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Porsche 911 GT3 review

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Writer:

Andrew Frankel | Ti co-founder

Date:

24 April 2021

I know what you’re thinking, at least a lot of you: meet the new boss, same as the old boss. So job one for me as a writer seeking to persuade his audience to keep reading is to say no, it’s not. This new Porsche 911 GT3 is absolutely not just an old GT3 with a bit more power and a bit more weight. It may not look it, but there is a fundamental change of approach under that rather familiar shell, a change that will be welcomed, by some, not all.

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