2016 991 GT3?
04-15-2015, 12:19 PM
#31
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I'm confused why some folks would consider a 2016 model is bad for the GT3. If it does come to pass corporate possibly reviewed the bottom line, and said it has capacity to add more cars. Demand is good, and the car is selling beyond expectations well received by the market. Dealers are not in the board room, and are not included in volume distributions discussions. More supply takes the pressure off over charging by dealers, and that sucks for people buying cars for flipping. A car is a depreciating asset made for personal enjoyment, and not a financial instrument such as the stock market.
Hats off to the people that wanted cars, and now have the chance to get a GT3!!!
Hats off to the people that wanted cars, and now have the chance to get a GT3!!!
but very bad for GT3.2
04-15-2015, 12:22 PM
#32
^ Sorry what's bad for the GT3.2 ......
04-15-2015, 12:23 PM
#33
Read post #32
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3/...ey-gt3s-3.html
And same for Cayman gt4 & some 991 gt3 RS:
https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3/...n-process.html
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
04-15-2015, 12:55 PM
#36
Three Wheelin'
Remember a few weeks ago PAG/PCNA were canvassing the dealers to determine RS demand? Don't know what they found, but maybe it had a bearing on what is happening know. Also remember that the Stop order back in 2015 set back GT3 production quotas. Maybe that is why these new allocations are coming up. Also is there anything that keeps PAG from labeling a GT3 June or later build as 2015? I don't know, but have seen shenanigans over the years from different manufacturers with respect to MY.
04-15-2015, 02:15 PM
#39
I don't think that is the case in this instance since the 991 gt3 RS will qualify as a MY2016 with basically the same gt3 engine!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
04-15-2015, 03:15 PM
#40
Three Wheelin'
I already spoke to my SA and requested that he keep tabs on the the possibility of a 16 GT3. I'd go for Lava Orange (aka Blutorange/Tangerine) if they offered it as a special color.
04-15-2015, 03:22 PM
#42
Rennlist Member
The GT2 has never sold in the way the GT3 has. I doubt that'll change with the 991 generation. PAG knows this. They will never only put out a GT2.
They've also gone on the record multiple times, and different folks (not just AP), to say that the GT3 will remain N/A for a while (I'm assuming at least through the end of the 992 generation).
04-15-2015, 03:23 PM
#43
Rennlist Member
04-15-2015, 03:35 PM
#44
Yeah, maybe. They did say, a few times, that they've got limited production capacity (Porsche Motorsports is a small-ish team), that they have to wind down GT3 production to make room for GT3 RS (and now GT4) production. Whether or not that's to be believed is a different story.
Considering there are more deposits, along with deposits turned away when wait lists got too long, than they could possibly produce enough GT3 RS's for (right now), I don't think this is a problem.
Never gonna happen. It's almost a given that there will be a 991.2 GT3 and 991.2 GT3 RS, and a 992 GT3 and 992 GT3 RS. At least, if you believe what Andreas Preuninger has been saying in the media this year (multiple times). The GT2 / GT2 RS is actually an after thought -- he was quoted (in Geneva?) saying that they're looking into it after enough customers have asked for one, and then he later said that it's a strong possibility to come towards the end of the 991 generation (ending the 991.2 run).
The GT2 has never sold in the way the GT3 has. I doubt that'll change with the 991 generation. PAG knows this. They will never only put out a GT2.
They've also gone on the record multiple times, and different folks (not just AP), to say that the GT3 will remain N/A for a while (I'm assuming at least through the end of the 992 generation).
Considering there are more deposits, along with deposits turned away when wait lists got too long, than they could possibly produce enough GT3 RS's for (right now), I don't think this is a problem.
Never gonna happen. It's almost a given that there will be a 991.2 GT3 and 991.2 GT3 RS, and a 992 GT3 and 992 GT3 RS. At least, if you believe what Andreas Preuninger has been saying in the media this year (multiple times). The GT2 / GT2 RS is actually an after thought -- he was quoted (in Geneva?) saying that they're looking into it after enough customers have asked for one, and then he later said that it's a strong possibility to come towards the end of the 991 generation (ending the 991.2 run).
The GT2 has never sold in the way the GT3 has. I doubt that'll change with the 991 generation. PAG knows this. They will never only put out a GT2.
They've also gone on the record multiple times, and different folks (not just AP), to say that the GT3 will remain N/A for a while (I'm assuming at least through the end of the 992 generation).
Improve the chassis? No way! What is the range of improvement in that?
They went to the extremes with weight saving. Half the panels are carbon fiber, the glass is thiner! What else?
04-15-2015, 03:39 PM
#45
Rennlist Member
Where is it confirmed that they'll be a .2RS? Unless there is a change of engine, it's not gonna happen.. And change of engine is not happening except if they go turbo. They'll release a .2RS to extract 20 more hp from the same engine?
Improve the chassis? No way! What is the range of improvement in that?
They went to the extremes with weight saving. Half the panels are carbon fiber, the glass is thiner! What else?
Improve the chassis? No way! What is the range of improvement in that?
They went to the extremes with weight saving. Half the panels are carbon fiber, the glass is thiner! What else?
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne...he-911-gt-cars
Preuninger confirmed that a new GT2 RS would be built but said it would not be for the existing series of the 911. Instead, it will come at the end of the life of the Gen 2 car, probably in 2018.