theaudir8fan

^ nothing to do with Auto Show, I read that there is going to be some photo shoot on or near sea to sky highway going to whistler, they flew 17 cars out in total. Some are even saying that all the cars will be driven to Calgary to be loaded up and flown back to Stuttgart

HassaanAbdeen

So they'll release/announce the Benchmark without an Auto Show event? It's not usual, is it?

sechsgang

If that's it...it looks pretty similar to the outgoing one...power will be nice Im sure but not feeling like the old one is anything obsolete

Visceral

Front grill, rear engine hatch... Those are the only exterior changes? Wow. Even the *wheels* are the same, though those are pretty easily changed (but I bet even Porsche grumbles when changing CLs).

Im not feeling the ".2" yet.

Zero911

Also new DRLs, headlights, tail lights, new rear reflectors (built into vents). Also not pictured but should get new steering wheel, new larger lcd display with Apple CarPlay support like the other 991.2s.

What I want to know is if they improved the exhaust note. They spent a ton of time working on it for the base 991.2s. Did they improve it for the new Turbo as well?

theaudir8fan

None of the Canadian auto shows are major stops where manufacturers unveil cars, this is more likely a photo shot than anything else. After all Vancouver area has some amazing scenery

sdg1871

Definitely looks like a 991.2 Turbo. Exterior differences are super minor. The better steering wheel and Apple Car Play and larger PCM screen would be cool be nowhere near cool enough to ditch mine 981.1 and take a big loss especially not with all my mods.

speed21

I'm also liking how the .2 isnt at all noticeably physically different from .1. The tails are way harder to discern than previously on the 997 gen 2....which is a big thing. Mind you the .1 tails were hard to improve upon IMO. I'm sure gen 2's revised s/wheel and PCM will be more pleasurable to use along with the stock exhaust amongst other improvements in the power and drive, but will it all be enough to motivate me to shift? Hmmm. Hard to say at this stage. The .1 drives so good as it is, so any improvements would need to be very noticeable (as they were with the gen 2 997), otherwise i couldn't see any sense in current owners bailing out of what they have now.

kkabba

Revise the PCM, back lights, steering wheel, but unless the exhaust sound is better I won't even consider trading in my 991.1 TT for this.

FBA

I'm gonna hold out for the .4

CHADW

Assuming it will be a MY2017? Available in the US when?

TheGhost

williambnj

Showing the 991 today along with the past turbos over the past few days makes me think the new turbo would have to be significantly different however it could be just marketing

Randyc151

I'm just hoping they add available sport bucket seats with harness pass-thru!! I can fix the exhaust easily, and throw on H&R springs with HRE wheels. I'm ready to upgrade next Fall.

Randyc151

My dealer confirmed June order and late Oct 2016 delivery.