Meet the New Boss; Porsche GT2 rules the drag strip.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)

It's the fastest thing we've ever tested. The quickest, too.

The Porsche GT2 eclipsed our previous 0-to-60-mph record, set by the 911 Turbo at 3.94 seconds, with a blistering 3.67-second run to 60 mph. It flew through the quarter-mile in 12.01 seconds at 118.5 mph, too, again putting the Turbo in second place with its 12.37-second run at 112.8 mph. The next closest car was the Corvette Z06 at 4.31 seconds to 60 and the quarter-mile in 12.73 at 112.1. Everything else slides off from there-even the mighty Ferrari 360 Modena now seems lethargic at 4.92 seconds to 60 and 13.45 at 105.7 in the quarter-mile.

We don't test for top speed but Porsche's claimed 195 mph would make it nummer eins there, too.

Those are the numbers, but the feel of going that fast is so unlike any other street car we've ever driven that the brain has to recalibrate everything it's used to calibrating from behind the wheel. Launching from a stoplight you have to think two or three blocks down the road if you plan to leave your foot on the e-throttle for more than a few brief seconds. And watch the tach, since you'll run out of first gear pretty darn quick. Second gear, too. By the time you run out of third you're going 101 mph. Words fail; even Great Jumpin' Catfish and Aiye Chihuahua are not enough.

How does the GT2 do it? The basic recipe for this car is to take the 911 Turbo and remove the front half of the all-wheel drive. That and eliminating the rear seats and the spare tire lops off 220 pounds and puts all the power at the rear wheels where you can play around ...