New selling philosophy at Porsche GT? Has the door re-opened for a manual GT3 RS?
07-07-2017, 02:59 PM
#31
The GT4 clubsport uses a minimally modified PDK from the cayman - so maybe we'll see more PDKs being raced in the future. Of all the cars being raced today, the GT4 / cayman is probably the only porsche you could say has some semblance to the car being raced with that statement being rooted in fact. The RS is marketed as a road going GT3R, but shares virtually nothing with the RSR or GT3R.
07-07-2017, 04:51 PM
#32
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If only the NA GT3/RS PDK (AND ITS DERIVATION THE 6MT... )
wasn t that heavy pig trasmission made to fit the truck Turbo stupid torque...
my next GT3 would weight wayyy less!
but they pretend to sell it to me like it was the ultimate jewel
overpriced useless heavy i know
but abusing my (and everyonelse) 9krpm addiction is their game...
wasn t that heavy pig trasmission made to fit the truck Turbo stupid torque...
my next GT3 would weight wayyy less!
but they pretend to sell it to me like it was the ultimate jewel
overpriced useless heavy i know
but abusing my (and everyonelse) 9krpm addiction is their game...
07-07-2017, 10:55 PM
#33
no performance car manufacturer (except maybe Lotus) likes to publish weights anymore...
07-08-2017, 03:41 AM
#34
Race Director
It's hearsay, but I was told by a couple of 918 owners that they were told by Porsche personnel, that they read on Rennlist, that they are seriously looking at making the .2 GT3 RS in a manual. I guess uptake on the GT3 manual will help the decision.
07-08-2017, 07:15 AM
#35
Now that we've heard from you, that you've heard from others, that somone from Porsche has read it on here; it's more or less a certainty, as far as I'm concerned ;-)
07-08-2017, 07:26 AM
#36
i dont think 991.2 RS get a manual box.
why, too?
why, too?
07-08-2017, 01:30 PM
#37
If so, uptake likely to be a much smaller percentage than the GT3
07-08-2017, 07:47 PM
#39
This could backfire. A LOT of people here buy these cars thinking they are a fun place to park $ with minimal deprecation. What drives that lack of depreciation is demand, and the fact that demand exceeds supply. If you over supply, then you meet demand, which then causes resale values to drop, which potentially scares away a bunch of buyers who can't really afford (or want) to lose 50k on their " fun place to park some $ with minimal depreciation"
07-09-2017, 12:27 AM
#40
Can I just say that I'm still surprised the .1 Gt3 was pdk only? Who knows really at this point in RS. Porsche has proven that they make decisions model to model and can be swayed by the purists. I bet they do make an RS with manual IF and only IF they make a .2 RS. Manuals are eventually going completely away. Just a matter of time.