purrybonker

No doubt. But I've had many versions of that 911 over the years and can honestly say that I do not welcome either greater girth, length, mass or complexity. My 997 has already been in the shop for more warranty attention than my three prior "new" 911's combined.

I'm starting to feel like an old man made to feel melancholy about the days of the SC and 3.2 Carrera.

An extra 4 inches (and how many lbs?) are starting to sound like so many more straws on the camel's back...

Alan Smithee

By definition, perhaps. But c'mon, Dan, I know you have had 911s from the 1970s and 1980s, just as I have. Despite the drivetrain, the 997 (and 991 to come) is more of successor to the 928 than, say, the 3.0/3.2 911 of the same era. Smooth and comfortable, rather than raw and visceral.

Mike in CA

The new car is proportedly around 100 lbs lighter.

Franklin229

no thanks-i am good-

Edgy01

Perhaps the term "GT" is evolving like everything else.

Just give me one of these:

candela

KERS baby

sjfehr

KERS may help boost mpg numbers, too, and would be right in-line with the Cayenne hybrid and Boxster E and lengthening the wheelbase to switch classes, all the other stuff they're doing to avoid CAFE penalties.

Carrara

Just because Autoblog says "Porsche sources from Germany" confirm this doesn't mean it's true. Their only "proof" is a wheelbase stretch, but in fact the wheel base stretch has nothing to do with KERS at all. The Panamera and Cayenne already have a brake energy recovery system that charges the battery under braking, and boosts fuel economy, so I bet their was a mistranslation somewhere, and it was said the 991 would have a brake energy recovery system like the Panamera and Cayenne, but they mis interpreted it as the GT3 R Hybrid KERS. Bad move, Autoblog.

vexed

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/30/p...d-911-reports/

vexed

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/30/p...d-911-reports/