Porsche is really onto something—and they’re on a roll with that something, too. What some might refer to as a “gentleman-spec” or “stealth-edition” of the 911 GT3, Porsche has been calling the Touring for several years.
The whole philosophy behind the 911 GT3 Touring as we understand it today, really began gaining traction thanks to a car known as the 2016 Porsche 911 R. We know that the 911 R was different both in name and its GT3 RS underpinnings, but it was very much what the Touring would go on to become fundamentally speaking.
