Back to six cylinder?
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Yeah, I ran with a Subaru crowd in the early 2000s. Some of the Stage II WRXs and STis were amazing. I had a NA Forester, because I wanted the car for the mountains to go skiing.
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And by the way, don't call a 65 year old ...son. Texas or no Texas
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https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...ring-spy-shots
https://www.carscoops.com/2019/02/po...oxster-masses/
The 6 cylinder is coming, so it seems, obviously nothing official, but where there is smoke......
But, where in the lineup?? A base or something above a GTS?
https://www.carscoops.com/2019/02/po...oxster-masses/
The 6 cylinder is coming, so it seems, obviously nothing official, but where there is smoke......
But, where in the lineup?? A base or something above a GTS?
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According to a salesman who claims to have talked to a technician about this, what we're seeing here is likely just what Porsche did on the Taycan: add fake exhaust tips and a speaker while testing an electric model to throw everyone off.
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I highly doubt that. The Taycan was a new car developed from the ground up. To go fully electric requires a ground up redesign.
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The Porsche dealer salesperson I talked to past weekend claimed the "GTS" style bodied Cayman with "GT4" rear diffuser was indeed the upcoming Cayman 6 with the 4,0 liter. He claimed the 4,0 from the GT3 is world-wide emission-proof and therefore it makes sense to use it in more models such as the GT4/Spyder and the Cayman/Boxster 6. He could have read all that here, but that's what he said.
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I'm as big an NA flat six lover as anyone, but at this point I almost hope a 718 6 remains Rennlist fantasy. Don't need to spend more money.
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The Porsche dealer salesperson I talked to past weekend claimed the "GTS" style bodied Cayman with "GT4" rear diffuser was indeed the upcoming Cayman 6 with the 4,0 liter. He claimed the 4,0 from the GT3 is world-wide emission-proof and therefore it makes sense to use it in more models such as the GT4/Spyder and the Cayman/Boxster 6. He could have read all that here, but that's what he said.
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Agree with above.
Hate to be a skeptic, but yes, your honest Porsche SA will actually tell you "Porsche doesn't tell us anything". Rather they will flick you the latest media articles based on official Porsche press release.
In reality there would be a very small circle of people at Stuttgart who knows what is going on. Journos are great for generating rumors to generate traffic for their site or magazine.
Hate to be a skeptic, but yes, your honest Porsche SA will actually tell you "Porsche doesn't tell us anything". Rather they will flick you the latest media articles based on official Porsche press release.
In reality there would be a very small circle of people at Stuttgart who knows what is going on. Journos are great for generating rumors to generate traffic for their site or magazine.
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Hate to be a skeptic, but yes, your honest Porsche SA will actually tell you "Porsche doesn't tell us anything". Rather they will flick you the latest media articles based on official Porsche press release.
In reality there would be a very small circle of people at Stuttgart who knows what is going on. Journos are great for generating rumors to generate traffic for their site or magazine.
In reality there would be a very small circle of people at Stuttgart who knows what is going on. Journos are great for generating rumors to generate traffic for their site or magazine.
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The underlying reason that Porsche went to a 4 cyl turbo for the 718 was to meet EU carbon emission standards which reduce CO2 car emissions by 40% by 2021 when compared to 2007 emissions. There are penalties imposed on each car which doesn't meet the standard. The penalty varies with how much the standard is missed. Car companies can accumulate credits by building cars which reduce emissions beyond the standard. So given this political environment, I don't see a departure from the 4cyl turbos for the Boxster/Cayman, unless they go electric. I suspect that Porsche will accumulate enough credits to allow their 911 models to remain 6 cyl. My guess is that GT cars which are produced in tiny quantities will have NA engines, but at a hefty premium.
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