Almost 10 years ago to the day, RUF began to fill niches in the market with the, at that time new, water-cooled Porsche models. The first RUF RGT was based on the Porsche 996. It used the 3.6 litre engine from the GT3 as the base with the crankcase from the air-cooled 3.6 litre engines. The engine delivered 385 HP (283kW). The car itself ran on 18" RUF alloy wheels and the narrow body was optimized aerodynamically. The vehicle was fitted with our discrete but functional Integrated Roll Cage