Talos reveals road‑legal Porsche 911 RT

Talos Vehicles on May 13 revealed the Porsche 911 RT, a road-legal conversion of the 991.2-generation Porsche 911 GT3 RS designed to resemble Porsche’s 911 GT3 R race car. Top Gear first reported the project the same day, describing it as a Yorkshire-built answer to the GT3 R. (topgear.com) Talos says the car is a “road-going reinterpretation” of the 911 R race car and that each example will be built to customer order. The company’s launch materials and Top Gear’s photographs show extensive carbon-fiber bodywork, a large rear wing and a roll-cage-equipped interior. (talos-vehicles.com) ### What exactly is Talos selling? Talos is not selling a factory Porsche model but a conversion built around a donor Porsche 911 GT3 RS. The company says the 911 RT is based on the GT3 RS and developed as a bespoke, low-volume commission for road use. Talos describes the concept as “race-bred” and “road-legal,” with each car individually specified for the buyer. Top Gear reported that the project starts with a 991.2 GT3 RS and then replaces much of the exterior with custom carbon bodywork styled after Porsche’s GT3 R racer. Talos says the car was developed using scans of a race-spec 911 shape adapted to fit the road-going chassis. (topgear.com) ### How close is it to a GT3 R race car? Talos says the 911 RT was designed to retain an “almost identical visual presence” to the 911 R race car while being adapted for road driving. The company’s product page says the bodywork, stance and aerodynamic treatment were engineered to evoke the race car rather than reproduce it unchanged. (talos-vehicles.com) Top Gear’s May 13 report showed a car with deep front aero elements, widened bodywork, exposed carbon surfaces and a prominent rear wing. The interior images published by Top Gear also showed roll-cage details and a stripped, competition-style cabin treatment. (topgear.com) ### What numbers has Talos disclosed? Talos and outlets citing the launch materials said the 911 RT uses a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six producing about 540 brake horsepower. Third-party reports citing Talos said the company targets 0-62 mph in about 3.0 seconds and a top speed of 185 mph. (talos-vehicles.com) Other published figures point to a significant weight reduction. Reports based on Talos material said the carbon-fiber conversion removes about 80 kilograms, bringing curb weight to roughly 1,350 kilograms. (topgear.com) ### How much does it cost and how many will be built? Talos says production is limited to 20 examples worldwide. The company’s website says the cars are commissioned builds rather than standard inventory units. (dailyrevs.com) Published reports citing Talos said pricing starts at about 850,000 pounds for the conversion. Several reports said that figure is for the build itself and does not include the donor GT3 RS supplied by the customer. ### Has Porsche endorsed the project? Talos says on its website that the 911 RT was developed with “Porsche’s seal of approval” and elsewhere says it was built with the company’s “blessing.” Talos did not, in the material reviewed, publish a direct statement from Porsche AG detailing the nature of that approval. (topgear.es) (talos-vehicles.com) Because the available sourcing is Talos’s own description and media reports repeating it, the precise scope of Porsche’s involvement was not independently detailed in the material reviewed. ### What happens next for buyers? (carbuzz.com) Talos is inviting customers to contact the company through its website to commission a 911 RT. The company says each example will be individually specified and built in a run capped at 20 cars. As of May 14, the project was being presented through Talos’s online enquiry pages and through the May 13 Top Gear feature that first brought the car to wider attention. (talos-vehicles.com) (topgear.com)