is it for all performance cars.

I think right now cars like this on the performance day on the 488 Peaster that's coming.

They reek of car manufacturers enjoying the last of these pre hybrid times.

This is them all saying this is what we can do.

We know that there's not gonna be any more purely gasoline powered performance cars coming.

So this is it that's not enjoy.

This is, quite sadly, this is the end of an era, and I think they're showing us what they can do.

Butts.

I think parapets could continue to rise.

The problem is, the weight's gonna start rising as well.

Yes, instruct you strap some electric motors onto this thing and you had another 150.

Exactly.

You could probably have a car like this with 800 horsepower, but it's gonna waste 1607 100 kilograms.

And then I'm not sure they're quite as clever at that point on what a wonderful car it is a special thing.