The RUF CTR 3 Evo is the latest in a line of want-worthy metal revealed at this week's Monterey car show. In true RUF style, the company takes the near-faultless Porsche Cayman and makes it better. Lots better.
Sounds implausible, but RUF has a Porsche-3.8-litre-twin-turbocharged-flat-six reason why we speak the truth. The RUF-fettled motor pumps out a breezy 800PS (500kW) at 7100rpm and a planet-pushing 730lb ft (900Nm) of torque to the rear wheels at a useful 4,000rpm.
All of which slightly betters the 'standard' CT3 Clubsport, which does 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds and bounds on relentlessly until it reaches 236mph top speed. You can bet your house that the Evo will be even quicker.
You can also expect that the Evo, like the Clubsport, will tip the scales at under 1,400kg courtesy of a carbon-fibre body kit that features more aero than a Nestle chocolate bar – including a wide body, front splitter, rear diffuser, canards and a picnic-ready rear spoiler. That should keep you welded to the road at the unholy speeds the Evo's capable of, while the roof-mounted air intake delivers a flat-six induction banquet for your ears.
RUF sprinkles even more magic on the Evo's running gear with uprated suspension, dry-sump lubrication and dustbin-lid-sized carbon-ceramic disc brakes.
There is one – slight – problem, and that's the price; at around £570,000, the RUF is significantly more expensive than a £110,000 GT4 RS Cayman or, indeed, the £250,000 Porsche 911 S/T – the current range pinnacle.
Having said that, you'd need a Porsche GT1 even to get close to matching the Evo's performance, and they change hands for several millions of pounds.
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