No more GT2
05-20-2015, 02:15 PM
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No more GT2
Total 911 magazine just sent out a newsletter stating that the GT2 is done, with no 991 GT2.
Makes me wonder about the gen.2 RS being turbo>>>>
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The GT2 is perhaps the most formidable 911 ever made, but more fearsome is the news that the Widowmaker model is all but dead… for now. In a Total 911 exclusive, Porsche has confirmed to us that there are no plans currently in place for a 991 GT2 as the latest generation heads towards a turbocharged engine across the range. The facelift isn’t due until September.
Makes me wonder about the gen.2 RS being turbo>>>>
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The GT2 is perhaps the most formidable 911 ever made, but more fearsome is the news that the Widowmaker model is all but dead… for now. In a Total 911 exclusive, Porsche has confirmed to us that there are no plans currently in place for a 991 GT2 as the latest generation heads towards a turbocharged engine across the range. The facelift isn’t due until September.
05-20-2015, 02:19 PM
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I wonder if this is just a matter of semantics. I have heard that there will be no GT2 also, but I heard there WILL be a GT2RS. I guess we'll find out.
I think part of the issue is if Porsche intends to go forward with the 960 project. That could overlap a GT2/RS in price and performance, perhaps. Or more troublng, maybe a GT2RS would be as fast or faster than the proposed 960 (which is estimated to cost well more than a potential GT2RS).
I think part of the issue is if Porsche intends to go forward with the 960 project. That could overlap a GT2/RS in price and performance, perhaps. Or more troublng, maybe a GT2RS would be as fast or faster than the proposed 960 (which is estimated to cost well more than a potential GT2RS).
05-20-2015, 04:58 PM
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FYI, posted in a thread on here over a month ago...
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne...he-911-gt-cars
Either way, I'm in for a 991.2 GT2 and/or a GT2 RS. Can't say no. 
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 [991.1]. Instead, it will come at the end of the life of the Gen 2 car [991.2], probably in 2018.
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05-20-2015, 09:00 PM
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Once Porsche works out their variable compression engine, will see a GT2 again. Best of both worlds a Turbo engine with NA compression off boost and completely beast mode on boost at low compression.
05-21-2015, 02:54 AM
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Preninger is not to be believed.
he works for the marketing dept.
i am not sure the germans know if there will be GT2 or not. they can't even get LWBS quantities under control....
he works for the marketing dept.
i am not sure the germans know if there will be GT2 or not. they can't even get LWBS quantities under control....
05-29-2015, 10:56 AM
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The article
Here it is