To the surprise of the few and the horror of those trying to purchase one for sticker price, the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 is MotorTrend's 2022 Performance Vehicle of the Year. The competition was fierce for this year's inaugural award, but in the end, most of the judges voted for the GT3. The two who didn't score it first had Porsche's latest and greatest in second place-quite a close second place, at that. And yes, the word "greatest” is apropos here. That is until the next GT3 iteration drops-which should be any time now. Why so dominant, why so loved, why so great? Several reasons, but first let's go backward.
We considered ourselves fortunate to attend the launch of the old 991.2 911 GT3 in Spain back in 2017, not only because that GT3 generation (the new GT3 is the 992.1) was magnificent but also because attendees got to chase rally legend Walter Röhrl around a racetrack for five laps. Life was good. I remember writing this next part before I drove the 991.2 versions: "[The 991.1] GT3 marked the first time in my career I had nothing negative to say about a vehicle.” Followed by, “I don't have the foggiest idea how the wizards of [Weissach] can make the GT3 any better than it already is. Although I suspect Porsche will tell me once I get to Spain."
In other words, it was impossible to conceive how Porsche could even kind of improve upon the already spectacular 991.1 GT3. But it sure did. Fast-forward to hours before the 2022 PVOTY competition began, and our judging panel collectively thought the same thing. Guess what? The unfathomable has been achieved. Again.
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