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Hello guys, I am brand new here, I am Tom, I live in France, I have a GT3 Touring since May. I do not think that is a Touring because we can see a roll cage in the test mule…
To add Something to the endless debate about NA or turbo, of course for the passion I would say that it is a pitty that cars like this turn turbo but I would be somehow satisfied because that would mean I did the right choice and the car will keep it's value in the future...
You'd be surprised to see what "pedestrian" cars can have a roll cage during development phase, when the handling and vehicle dynamics are really put to the test... So it can definitely still be a Touring.
@Gauss: What I mean is: In a car development project you have different levels of secrecy, decreasing the closer you come to production. First the cars are not allowed out on public roads at all. Then they can go out but with heavy camouflage or even fake body panels (an example is visible above, covering the front part of the rear lights). After that they need maybe only this confusing black/white pattern wrapping. And then they go out virtually unmasked, only with bagdes covered up or removed.
We can safely assume that a 992 GT3 will be introduced (a lot) later than the C, C2, C4 etc. A GT3 prototype should therefore be more "disguised" if it was built as a C, C2, C4, with the same bumper that has been used on much earlier 992 prototypes. Here, someone has taken the active measure to alter such a bumper, for some reason. And it is this I don't understand. The GT3 prototype would fly more under the radar with the C, C2, C4 bumper than what is now the case.
So far from what I've noticed in studying Porsche's prototypes, this far into development the designs are almost all nearly complete by this phase. Pretty much any Turbo, C2, C4 etc. 992 that you see testing is 99% the final design save for a few things here and there. The particular car this thread is about is probably somewhat close to the final design, and therefore has an entirely different bumper than the other 992 prototypes. I don't think it is a "cut" version of a standard off the shelf prototype bumper. The exhaust setup and cooling needs to be very specific for the GT3's engine and exhaust setup. I think the camo on the rear bumper is simply to hide the design of the vents on the rear bumper.
I do not believe we ever saw a turbo engine in a rear bumper which did not have cutouts. Here is a 991.2 test car with crude cutouts for example:
This is a years old 991.2 test car to be clear. I picked a Targa to try and reduce the chance someone is going to think this is the car we are talking about in this thread.
The key point that is interesting is WHY is the bumper taped up in the supposed 992 GT3 mule? If anyone could find any example of a turbo 911 which does not have vents that might help.
Also remember all the "991.2 R" sightings early on? It was a long way out that they start testing these things. And if it does have the 4.0, there's not a lot of work on the engine side needed to get up and running. Making whatever insane output turbo GT3 will be a longer process, unless they just drop the GT2 setup in there.
I'm still holding out hope they make this something other than a GT3. Lots of GT3 DNA, but optimize it for the street. I don't mean make it soft at all, just make it fun and engaging to drive. Then leave the GT3 as a no compromise track weapon.
I think the camo on the rear bumper is simply to hide the design of the vents on the rear bumper.
They are either disguising a finished design, or...and I think more likely...they crudely made a mock-up for their testing purposes. Note that the front does not have any GT3 cues...I don't think they have finished bumper designs yet.
Whatever car that is, it appears it's just the same turbo-esque bumper we have all seen and are discussing, which has been cut for the exhaust exit. I have spotty WiFi inflight, but I'll try and post the cropped photo.
That photo is from the driver's seat of a 992...so, yes, get used to it...
My mistake, I thought the reference was to having more LCDs in the instrument cluster. But the tac on that not going to 9000 has nothing to do with this thread, unless someone is claiming that instrument cluster was from the same car in the first post. I don't think there is any doubt that most of the 992 generation will be turbo, just like most of the 991.2 generation is also turbo.
08-31-2018, 09:44 AM
