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Porsche has just sent its latest 911 GT3 — fitted with a manual gearbox, no less — around the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife race track in a time of 6 minutes, 56.294 seconds.

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The Weissach-equipped 911 GT3 set a new lap record for manual production cars around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, besting ...