Since recently acquiring my 996 GT3 i have been searching for reviews and road tests on the car. I have found many interesting reviews but i think by far the most interesting was the road test conducted by MotorTrend Magazine back in 2004...

They put the standard GT3 mkII (not RS version) up against the Ferrari Challenge Stradale. The results, i think, astonished most:

" Porsche claims the GT3 will run 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds. We're here to tell you that's just so much braunschweiger: Try 3.9, barely slower than the almighty all-wheel-drive Turbo. The GT3 storms ahead to a 12.07-second quarter mile at 116.04 mph."

" The Ferrari screamed its way from launch to 60 in 4.3 seconds on to a quarter-mile run of 12.53 at 114.14 mph."

" The Porsche just nips the Ferrari, completing the complex, mini-road-course run in 23.9 seconds, versus the Stradale's 24.2. Both notched identical 0.95g stick ratings on the skidpad."

Wow! Quite amazing for a car costing half the price of the Ferrari...

 

I've done my share of "research" on the 6GT3 and never actually caught that article.

That ROCKS !