so is the Porsche 935 just a gt2 RS in a
fancy retro frock well yes and no under
there somewhere is a gt2 RS but that's
just the starting point the end result
it's quite a bit more exotic let's start
with a short history lesson the 935 pays
homage to the 935 78 from 1978 a 911
based race car better known this
moby-dick it wasn't the most successful
version of the 935 racer but it was the
most interesting to look at with it's
cartoonish proportions and the most
powerful producing up to 845 horsepower
from its twin-turbo 3.2 liter flat 6
which incredibly is 145 horsepower more
than the new one the performance is not
shall we say lacking 690 brake
horsepower from a 3.8 litre twin-turbo
flat 6 nought to 60 to 2.7 seconds in
the top speed of 211 miles an hour
yeah adequate but what makes this car
unique is the carbon-fiber body panels
this incredible coach work here in total
it's now nearly 5 metres long and over 2
metres wide you may have noticed the
wing that's 1.9 meters wide I can't even
touch the ends of it look and these M
plates are very cool indeed see they've
got LED brake light strips on the
trailing edge that's inspired by the
now-retired nine one nine lmp1 racer and
this last bit you can have to get down
in your knees because if you look under
here you can see the classic back end of
the 911 you can see the 911 rear lights
just closed in carbon fibre and then
covered with this amazing carbon-fiber
awning it is a mad mad thing isn't it
and then there's the detail these
amazing Aero wheels are a design taken
directly from Moby Dick they wrapped in
slicks and made with the finished
slivers of carbon fibre these twin pipes
hark back to the 908 from 1968 and the
wing mirrors are lifted from the latest
mom winning 911 RSR oh I can't tell you
how light that door is and check this
out
still closes with that classic Porsche
clone no idea how they do that that
extra bacon with breakfast as you
properly spotted it's on the inside
where the 9:35 reveals itself to be it's
a serious car just the one seat fire
extinguisher down there roll cage all
around you in front of me
a massive telemetry data and they cut
off steering wheel smattered in colorful
buttons some of which I'll know what
they do but there are creature comforts
you've got aircon which is handy when
it's 38 degrees outside and lots and
lots of familiar 911 touch points so
you've got the 911 gear lever here the
aircon controls you turn it on by
twisting a key and down here I switched
from our automatic headlights so it's a
car that's designed to be massively
quick on track but easy to use Paul says
this car isn't homologated for any race
championship in particular but it can
compete in all sorts of series but when
I tell you that it costs seven hundred
and fifty thousand pounds and they're
only making 77 of them you're probably
not going to be too keen to go wheel to
wheel racing with your mates best to
keep this as a very special track toy
then and get a standard gt2 RS for
everything else