The launch of the wild GT2 is not far away, with its official debut expected to be at the Frankfurt show in September.

Sometimes dismissed as being simply a two-wheel-drive Turbo, this time around Porsche is keen that its most expensive 911 is something very special.

Expect 500bhp-plus from the revised twin-turbo 3.6-litre flat-six, an official 0-62mph time of around 3.5secs and a top speed north of 200mph.

We’ve heard Porsche engineers have managed to achieve a dramatic weight reduction, with around 100kg being lost compared with the Turbo, dropping the kerb weight to around 1485kg. That means a power-to-weight ratio of around 340bhp per ton, so it's probably just as well that for the first time the GT2 will come with traction control.

The last GT2 cost £27K more than the Turbo, so the 997 version is going to be one expensive 911. Expect a list price of around £130,000 when the GT2 finally arrives in showrooms later this year.