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Some were shown what the R speedster would look like, at Geneva last year.
Originally Posted by Jimmy-D
Porsche is going to wring out this 4.0 Engine. They will put it in a Speedster and a possible Porsche GT. They can still squeeze more than 500 Horses out of this new engine.
Originally Posted by squid42
I don't see that they have much choice given the competition.
Aston Martin is ganging up with Mercedes and the db11 seems pretty competitive already. AMG's own GT is ahead of its time in the first place, making a convertible. All the while Porsche has no premium engine convertible until a new Spyder might come out (hopefully a Speedster, too, but that would be unobtanium again).
Those renders are showing both the Sport Classic and speedster as having the turbo engine with the rear intercooler bumper outlets. Not sure why as presumably both will have the 4.0
Those renders are showing both the Sport Classic and speedster as having the turbo engine with the rear intercooler bumper outlets. Not sure why as presumably both will have the 4.0
Back in 997, Porsche created 2 crazy expensive limited cars. Sport Classic and Speedster. In 991.1 they did the same thing - just that they only brought the Coupé to the market - the 991 R.
It is safe to assume that they would do the same thing for the 991.2...
"Crazy collectors" like the 4.0 engine significantly more than a boring 3.0l Turbo.
So either they stuff in the 4.0 engine and sell the cars for >200k or they use the GTS engine (maybe with 10-15hp more) and sell it for 160k (because why go for the Sport Classic if you can get the 991.2 GT3 Touring?).
Additionally they can do a bit of scale effects on the 4.0 engine.
07-06-2017, 04:10 PM
