One of just three listed on carsales, this 996 GT3 has covered less than 19,000km since newThe NewsThe Key Details<\/p>\n
2003 Porsche 911 GT3 manual listed on carsales for $295,000<\/p>\n
In pristine condition, it has just 18,775km on the clock<\/p>\n
One of the last 996 GT3s built before the 997<\/a> was released<\/p>\n Optioned with Clubsport Pack, sports exhaust and premium audio<\/p>\n The Finer Details<\/p>\n Yes, the Turbo and Turbo S are faster, yes the GT3 RS is more dynamic, and yes, there are rarer variants around \u2013 but the 996 GT3 was a significant turning point in the 911 dynasty.<\/p>\n The Porsche 911 GT3 996 spawned perhaps the ultimate lineage of track-focused road cars the world has, or might ever, see.<\/p>\n The original GT3 was lighter, tauter, less refined and hugely more aggressive than the Carrera of the time with an all-new engine, massive aero, track brakes and very few creature comforts \u2013 think of it as if Sally from Cars hit the gym and took up cage fighting.<\/p>\n Of course, the GT3 RS would eventually up the ante even further, but there wouldn\u2019t be an RS without the GT3.<\/p>\n The carsales listing of this immaculate example in Queensland deserves attention, especially when you look at the spec sheet and odometer.<\/p>\n Having covered less than 19,000km since new, this particular GT3 was built in late 2003 \u2013 making it a 996.2<\/a> \u2013 and configured with the optional Clubsport Pack (racing bucket seats, six-point harnesses, bolt-in half cage, single mass flywheel, fire extinguisher, prep for a battery master switch), performance exhaust, climate control, and premium audio system.<\/p>\n Sitting over the rear axle<\/a> is a 3.6-litre flat six-cylinder petrol engine good for 280kW\/385Nm, all of which is shipped to the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential.<\/p>\n Zero-100km\/h takes 4.5 seconds and the top speed is 306km\/h \u2013 compared to 302km\/h for the 996.1.<\/p>\n The Road Ahead<\/p>\n The 996 GT3 heralds from a time before performance cars could essentially drive themselves; there\u2019s no automatic rev-matching, no traction control, no stability control, no digital dash, no shift lights, no launch control and no drive modes \u2013 all things that come standard on a $35,000 hatchback in 2026.<\/p>\n The only \u2018digital\u2019 element to the drive experience is an anti-lock braking system (ABS).<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t a car for posers. This is a collector\u2019s item that should be enjoyed for what it was designed for: spirited driving.<\/p>\n Click here to view the full listing while it lasts!<\/a>Our team of independent expert car reviewers and journalistsMeet the team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of just three listed on carsales, this 996 GT3 has covered less than 19,000km since newThe NewsThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1129,49,48,101086,581,171872,171871,111281,129158,44,61,82589],"class_list":["post-407967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-advice","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-car-reviews","tag-cars","tag-carsales-carsales-com-au","tag-from-the-classifieds-2003-porsche-911-gt3-manual","tag-latest-car-news","tag-new-cars","tag-news","tag-technology","tag-used-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}