The Porsche Speedster 2019 with GT3 engine is finally here and it's an instant classic

The 2019 Porsche Speedster looks like the slippery incarnation of a thank you letter to Porsche fans. Clean lines, a lean cockpit, a natural suction and a manual gearbox – appear about as perfect as a Porsche could be in 2019.

Powered by a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter 911 GT3 and 911 GT3 RS naturally aspirated engine, the $ 274,500 Speedster will feature individual throttle bodies that are said to aggressively sharpen engine response, proclaiming 502 horsepower and 346 lb-ft. of couple. .

This car is built around a chassis 'derived from the 911 GT3 models with a specifically calibrated rear axle steering system and dynamic engine mounts to deliver maximum precision, stability and driving pleasure', according to a press release, and Porsche promises maximum speed of 192 mph and stopping time of 3.8 seconds at 60 mph.

In addition to the obvious exterior adjustments that distinguish the Speedster from any other 911 – its squat appearance thanks to its ultra-sloped windshield and low tailgate – this car has been significantly reduced.

The boot fenders, the front fenders and the tailgate cover are all "made of carbon fiber composite material", while the front and rear bumpers are made of polyurethane. The interior door panels are skinny and the standard car option does not include air conditioning, but you can specify it for free if you wish.

Speedster owners will also need to clean it with a cloth top that closes manually [gasp] in the name of weight saving.

The six-speed manual transmission saves "about nine pounds" compared to a seven-speed Porsche and 40 pounds compared to an automatic PDK, as if you needed another excuse to use three pedals.

All this stuff is supposed to reduce the empty weight of the Speedster to 3,230 pounds.

So basically, "a GT3 Touring with a roof suppression", as pointed Bradley Brownell, a contributor to Jalopnik. He also speculates that cars will sell for half a million dollars by next summer. And yes, probably.

In 2018, Porsche launched a new stylish Speedster concept, incorporating design benchmarks and a flexible aesthetic of the company's first well-known sports car, and applying it to the new 911.

A production version of this car was confirmed at the Paris Motor Show last year, with the warning that only 1,948 will be built. The importance of this figure being that the first Porsche 356 Speedster was built for 1948.

This is not the first Speedster variant of a new 911 and it will probably not be the last. As most of the attentive people expected, the new Speedster's rendering ready for use in showrooms is close enough to the concept car that was announced almost a year ago. It's certainly not a bad thing, this car is absolutely beautiful. Porsche par excellence; fan service on wheels.

I'm not even all that stuff in the 911s, but this thing got me excited. The world needs more Speedster style cars. Granted, we only have about 2,000 more now, but still.

Here is the professional Porsche album, if you still can not get enough of it: