Porsche gives 911 GT3 R hybrid more power, less weight — swears it wasn’t fat or anything

There are two the way to make a car go faster, add power or subtract weight, and Porsche has done a little of both to its new 911 GT3 R hybrid racer in preparation for this year’s Nürburgring 24-hour race. Porsche took last year’s version, put it on a 50kg diet, and bumped the output of every of the auto’s two KERS -powered front-wheel electric motors by 21hp (giving drivers 202 ‘lectric horses and 480 of the ICE variety for a pavement-melting 682hp total). The men from Stuttgart hope the Jenny Craig routine will improve performance, fuel economy, and the auto’s probabilities of winning the endurance event in June. The hybrid-drive technology — originally sourced from Williams’ F1 cars — made an appearance within the firm’s 918 RSR hybrid and is essentially unchanged from the 2010 model. Unfortunately, this can be a racing-only situation, what with the KERS flywheel riding shotgun, but we’re sure one of many hundreds of different technologically-inclined 911 variants will sate your need for speed.

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