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Old 02-07-2021, 08:03 AM
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Torque vectoring, rear wheel steering, active engine mounts, electric power steering... not analog.
Old 02-07-2021, 08:43 AM
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996.2 GT3 is one of two analog GT3’s with the other being the 996.1.

Porsche added traction control and sunroof in the 997.1.

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Old 02-07-2021, 11:54 AM
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Of course Porsche Motorsport cars are no longer “analog” either. The “good old days” of “gears, grunt, and guts” are long gone.
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Originally Posted by djcxxx
Of course Porsche Motorsport cars are no longer “analog” either. The “good old days” of “gears, grunt, and guts” are long gone.
Yeah, I guess 996.2 Cup car was last mostly analog 911 (still had Manual gearbox before 997 introduced Sequential).
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Originally Posted by GrantG
Yeah, I guess 996.2 Cup car was last mostly analog 911 (still had Manual gearbox before 997 introduced Sequential).
Yeah but it has power steering and aero. The 964 cup is much more analog.

Some owners like to think the generation after their car is somehow “less”. Been going on since the “real Porsches have 4 cams” days. They are all great, just in different ways.
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Originally Posted by 38D
Yeah but it has power steering and aero.
Even the 73RS had aero (but no power steering)
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It kinda depends on what your definition of “analog” is. Some people would say that “analog” cars would require a hand crank to start it or operate the windows. So, coming to a common conclusion about the last “analog” Porsche is pretty hopeless.
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I always heard "analog" was a car with no driver aids besides ABS.
Old 02-07-2021, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by RDCR
I always heard "analog" was a car with no driver aids besides ABS.
That's a pretty random definition - ABS is a highly digital feature. If you want to be literal, it shouldn't have any digital computers. If you want to just describe a car with lots of feel & feedback that relies on the driver to get it right, then it's a very subjective opinion (which will certainly include the 992 GT3 in many people's minds).

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lol
analogue stopped at 356
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I like NA cars. I realized that with the 996 turbo.
I appreciate the new cabin tech of the .2 since I DD a Macan Turbo.
I don't like the new digital gauge clusters as they felt so different than prior models, having
used them for a few days in a loaner Cayenne.
I'm glad the 992 Gt3 won't have the "nub"



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