A sports car chasing no records — and it turns out that is exactly what everyone was waiting for. Porsche has finally done what 911 fans begged for over decades: it cut the roof off the purest GT3. Say hello to the 911 GT3 S/C, the first open-top GT3 in history. And here is the kicker — it is not a limited edition. Porsche will keep building it for as long as the factory can meet demand.
The recipe is audacious: take the best of the GT3 Touring and stir in the magic of the 911 S/T. From the S/T come the carbon hood, doors and fenders, magnesium wheels that each shave around 9 kg versus aluminium, carbon anti-roll bars and carbon-ceramic brakes that trim another 20 kg. The soft top, laced with magnesium, folds away or clicks back into place in 12 seconds — on the move, at up to 60 km/h. Every gram matters here.
The payoff of that weight war is 1497 kg. That makes the S/C the lightest open-top 911 in the range and puts it practically level with the GT3 Touring coupe. Under the engine cover sits that same naturally aspirated 4.0-litre flat-six with 510 hp and 450 Nm, spinning all the way to 9000 rpm. The gearbox? A six-speed manual, three pedals and nothing else. Rear-wheel drive only. Zero to 100 km/h takes 3.9 seconds, and it tops out at 313 km/h.
And now, honestly. The open body made the engine louder and the thrills sharper. But it did blunt the GT3’s trademark surgical steering ever so slightly. And that, it seems, is precisely the trade-off Porsche chose on purpose: among the sports cars of 2026, the GT3 S/C bets not on lap times, but on the pure joy of the road under an open sky.
