Like most people reading this, we probably couldn’t afford Gemballa’s 850 horsepower Avalanche GTR 800 EVO-R based on the Porsche 911. Heck, we probably couldn’t even get our hands on the 911 itself, but for those of us lucky few that can, Gemballa is offering a new aero kit to set your 911 apart from the rest.

Gemballa gives the Porsche 911 a sportier and a more aggressive look with the addition of new side skirts, front and rear lips, rear spoiler and huge BBS-style 20-inch alloys. Yeah, and that hood scoop you see there, that’s only for show off purposes. So don’t get too excited.

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Porsche today unveils a new, more powerful version of its 911 racer. The GT3 RSR competes in GT2 long-distance races, including Le Mans, Spa and the 24-hour Nurburgring event and will benefit from new aero aids and engineering tweaks.

Additional front ‘flicks’ spoilers are added to the front apron and extra air ducts pepper the steel bodywork, while the huge rear wing is carried over from last year’s racer. Porsche has changed the suspension settings, letting owners adjust the height, camber and track for each circuit.

Gentlemen racers won’t fancy driving this hardcore GT3 down the shops, though; there’s a bucket seat and six-point racing harness and not much else in the way of creature comforts. All the regular toys are stripped out in the name of saving weight – the RSR comes in at a flyweight 1200kg.

The RSR is powered by the 3.8-liter boxer six-cylinder engine, now delivering a hefty 459bhp and 317lb ft at a heady 7250rpm. Drive is sent to the rear wheels through a new sequential six-speed gearbox, whose internal friction has been greatly reduced to minimize power loss, and a limited slip differential.
Hauling the RSR back from high-speed runs are bespoke racing brakes, with manual adjustment of the front-rear bias. Six-piston calipers grab the huge 380mm front discs, while the rears are grabbed by four-pot calipers.

You’ll need deep pockets to bag one of the 35 RSR models being made in Weissach. Privateer racers will have to stump up £288,000.

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Rinspeed, a Swiss tuner and car manufacturer has released their version of modified Porsche Cayenne which is called Rinspeed X-Treme. The SUV produces 600 hp through the use of a custom sports exhaust and able to achieve top speed of 300 km/h.

The X-Treme features larger front air intakes, front splitter, rear bumper, side skirts and flared wheel arches and lowered by 35mm with the help of the modified air suspension setup.

It is also fitted with large 23×11-inch wheels wrapped in 315/25R23 tires.

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Only 265 units of the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup which was developed in Weissach will be built on Porsche’s production line in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen will be build. The 911 GT3 will participate in the 2008 motorsport season such as at the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup race, Porsche Carrera Cups and GT3 Cup Challenges.

Compared to last year’s model, the most significant modification made to the new Porsche 911 is the new rear end where better heat dissipation made possible by the rear air venting slits.
The new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is based on the the street-legal GT3 which is powered by a 3.6-liter 6-cylinder boxer engine that produces 42o bhp (20 hp more than the previous model). The engine is mated to the sequential 6-speed transmission with interruption of engine power enables the driver to shift up under full throttle without disengaging the clutch.

The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is weighted at 1,150 kg in race trim thus its has a power-to-weight ratio of 2.7 kg per horsepower.

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Based on the brand new 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet, TECHART has revealed their new TECHART Turbo Cabriolet at the Essen Motor Show 2007. TECHART engineers have made numerous upgrades to the aerodynamics of the car as well as the performance.

With a new sport air filter, stainless steel exhaust system with special manifold and high performance catalytic converters, the 3.6 liter boxter engine in the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet now produces 630 horsepower. That gives the car the ability to do 0-62 in 3.5 seconds with a top speed of 214 mph.

TECHART allows customers to choose between two framework kits including the Aerokit I and Aerokit II. Both kits to give the 911 Turbo Cabriolet a sportier appearance and apply additional down force.

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The Powerkit is a genuine factory-fitted Porsche tuning package offered only on the Carrera S that lifts power from 350bhp to 376bhp. You can order it on any two- or four-wheel drive Carrera S with the coupé, targa or cabrio bodies.

As well as that 26bhp power hike there's a gain in torque too, from 295lb ft to 306lb ft although the torque peak now moves up 900rpm to 5500rpm.

• Chip and exhaust job is it?

It better not be for £8241. In fact it's a pretty comprehensive affair and includes modified cylinder heads and exhaust manifolds, a carbon fiber air cleaner housing, aluminum intake and, yes, a sports exhaust system and revised ECU.

• And how does it go?

The differences aren't colossal on paper or on the road. Porsche's own figures say that the kit chops the 0-62mph figure down 0.2sec to 4.6sec and adds 4mph at the top end allowing the kitted car to touch 186mph. The 0-100mph times show a more noticeable improvement, the kitted car knocking nearly a second from the standard model's 10.7sec effort but the in-gear flexibility numbers don't show any improvement at all.

That's mostly how it feels, too: noticeably peppier, harder edged and a slightly more vocal, but not hugely different from the standard car. If you've got the Sport button depressed to take advantage of the sharper throttle response, the sonic bellow kicks in at around 3500rpm. If not you'll have to wait 1500rpm longer. Either way the real grunt doesn't arrive until the needle is half way round the centrally mounted 8000rpm taco although it actually feels fractionally stronger low down than before too, allowing you to lazily surf the low rev torque when you're not in the mood for a thrash. And when you do wind it up, it kicks even harder.

Our came without the optional PCCB carbon brakes. The steelies are still great (nice firm pedal, loads of stopping power, stacks of feel) but the PCCB definitely has the edge in every area, though probably not enough to justify the £5349 option price.

• How much more does the GT3 cost?

Smart thinking. A basic GT3 with the C2's comfort seats rather than the more radical buckets that come with the Club Sport package would set you back £80,660, just £3669 more than a powerkitted C2S.
Ok, so that's still £3669, but it is buying you an extra 33bhp again over the Powerkit (409bhp in total) and an engine that zings to 8200rpm and can trace its ancestry to Porsche's '98 Le Mans winner. For the number junkies the GT3 hits 60mph in 4.3sec and manages 192mph all out.

On top of that you've got the peachy chassis (with brilliant two stage dampers making it genuinely usable on road) and various bits of GT3 jewelery like the front splitter, rear wing, yellow marked instruments and Alcantara wheel.

Sounds like you're less than impressed with the Powerkit.
Not so. We think the C2S is brilliant and the extra performance offered by the Powerkit makes a great car even better. But it's not worth over £8000, not when the GT3 is within reach.
Now that the GT3 has evolved into such a civilized road car, there's simply no reason for those wanting a more powerful 911 than the Carrera S not to go for it - unless they really need rear seats.

And we're sure some do want those back seats because the 911 is an incredibly practical car. Young children fit snugly in the rear or you can fold down the backrests and use the rear of the cabin as an extra luggage compartment.

The 911's compact dimensions and the great visibility mean its no liability in town, the control weights are perfectly matched, the body control excellent and it still steers like nothing else in its class.

• Verdict

Great fun but too expensive. If the only GT3 available was the £96k RS, the Powerkit for the C2S would make more sense and this would be a five star car.

You couldn't accuse the standard CS2 of being affordable but it's not horrendous value at £65k either and is one of our favorite cars. But if we wanted more go and could stretch to £80k we'd go for the the GT3 which is even more fun and barely less practical. Which makes the powerkit a very likable option for the C2S that just doesn't make financial sense.

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