Model Focus: Owning a Porsche 911 (996.2) GT3

History & Tech

More significant to North Americans is that the street version of the 2003 second-generation GT3 met EPA norms making it the first ‘hot’ 911 to be allowed officially in the US since the Carrera 2.4 S of 1972. 

When Porsche began making sports cars in the late 1940s, its first customers were well-heeled Swiss enthusiasts competing in the Alpine hill climbs which proliferated in the early days of motoring. Through the 1950s, Porsche made sports racers for clients and its works teams while building up its road car production.