0Q991

Awesome.

doubleurx

I believe you need the phone prep selected though. It's a no cost option.

skuplist

Any one have any info on the voice control option? I'm interested since it allows for verbal inputs to the GPS.

0Q991

@doubleurx -- Yep, Mobile Phone Prep. Check.

Sean in Texas

On the Turbo at least, the satellite antenna is now below the rear glass near the vent. They may have moved it down there on the GT3 as well.

skuplist

But this is a 991 gt3 picture so it is on roof.

reidry

I had Porsche Exclusive check with production and they said it was on the roof.

Ryan

Drifting

+1 exactly. I got sat radio for my Porsche 5 years ago. But sat radio is fast becoming obsolete, particularly now that you can wirelessly stream pandora to PCM from your smartphone.

Bonus also that you don't have to pay the $700 or have the wart on the top of your roof which I agree ruins the lines of the car.

However, in contrast, I think the sports chrono clock adds to the racing look of the interior of the car, so I ordered it although I may never use it.

Sean in Texas

Specifically, that is a picture of a 991 GT3 development mule.

I've looked at other snaps of production cars, and can't find one with a wart on the roof. That doesn't mean anything either way, of course.

skuplist

On the rear deck lid would be ok bu not on the roof. Any one know?

Mike in CA

That blue car is actually a pre-production car not a more generic mule so it's pretty much in final form. I'd be surprised if the antenna location is changed for production, but I suppose anything is possible. My friend is responsible for specing those vehicles for the GT3 development program. I'll try to get in touch with him.....

FastLaneTurbo

I suspect that "wart" on the roof is a GPS antenna - so if you have GPS Navigation you have the "wart"
I would also guess the GT3 Radio antenna is in the windshield glass as it is in other Porsches.

Sean in Texas

We're talking satellite radio, not terrestrial.

Mike in CA

My 997.2 Carrera had GPS NAV but no roof wart; same with my Cayenne. OTOH, our Audi has SAT radio, and it does have a roof wart. Pretty sure the wart is the SAT radio antenna....

Keadog

My SA talked me out of ordering it on my Boxster S - "doesn't work well". When the guy from Sonnen Porsche posted the almost $150K C4S that had virtually every option EXCEPT voice control, I asked why not. Same answer. Shocking when the Koreans can make theirs work when the whole car costs less the the average options page on most Porsches. Maybe next year they can reverse engineer a Hyundai Sonata.
I can't see how SAT radio can survive much longer. On our 4 vehicles, only my Tundra still has it working because I forgot to cancel before the automatic renewal. Wont forget next time. I don't listen to Oprah, Howard or sports and find the iPod connects pretty well to the 981S via the PCM. They need to drastically lower their pricing if they have any chance of surviving, as far as I'm concerned.