Consolidated 991RS thread
#961
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Audi R8 in all versions still comes with a manual as an option....right down to the slotted metal shifter.
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#964
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Irony.. Audi sells the manual car with a slotted ferrari-like shifter for real driver involvement, While porsche and Ferrari only sell you a car with a transmission which prefers to shift for itself. Tell this to yourself from 25 years ago.. World is upside down.
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Not anymore. Audi and Lamborghini have already built the last of their awesome gated manuals.
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#968
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What about a lighter weight xtrac gear box - as in the Lambos? (okay maybe not a third peddle)
Something to unveil - their own branded version from the Aventador (or what ever it's called).
Something to unveil - their own branded version from the Aventador (or what ever it's called).
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Blutorange / Tangerine: Here is an interesting side story on this color and PTS. I got an email over one year ago from a Rennlister (David C.) in Florida that requested assistance in helping him get Porsche to approve 'Blutorange' or 'Tangerine' as a PTS color. That beautiful color is a vintage & historic early 911 long-hood hue which had color code 018 back in its day! He mentioned to me that this 'Tangerine' color had been ordered by Brumos as a PTS in the 997/987 era. That is all we had to go on. I contacted someone I knew at 'Porsche Exclusive' in Germany & made inquiries. Sure enough, this bright fellow in Germany was able to find a sample color chip (attached photo #1) from the Brumos PTS and suggested that it be requested again so that it could be tested to determine its feasibility for PTS the 991/981. Just because it was used before for PTS (e.g. in past decade) does not mean the color would be automatically approved for the newer models...due to different paint formulations (PAG switched to DuPont) or other variables (new metals/plastics used).
David C. indeed tried to get PAG to approve that color for PTS via his dealer! It shows up on the 1/23/2014 PTS list. But it was 'rejected' (see photo #2). But all of the talk here re: rumors of 'Blood Orange' as one of the colors for the MY2015 gt3 RS leads me to think that the color was actually approved by PAG...but it's being reserved exclusively (at first) for the 991 gt3 RS!
We will soon know! Hopefully at Paris...or even before!
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Saludos,
Eduardo
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Saludos,
Eduardo
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I really like the Blutorange.
^ I agree. I have a sneaky suspicion the RS will be turbo charged and this is the delay but the delay could also be the GT3 replacement engine which has set every thing back 6 - 9 months. I think with Ferrari turbo charging the 458; Porsche is going to follow lead and try to beat them out with the RS turbo charged. Which also tells me 525 HP will be a conservative guess.
^ I agree. I have a sneaky suspicion the RS will be turbo charged and this is the delay but the delay could also be the GT3 replacement engine which has set every thing back 6 - 9 months. I think with Ferrari turbo charging the 458; Porsche is going to follow lead and try to beat them out with the RS turbo charged. Which also tells me 525 HP will be a conservative guess.
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I really like the Blutorange. ^ I agree. I have a sneaky suspicion the RS will be turbo charged and this is the delay but the delay could also be the GT3 replacement engine which has set every thing back 6 - 9 months. I think with Ferrari turbo charging the 458; Porsche is going to follow lead and try to beat them out with the RS turbo charged. Which also tells me 525 HP will be a conservative guess.