The Porsche GT2 RS has a 3.8-litre power unit produces 515 kW (700 hp; fuel consumption combined 11.8 l/100 km; CO2 emissions combined 269 g/km) and delivers 750 Newton metres of torque. The top speed of this rear-wheel-drive sports car is 340 km/h. The two-seater, which weighs 1,470 kilograms, sprints from a standstill to 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds.

In October 2018, a Porsche GT2 RS MR fielded by the Manthey Racing team lapped the 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6 minutes 40.3 seconds to set a new track record. No road-legal vehicle had ever been that fast on the North Loop “Green Hell” before. At the wheel of the sports car specially tuned for the Nordschleife by Porsche engineers and Manthey Racing experts was Porsche test driver Lars Kern. The Porsche 911 GT2 RS was equipped with the new performance kit developed by Manthey Racing, supplemented by an overall setup tailored to the track characteristics of the Nürburgring Nordschleife.