The Porsche Configurator Lets You Share Your Builds, So Let’s See Your Favorite GT3 Setup

It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend and you’re still probably working off the itis. Whether you credit your fourth serving of turkey or your fifth round of stuffing for a bout of lethargy, now’s not the time to get meaningful work done. Like many Americans, you’re probably taking it slow, and Porsche’s finally unleashed the configurator for the updated 911 GT3 just in time for you to need a distraction from desk work.

The 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 is cool in the way Lamborghinis used to be — a singular, outrageous statement of performance delivered with the utmost sincerity. Not only does it get styling tweaks and aerodynamic updates, it also features revised suspension geometry, new camshafts, an eight percent shorter final drive, updated dampers, new seats, new performance packages, and on the Touring version, the availability of rear seats. The end result is an even more planted, even more ferociously quick GT3, now with even more bandwidth.

Of course, all these upgrades, combined with the sheer desirability of the outgoing GT3, means that Porsche can charge more than ever before. Instead of letting dealers take markup for themselves, Porsche’s bumped the price to $224,495 including freight, but that’s before you add any options. Trust me, you’re going to want to add options, but which ones? Well, here’s what I’d go with if I had six figures to drop on a new GT3.

I’d start, perhaps controversially, with the Touring model. Sure, the GT3 is the ultimate track-focused 911 you can get with a stick, but I’m more of an 80-percent-use-case guy. At least 80 percent of my mileage is done on public roads, where a dinner table-sized wing would be essentially useless. Instead, the more demure form of the Touring unlocks several options and works better with certain colors, and that’s exactly what I’m looking for here.

Let’s start with the color — it’s a Paint To Sample shade costing a whopping $16,230. Serious coin, but then again, the color’s called Sean Peach. Not only is it named after a guy, but it’s also peachy, and I do fancy the color of peaches. Less in-your-face than an out-and-out orange, but still vibrant. Tell me this doesn’t evoke a certain lust for life. Unfortunately, the desaturated paint clashes with the standard red brake calipers, so the $910 box for black brake calipers gets ticked. Ouch, but it do be like that sometimes. Add in clear-lens taillights for $650, upgraded headlights for $1,780, and body-color lower mirror trim for $660, and that’s the exterior basically done. The $370 option to have the black bumper accents painted body color doesn’t show up on the configurator for me, but that’s the feather in the cap here.

Or is it? Because for $36,010, the Lightweight Package appears to get the new GT3 Touring awfully close to the limited-run 911 S/T. With a shortened gear lever directly out of that model, carbon fiber bucket seats, a carbon fiber rear anti-roll bar, a carbon fiber roof, some more carbon fiber suspension bits, and magnesium wheels, this pack’s as expensive as it is tempting. Best of all, the new carbon fiber bucket seats fold, which means the Lightweight Package is compatible with the best new addition to the GT3 Touring.

Optional rear seats! Look, a pair of rear chairs on a hardcore quarter-million-dollar sports car seems ridiculous, but what better way to use a car like this than to spread joy, and what better way to spread joy than by taking three friends and/or family members out for a rip at the same time? Sure, it adds a few pounds, but the lightweight package takes a few out, so hey, it should wash. Mind you, in conjunction with the carbon seats, the only way to lighten up the cabin ambience without going with the Sonderwunsch program is to spec contrast stitching, so hey, $6,220 later, here we go. Topping it all off is the Bose stereo because when you’re in traffic, decent tunes make a world of difference.

Yeah, my ideal 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 stickers for $290,105 including freight, proper supercar money. However, because new stick-shift supercars are hard to find in this price bracket, it still feels like something worth dreaming about. Best of all, Porsche lets you save your configurations and share a little URL called a Porsche code, so I want to see what your dream GT3 looks like.

(Photo credits: Porsche)

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