If one has read the excellent posts from Petevb and Polesitter it's clear the above is not the message at all, and the chances of 991 GT3 values dropping because a revised engine ends up in a $180K+ RS are zero.

 

I don't think that's true at all... Even if Petevb was correct and the engine is an evolutionary design, the very fact that the marketing spin suggest otherwise is potentially problematic.

Most GT3 buyers will have been aware of the engine malfunctions. If the marketing around the RS is that it has a completely new engine as it appears it will be so far then that will imply that Porsche is moving on from the GT3 engine and people will conclude from that that it was a flawed and then orphaned design.

I think there's a lot of owners here who are 'talking their book'. Owners that are deeply invested and want to believe that there (1) isn't a completely new engine in the RS and (2) that there isn't going to be any resale impact from the engine issues... that they were compensated for.

 

If the 1rs comes out with a new race bred engine, it will most definitely hurt the 1.3 value, BUT it still doesn't take anything away from it being a great car!!!!!

 

2011 GT3 was my last car to drive before this. And its not even close. My 1966 912 came close to the excitement levels for very different reasons, I would put it closer than the 2011 GT3, but still not there. Have driven other "exciting" stuff too, including Winston Cup Cars, Formula Vee, etc. on track for DE, etc.. Still say this is the most exciting car that I have driven. Combination engine/tranny/handling/braking, just nuts. But I guess we are a bit off topic...

 

well, i dont think its mutually exclusive and dont want to get into the stick vs PDK debate but As an owner of a 997 gt3 the new 991 gt3 is VERY exciting. Hard to explain but like it A LOT.

 

The 1.3 value will hold value better than the other 991s, other than the RS. It's also the most fun to drive, again other than the RS. The amount is speculation, but I don't see any other alternatives in the price range even if it drops by 40k in the first year, it's been worth buying to me.

 

its possible that RS values rise and Gt3 stays flat.

 

This has become like the F1 thread on ferrarichat...no news so let's just make **** up

Carry on....

 

Whatever they eventually replace the mezger with in their motorsport program, they need have longer service intervals to control costs.....aka, part of the reason you see so many Audi R8 LMS cars being raced all over the world. In addition to being a great platform, their "race" V10 rebuild interval is WAY longer than a Cup/GT America for customer based racing.

 

nearly 250pages and 64 more days until Geneva. Whats the over-under, 300pages???

 

+1

 

Well you said it better than I did. It does not change the car materially as others have said, but it would change the perception of the car negatively.

 

+1

 

Peter. Have to disagree to some degree in this one I'm afraid. They are the same engine as we will learn shortly but even if they were not I would have to favour the 991 GT3 which as been under intense scrutiny and quite a lot of amateur track use over the last 12 months to an unknown quantity of an engine "totally new" which has zero customer testing on or off track and no motorsports providence at all yet. The 991 GT3 engine is now probably the most tested production engine porsche have made for the last few decades. People like myself, sam, max, Philip in Europe etc have been trying to murder this engine for 14 months now and wether it was the original of the replacement apart from a bit of oil use on track it's so far been unburstable.

I have a hunch the 991 Gt3 will become an epic star in the residuals stakes medium and long term. I almost will certainly not benefit from that as I always seem to sell my cars before they become collectors pieces but I think the 991 GT3 and subsequent RS will do well in the future.

The engine is the same basically .... Or did I say that already.... Lol

 

Hey guys i just received a call from my dealership saying that the 991 GT3 RS will start production on june. Im on the list.
Drive safe.