Quick Spin: TechArt GTStreet RS [w/video]

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While Las Vegas' SEMA show has been busy showing off the best and worst sides of the tuning market, we dashed to Leonberg, Germany, for a thorough taste test of this 711-horsepower TechArt GTStreet RS. If we can exaggerate a touch, about the only thing on this 911 GT2 RS-based blue meanie that is from Porsche - or not matte finish or covered in Alcantara - is its rear-view mirror. At least that's the impact it makes when you first lock eyes on it and then drive it.

Initially shown at this past September's Frankfurt Motor Show, this particular $750,000-ish GTStreet RS will eventually make its way into the roped-off garage of a very enthusiastic Chinese car nut. Lucky him.

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