Ruf CTR3 2007-

[Vaigra]

RUF CTR3

RUF Announces Porsche Cayman-based CTR3

Exactly 20 years after the original CTR, German tuning house RUF has announced the introduction of its third generation CTR3 coinciding with the launch of its new plant in Bahrain. The latest version will be based on the Porsche Cayman and like the original, the CTR3 will be one of the fastest Porsches on offer when it's released.

RUF has utilized racing technologies first seen on its 911-based RT12 offering. Powering the CTR3 is a twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat six engine pumping out 700 bhp at 7,000 rpm with torque topping out at 657 lb-ft. To save weight its developers added several unique body panels made from lightweight aluminum and carbon-fiber as well as a new lattice tubing spaceframe. Drive is sent to the wheels via a rumored seven-speed sequential automatic gearbox that's said to allow the CTR3 to reach a top speed of 224 mph.

When the original CTR was released in 1987, it out-performed many of the supercars of its era including cars like the Ferrari F40, Lamborghini Countach and even Porsche's own 959. The CTR3 is set to do the same but won't come cheap as pricing is expected to fall around the $500,000 mark.

Technical data

Body
Body build in steel, aluminium and kevlar-carbon. Rollover protection in A-pillar and in birdcage. The birdcage forms a torsion resistant unit with the front chassis by joining to the sill beam and the A pillar.

Front structure steel, zinc dipped
Safety passenger compartment steel, zinc dipped
Engine and transmission frame space frame and birdcage
Front bonnet and doors aluminium
Body shell Kevlar-Carbon composite

Engine
Type turbocharged boxer
Cylinders 6
Displacement 3,746 cc / 228.6 in3
Bore 102 mm / 4.01 in
Stroke 76.4 mm / 3.01 in
Output 515 kW (700 hp) at 7,000 rpm
Max. torque 890 Nm / 656.5 lb-ft
Compression ratio 9.2 : 1
Engine control unit Bosch Motronic with OBD-2
Turbo charger two KKK turbo chargers
Intercooler two air-air-intercoolers

Transmission
Power delivery rear wheel drive
Transmission sequential 6-speed-manual transmission,
transversal, angle drive, shift indicator in the instrument panel
Limited slip differential multi-disc locking differential
Locking value load / deceleration 40 % / 60 %

Chassis
Front axle McPherson struts, anti-roll bar
Rear axle multilink rear axle, anti-roll bar
horizontal coil over shock absorbers
Steering Power assisted rack and pinion

Brakes
Brake callipers front/rear 6 piston fixed light alloy callipers
Brake discs front/rear ventilated and cross drilled
ceramic composite discs
Brake disc diameter front/rear 380 mm / 15 in / 380 mm / 15 in
Anti-lock braking system Bosch ABS 8.0

Wheels and tyres
Wheels front/rear 8.5 x 19 / 12.5 x 20
Tyres front/ rear 255/35 ZR 19 / 335/30 ZR 20

Size and weights
Length 4,445 mm / 175.0 in
Width 1,944 mm / 76.5 in
Height 1,200 mm / 47.2 in
Wheelbase 2,625 mm / 103.3 in
Front track 1,506 mm / 59.3 in
Rear track 1,585 mm / 62.4 in

Empty weight with 6 speed manual transmission
According to DIN 1,400 kg / 3,086.4 lbs
According to EG-standards 1,475 kg / 3,251.8 lbs

Performance
Top speed 375 kph / 235 mph
0-100 kph / 0 62 mph 3.2 sec

Price
Euro 380,000.00 (plus VAT)

[Sledgehammer]

Wicked and pretty as well, but for 380,000 you better be getting plenty of car. I seems that on paper this car delivers. My only negative point is the buttons inside the car. They seem to general and not unique. Oh and im not to sure the accelerator pedal is large enough

[The_Canuck]

Looks absolutely amazing...

[Coventrysucks]

My only negative point is the buttons inside the car. They seem to general and not unique.

