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Carbon Over KERS: Why the Sub-2,400-Pound Gunther Werks GXR-Evo Was the Real Story of Monterey Car Week

While the world's biggest automakers unveiled multi-million-dollar hybrids, a small California firm demonstrated a more radical path to performance: taking a 1990s Porsche 911 and making it lighter, stiffer, and more visceral with a complete carbon fiber reconstruction.

Amidst the manicured lawns of Monterey Car Week, where the air hums with the electric whir of new-age hypercars, a different kind of disruption was taking place.

The numbers behind the GXR-Evo are a testament to this philosophy of analog extremism.

Understanding the weight reduction requires a closer look at the data, which reveals the nuances of such a comprehensive rebuild.

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While the world's biggest automakers unveiled multi-million-dollar hybrids, a small California firm demonstrated a more radical path to performance: taking a 1990s Porsche 911 and making it lighter, stiffer, and more visceral with a complete carbon fiber reconstruction.

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