“You must push it,” says this 993 Carrera RS Clubsport’s owner, Omar Lupin. That’s fine for him to say, but the paradox of driving cars like this is exactly that – driving them. Just 227 993 Carrera RS Clubsports were ever built. I’m sat in one now, a genuine 993 Carrera RS with the under-bonnet sticker containing the essential 003 code. That signifies Group N GT1 Carrera RS, simply ‘Clubsport’ or, in some markets, ‘RSR’. My surroundings confirm that: the interior is devoid of anything other than the bare necessities, which means three pedals, a gearstick and a steering wheel. It feels pure race car, because that’s what it is.
A little bit more deciphering of those codes reveals that when ordered it came with a 197 88Ah battery, 459…