2010 Porsche 911 GT3 RS 3.8

Carrara White · German delivery · One owner from new · 19,875 km

* One owner from new
* Just 19,875 kilometres
* German-delivered example
* Original new-car order documentation
* Carrara White with contrasting Guards Red details
* Front-axle lift system
* Carbon-fibre rear centre console
* Documented Porsche Centre history
* Most recent service in July 2026

The 997.2 GT3 RS

There are generations of the Porsche 911 whose significance becomes clearer with time. The 997.2 GT3 RS is increasingly one of them.

Introduced in 2009, the second-generation 997 GT3 RS represented the final evolution of a particular type of road-going Porsche: naturally aspirated, manually shifted and developed around the motorsport-derived Mezger engine that had underpinned Porsche’s most focused road and competition cars for more than a decade.

For the 997.2 RS, displacement increased from 3.6 to 3.8 litres, raising output to 450 hp at 7,900 rpm. Power was sent exclusively to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox, while a wider front and rear track, revised suspension and extensive aerodynamic development further separated the RS from the already formidable contemporary GT3.

Yet numbers explain only part of its appeal.

The 997.2 belongs to an era in which Porsche’s GT cars still demanded considerable participation from their drivers. The steering is hydraulic, the gearbox entirely manual and the naturally aspirated flat-six rewards commitment towards the upper reaches of its rev range.

There is an immediacy to the way the car changes direction, a precision to the six-speed gearbox and, above all, an intensity to the engine as it approaches 8,000 rpm that explains why this generation has acquired such a strong following among collectors.

Its successor would be faster. It would also introduce PDK, electric power steering and an entirely new engine architecture.

The 997.2 GT3 RS therefore stands at an important point in the history of Porsche’s GT department: not because Porsche stopped developing the concept afterwards, but because this was the last GT3 RS to combine the Mezger engine with a manual gearbox.

This GT3 RS

The example offered here was ordered through Porsche Zentrum Wiesbaden / Rossel Sportwagen GmbH and delivered to its first owner on 5 August 2010.

Remarkably, it remained with that same German owner for the following sixteen years. The car was initially registered to his company and subsequently transferred into his private name, remaining under the same ownership throughout.

The original new-car order documentation remains with the car and provides a detailed record of its factory specification.

Finished in Carrara White with contrasting Guards Red elements, the configuration is restrained but particularly well judged. The red centre-lock wheels and exterior graphics provide the visual contrast characteristic of the RS, while the cabin combines black cloth sports bucket seats with Guards Red details.

Among its more unusual options is the XMJ carbon-fibre rear centre console, a subtle but particularly attractive addition to the otherwise functional RS interior.

The car was also ordered with the front-axle lift system, Sport Chrono Package, cruise control, universal audio interface and six-point harness equipment. The surviving original order documentation confirms this specification.

Rather than obscuring the character of the RS with an extensive comfort specification, the original owner selected a small number of useful and visually distinctive options around the fundamentals of the car.

One owner and 19,875 kilometres

Today, the GT3 RS has covered just 19,875 kilometres from new.

More important than the mileage alone is the history behind it.

The car has remained under the same ownership from delivery in August 2010 until 2026, and its mileage progression can be traced through Porsche’s dealer records.

The Porsche system records the car at 3,477 kilometres in October 2010, again during a workshop visit in 2011, at 7,750 kilometres in February 2012, 10,195 kilometres in July 2012 and 14,486 kilometres in September 2013. These visits included warranty work, recall and workshop campaigns and provide valuable contemporary documentation of the car’s early life.

By April 2024, the mileage had increased to only 18,669 kilometres, when a major maintenance was performed at Porsche Zentrum Mainz.

The result is a particularly unusual combination: low mileage without a life spent entirely in static storage, together with continuous ownership from new.

Service and Porsche history

Three scheduled maintenance entries are recorded:

16 July 2012 – 10,195 km
Porsche Zentrum Wiesbaden

12 April 2024 – 18,669 km
Porsche Zentrum Mainz · Major maintenance

30 June 2026 – 19,767 km
Porsche Zentrum Köln · Maintenance including engine oil and additional age-related service items

The Porsche dealer history additionally records a number of visits during the car’s early years for warranty work and factory campaigns. These included checks and work relating to the suspension lift system, central locking campaign, CDR30, brake system, DME programming, clutch-pedal switch and other factory measures.

The latest Porsche system entry records the car at 19,767 kilometres in July 2026, when Porsche Zentrum Köln carried out maintenance including engine oil and the relevant additional time-based maintenance operations.

An ECU operating-hours readout provides a further insight into how the car has been used. At present it records approximately 262 operating hours, with only 90 ignitions in Range 1, recorded at 173.9 operating hours, and no higher-range over-revs.

For a GT3 RS, that is a particularly reassuring result.

The end of an era

The significance of the 997.2 GT3 RS is increasingly difficult to separate from what came afterwards.

Porsche continued to make GT3 RS models faster, more capable and more sophisticated. But the fundamental interaction changed.

Here, the driver still selects every gear through a conventional six-speed manual gearbox. The steering communicates through a hydraulic system. The naturally aspirated Mezger flat-six needs revs to reveal its character, and the chassis combines remarkable precision with the compact dimensions and mechanical intimacy that distinguish the 997 generation.

This particular car adds something increasingly difficult to find within that already desirable model: continuous single-owner provenance, fewer than 20,000 kilometres, a documented German history and an unusually original presentation.

The Carrara White and Guards Red specification is unmistakably RS without being excessive, while details such as the carbon-fibre centre console and front-axle lift make the original configuration particularly appealing.

It is accompanied by its original new-car order documentation, owner’s wallet and documentation, two keys, two six-point harnesses and fire extinguisher.

Sixteen years after it was delivered to its first owner, it remains a remarkably well-preserved example of what has become one of the defining Porsche GT cars of the modern era.

Specifications

Model: Porsche 911 GT3 RS 3.8 (997.2)
Model year: 2011
Delivery: 5 August 2010
Exterior: Carrara White / Guards Red
Mileage: 19,875 km
Ownership: One owner from new; initially company-registered, subsequently privately registered to the same owner
Engine: 3.8-litre naturally aspirated flat-six
Power: 450 hp at 7,900 rpm
Transmission: Six-speed manual
Drive: Rear-wheel drive
Delivery market: Germany