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Old 02-28-2015, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Macca
The way I see it Porsche would never position a Cayman so it beats a 991S and making the GT4 only manual solved that issue. I dont think there is any real risk the Cayman could challenge the GT3/RS at the Ring even with PDK on board...
Correct...the mid-engined model scheduled to challenge the GT3 & GT3 RS at the ring is the upcoming 960/988!

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Old 02-28-2015, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 991 3Turbo
With hybrid availability, there is no need for electric turbos, since hybrid fills that gap quite easily. four turbos is ridiculous for 600HP. It will never remotely be competitive at that power level, and they are grossly sandbagging, as such a car could easily make whatever horsepower they would like and in the future.
This. Porsche could make 600hp with 3.9L of displacement even if it were NA, especially with 8 cylinders. The 600hp and 516lb/ft numbers are ubiquitous with future releases these day.

I've said it a million times before, and I desperately hope Porsche is listening, because most if not every manufacturer is forgetting that the ENGINE is the heart of every sports car. I'll pay a CO2 fine. You would all pay a CO2 fine. Or whatever is needed to rid ourselves of a small-displacement/turbo/hybrid future. Right?

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Not until the 991.2 RS I would think. And who knows, maybe that is how they will force a Kers or hybrid system down our throats.......here's your manual.....and it needs a hybrid engine to meet regulations.
Meenwhile, over at Audi, Lamborghini, Ford, Lexus... NA V8's & V10's live & breath their high rpm madness!
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Originally Posted by Zeus
You would all pay a CO2 fine. Or whatever is needed to rid ourselves of a small-displacement/turbo/hybrid future. Right?


Definitely!
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Old 02-28-2015, 04:54 PM
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[QUOTE=Zeus;12078184] You would all pay a CO2 fine. Or whatever is needed to rid ourselves of a small-displacement/turbo/hybrid future. Right?


YUP
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Old 02-28-2015, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Z356
Correct...the mid-engined model scheduled to challenge the GT3 & GT3 RS at the ring is the upcoming 960/988! Saludos, Eduardo Carmel
Agreed Eduardo. If Porsche management say it will be so....it will be so!!
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Old 02-28-2015, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by karimgt3
So you think that they will give us info before the actual launch on tuesday?? Hope so!!
Yes, my personal bet
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The only info we need is someone test driving the RS back to back the GT3 :-)
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Originally Posted by fxz
The only info we need is someone test driving the RS back to back the GT3 :-)
... and a Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time clocked by the German magazine SportAuto...

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/r...ml?sort=ZeitNS
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Is that the right list with Ring-laptimes?

I am using a different list, this one:
http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/nordschleife.html
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Render from Jon Sibal
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Sorry if this is a repost. Looks great though!
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^^^ that looks very, very good.
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Old 02-28-2015, 06:50 PM
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^^^ that looks very, very good.
Sure got me all excited!
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Old 02-28-2015, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by GoHardGT3RS
I bet that we will have an interview of AP presenting the car on the EVO youtube channel on Monday during the day and the configurator open in the evening. This is how Porsche did it for the 991 GT3 two years ago for the launch in Geneva.
Yes, Evo's Jethro Bovingdon has been on a roll lately. First the acclaimed 2013 pre-Geneva Auto Show interview with Andreas Preuninger.



The video was first published on March 4th, 2013, one day before the March 5 & 6 Press Preview at Geneva and several days before the public was allowed to go in to see it on March 7th:


And just this month Jethro scored again with the 2015 GT4 introduction interview also with Andreas Preuninger, probably recorded at either Weissach or Zuffenhausen:






Will Jethro do it again? Or will another authoritative British car magazine score that first English interview with AP? I am also expecting Pete Stout to do an interview re: the new 991 gt3 RS for Panorama? Will Pete be in Geneva or in Germany soon get the scoop on the gt3 RS too?








We will know soon enough!

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Originally Posted by madmurdock
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Wow! Can't imagine what it's gonna look like in orange!
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Old 03-01-2015, 02:16 AM
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Well.....that looks incredible!!!
I'm going to eventually trade in my 997.1RS for a 991GT3; the up charge for the new RS will be substantial.....BUT, my God!
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