The manual, big power, rear-drive 911 is back with the Sport Classic - here's one Porsche did earlier.
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive.A little over 500hp might not seem all that much these days but it was more than enough in the 1,440kg 997 GT2 to deliver a dynamic and hugely rapid drive.
This engine and in fact all 997 engines had an integrated dry sump, the oil flow being controlled by no fewer than nine pumps. If you’re used to cars that never use any oil you might need to reset your expectations with the GT2 as that can use some. Oil level warning lights illuminating on the GT2 could be down to faulty sensors, which weren’t expensive on their own but sometimes the sensor would be rusted to the sump pan, which was a £500+ item.
Servicing was every 20,000 miles. Independents would charge you £400-£500 for a major service. The bill from an Official Porsche Centre could be double that and the postcode of your chosen garage will affect things too. Considering the performance, the 25mpg that can be readily achieved in everyday driving is pretty good. Even if you’re flogging it you should still get something in the high teens.
In this car, the PSM functions didn’t reset to on once they were off. You were in control of that for the duration of your drive. Turning the engine off and on again would return it to Normal mode with all the stability, traction and anti-lock braking functions enabled. The SC+TC OFF button was effectively the GT2’s ‘drift’ button with a less common name.
The GT2 had 380mm ceramic brakes with yellow calipers as standard, all nicely visible through the wide openings of the ten-spoke wheels. This system had none of the pedal feel loss that was associated with some other less well-integrated ceramic set-ups. Owners going in for plenty of track days would often remove the PCCB setup and fit normal steel discs while they owned the car, replacing the carbon gear at resale time.
It’s common practice for dealers to touch up the stone chips on 911 front ends, and that’s fine as long as it’s been done well enough for their work to be invisible.Maybe, if you were being really picky, the GT2 cabin could have been a bit more special but really there was nothing to criticise about it.
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