911 GT2 RS - Walter Röhrl - wet track
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The Porsche 911 model series (pronounced Nine Eleven or in German: Neunelf) is a family of German two-door, high performance rear-engine sports cars, introduced in September 1964 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany.
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Nah, that is some fake animated instrument imposed on the video - if you see the video, it never revs beyond 7k. Here is the real instrument - the redline is at 6800 rpm.
So I researched a little bit about why turbo engines don't rev high and this is what I found (it is from reading forums - so take it with bit of salt). You need big turbos to be able to keep boost up at higher revs - which makes sense cause higher the revs, the higher vol of air/sec the engine needs. But the bigger the turbos, the bigger the turbo lag, so it is a trade off. It will be interesting too see how McLaren addressed this in the MP4-12C.
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Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer
specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs, and sedans,
headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Owned by
Volkswagen AG, it was founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche.
In its early days, Porsche was contracted by the German government
to create a vehicle for the masses, which later became the Volkswagen
Beetle. In the late 1940s, Ferdinand's son Ferry Porsche began
building his car, which would result in the Porsche 356.
