718 GTS Official Release!
#31
I'm with Selo, if you don't track your car (I don't) you can't unleash what you already have in GA unless you want to risk a night in the iron house and mad points, I have no need for more temptation.
#32
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#33
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Ouch!!!
Base price for the 981 GTS Boxster was $74,600. That’s a $7300 increase! This means the 982 Spyder will be priced in the 90s for base! Meaning to option one as my current 981 Spyder will be closer to $130-140!!!... especially with the new PTS premium. Reasons to upgrade are getting thin. All stars aligned with my 981 Spyder and I don’t want another regret. Who’d thought I would keep my Spyder this long... I know many of you had bets I wouldn’t last a few months.
Oh the betting pool is still active, every one put in $100 and picked a month/year.
#35
Ouch!!!
Base price for the 981 GTS Boxster was $74,600. That’s a $7300 increase! This means the 982 Spyder will be priced in the 90s for base! Meaning to option one as my current 981 Spyder will be closer to $130-140!!!... especially with the new PTS premium. Reasons to upgrade are getting thin. All stars aligned with my 981 Spyder and I don’t want another regret. Who’d thought I would keep my Spyder this long... I know many of you had bets I wouldn’t last a few months.
Yup... That should keep the value of my car up and the number of buyers down...
#36
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Gotta love the 'XX' and 'XY' messaging on the license plates, too.
This is a company whose best days -- and best cars -- are behind it.
#37
Press release said 35HP over 981 Cayman and Boxster, and it's only 25 on the former. Anyway, my biggest detraction from the 718 is it looks more feminine than ever, and that didn't improve with the GTS variants. At least previous GTSs look a lot more aggressive than regular models, with their bland round 'fog' lights. But a very close second is that engine, especially with sport exhaust; I only wouldn't want it amplifying a bad sound. Nor do I prefer a turbo with max torque almost at idle over a proper NA engine, even if less powerful. And finally, the ugly HVAC vents and chrono location look just awful, so no amount of positives (very few) would draw me to this car. Not even close. But wish Porsche success in the future. I also fully agree 981 GTSs were the best of the breed by quite a bit.
#38
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ROFL. The video is just ... wow. When they're not talking to each other, apparently via subspace communications, they're playing cheesy Olive Garden dinner music. Anything to keep the sound of the actual cars out of the video.
Gotta love the 'XX' and 'XY' messaging on the license plates, too.
This is a company whose best days -- and best cars -- are behind it.
Gotta love the 'XX' and 'XY' messaging on the license plates, too.
This is a company whose best days -- and best cars -- are behind it.
#39
This is a company whose best days -- and best cars -- are behind it. That might be a little over the top. I do agree with everyone else though, the pricing is so fierce if I were looking it would be used for certain.
#40
My god...that is such an ugly looking Porsche.
My main beef with the 718 is not the 4 cylinder engine but the ugly styling. Look at that hideous front bumper and those quirky rear lights.
The 981 looks so beautiful (Italian like) and yet the 718 looks so German or even Japanese/Korean.
Get real. Give us the Spyder and the GT4 quickly (with motorsports styling) or enthusiast will just forget about this platform for good.
My main beef with the 718 is not the 4 cylinder engine but the ugly styling. Look at that hideous front bumper and those quirky rear lights.
The 981 looks so beautiful (Italian like) and yet the 718 looks so German or even Japanese/Korean.
Get real. Give us the Spyder and the GT4 quickly (with motorsports styling) or enthusiast will just forget about this platform for good.
#41
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I like that the Porsche Track Precision App will be offered on these GTS models - I wonder if that might work its way to all Porsche sports cars soon?
I’m curious to test drive one, I’m already playing around with the new configurator
I’m curious to test drive one, I’m already playing around with the new configurator
#42
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I don't mind the fake suede. Sometimes I find a cabin full of a bunch of stitched skins a little morbid lol.
The new GTS is almost as expensive as the 981 Spyder was two years ago and almost has the same horse power too? It even looks like it has the same profile in its boxster form as the spyder.
Really curious about the next spyder!? If it has a 4.0, then I don't need a GT3. I need to find out soon! Help!
As far as the 4 pot. I really would love to hear about a 981 spyder and 718 GTS comparison if anyone has access to drive both back to back...?
Fossil fuels are on their way out (read the fake news lol) and technology is ever moving forward. I'm interested in the $188k E Sport Wagon but that is just me. How long do those batteries last?
The new GTS is almost as expensive as the 981 Spyder was two years ago and almost has the same horse power too? It even looks like it has the same profile in its boxster form as the spyder.
Really curious about the next spyder!? If it has a 4.0, then I don't need a GT3. I need to find out soon! Help!
As far as the 4 pot. I really would love to hear about a 981 spyder and 718 GTS comparison if anyone has access to drive both back to back...?
Fossil fuels are on their way out (read the fake news lol) and technology is ever moving forward. I'm interested in the $188k E Sport Wagon but that is just me. How long do those batteries last?
#43
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I have a 981 Spyder and I've now test driven both a 718 Cayman S manual and a 718 Boxster S manual. I was very impressed with the Cayman S which I drove first a few months ago, but when I drove the Boxster S a few days ago, back to back with my Spyder, I was very unimpressed. It had significant turbo lag and it was easy to unsettle the suspension. It wasn't nearly as cohesive a package as the 981 Spyder.
It's settled the question for me as to whether I should consider adding a Cayman S or GTS, or pocket some cash and trade for a 718 Boxster S. No way Jose. Not in the cards for me.
But I still hope to add a GT3 manual next year - not sure I'll even like it as much as the Spyder - feeling like a mid engine convert - but it's a bucket list thing.
It's settled the question for me as to whether I should consider adding a Cayman S or GTS, or pocket some cash and trade for a 718 Boxster S. No way Jose. Not in the cards for me.
But I still hope to add a GT3 manual next year - not sure I'll even like it as much as the Spyder - feeling like a mid engine convert - but it's a bucket list thing.
#44
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It does save heavy tax penalties in China and other markets more important to Porsche than the US. And it saves 911 sales that would otherwise have been lost to the lower-margin two-seaters (meaning non-GT/Spyder cars).
That's about it.
#45
As for alcantara, again, not my taste. Apparently, it doesn't wear that well, either./QUOTE]
The biggest issue with alcantara that I have seen is with body oils causing matting. On a steering wheel or gear shifter matting occurs very quickly. On the Spyder i went with leather on the steering wheel and shifter.. On the seats and door panels if you regularly vacuum and wipe with a cloth lightly moistened matting should not occur. That said, if I could have gotten leather on the seats in the classic interior package I would have.
The biggest issue with alcantara that I have seen is with body oils causing matting. On a steering wheel or gear shifter matting occurs very quickly. On the Spyder i went with leather on the steering wheel and shifter.. On the seats and door panels if you regularly vacuum and wipe with a cloth lightly moistened matting should not occur. That said, if I could have gotten leather on the seats in the classic interior package I would have.
Last edited by Scooby921; 10-19-2017 at 02:27 PM.