Porsche 911 GT3 - America’s Best-Handling Car

After testin 10 great cars, MotorTrend reached the conclusion that Porsche 911 GT3 is America’s Best-Handling Car. Not to talk about is exceptional handling, the 911 Gt3 is a car that is not afraid of the rain. The other nine contenders are less weather sensitive, but the second-place finisher is less obvious. The Evo’s excellent steering, approachable limits, and eagerness to slide earned it high praise as one of the easiest cars (and certainly the best sedan) in which to hustle, but it scored too few podium finishes.

The visceral Lotus Exige entertained all drivers, finishing tops in step-steer response, second in the lane-change, and third at Laguna, but lost big points for its tricky limit behavior and dodgy ergonomics. And so the deft, sophisticated Cayman S earns our Miss Congeniality prize for nipping at the wild Lotus’s heels at Laguna and in other transient maneuvers like the lane-change while out-scoring it handily in ride quality, slip-angle shenanigans, and on the public-road drive.

In the 911 model range, the abbreviation GT3 stands for pure, unadulterated driving pleasure. With its uncompromising dynamics, this model impresses not only in normal day-to-day driving but also on the racetrack. The 305-kW (415-bhp) 3.6-liter flat-six engine produces a specific output of 84.7 Kilowatts (115.3 bhp) per liter of displacement. This performance places the new-generation GT3 in its displacement class at the pinnacle of road-legal production sports cars with naturally aspirated engines.

It uses the same 3.6-liter flat-six as the standard Carrera, but larger throttle bodies and a freer-flowing exhaust allow it to send up to 409 horsepower and 298 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission and a variable limited-slip differential. And they aren’t just any wheels, they measure 19 inches in diameter and come wrapped in 305/30 rubber.

You can opt for a set of factory-approved, carbon-fiber racing seats which are half the weight of the standard buckets if the standard setup’s claimed 4.3-second 0-to-60 time and 192 mph top speed aren’t fast enough for you. Alcantara trim covers most of the interior, and that too can be changed of course.