You are Ruf, a small engineering concern that is largely focussed on improving performance and technical efficiency.

Do you:

Buy some switchgear from Generic Switchgear Ltd for a few hundred euros?

Or; develop your own switchgear for a few hundred thousand euros?

[Sledgehammer]

You are Ruf, a small engineering concern that is largely focussed on improving performance and technical efficiency.

Do you:

Buy some switchgear from Generic Switchgear Ltd for a few hundred euros?

Or; develop your own switchgear for a few hundred thousand euros?

True, but when the money is in the zonda/ koenigsegg/ CGT range little things like that are nice to have. The rest of the car is so different and nice looking that I was just supprised at the dullness of the interior switchs. Not a big thing, but juxtaposed against that hand stiched interior, the buttoms seem less interesting.

[Mr.Tiv]

the buttoms seem less interesting.

Could that have anything to do with buttons being uninteresting. They're just buttons, surely, when driving such a beast of a car, buttons would be the least of the owner's concerns.

[Sledgehammer]

When your on a track, and your constantly pushing a car close to its limits, buttons are not important. However, during normal driving, I among others think that a nice dash is important.

[Ferrer]

Well in truth it's nothing more than a Cayman, so it was going to have Cayman switchgear.

And for close to 400.000 €...

[McLareN]

Love it.

[Coventrysucks]

Well in truth it's nothing more than a Cayman

In the same way that the CTR was nothing more than a 964 Turbo.

[Ferrer]

In the same way that the CTR was nothing more than a 964 Turbo.

I wasn't criticising it for being a Cayman, I was just pointing out a reason why it doesn't have bespoke switchgear.

[Dino Scuderia]

Excerpt:

First things first: Contrary to what was widely reported yesterday (including here), the RUF CTR 3 is not derived from the Porsche Cayman. That makes it no less amazing, as the technical data pasted after the jump bears out. The CTR 3's bodywork is a RUF creation in aluminum and carbon fiber, and the earlier reports stating that the car is Cayman-based were probably a result of the automaker's use of the mid-engined Porsche coupe's taillamps. That's where it ends, however.

The 3,746cc twin-turbocharged flat six produces 700 horsepower and over 656 lb-ft of torque, which, according to RUF, enables the CTR3 to run from zero to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds and max out at 235 mph. Shifts come courtesy of a six-speed sequential manual gearbox. The tall shifter is capped with a metal knob and features prominently in the Ruf's leather-lined cabin. 15" 6-piston ceramic-composite brakes fore and aft handle the task of stopping this rocketship. The brakes are tucked behind a set five-spoke wheels sized 19" in front and 20" in back. As much a supercar as the Enzo, Carrera GT, and SLR McLaren, the CTR 3 is priced accordingly at €380,000 plus VAT. That's over $510,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate, and for the buyers who would consider adding one to their collections, it's probably worth every single penny.

[Source: RUF]

http://www.autoblog.com/

[Ferrer]

Then the use of a Porsche interior in a bespoke car which would cost here in excess 440.000 €, is a bit disappointing.

Not that I care, though, should I be in the market for a supercar I wouldn't consider it.

What's more the fact that it looks like a mish-mash of Porsche parts in both the exterior and the interior makes it even more disappointing.

[The_Canuck]

Then the use of a Porsche interior in a bespoke car which would cost here in excess 440.000 €, is a bit disappointing.

Not that I care, though, should I be in the market for a supercar I wouldn't consider it.

What's more the fact that it looks like a mish-mash of Porsche parts in both the exterior and the interior makes it even more disappointing.

I don't know how far up in the clouds your expectations are but I think this car looks amazing. It seems of the right quality aswell.

I can't think of many other supercars that rival this in "supercarishness" except maybe the Zonda and CCX. But even then, this looks better.

BTW: Shouldn't this be changed

RUF Announces Porsche Cayman-based CTR3

[2ndclasscitizen]

If you're going to use another cars interior and exterior parts, you could do a whole shitload worse than using Porsche parts.