Bets on GTS arrival?
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Bets on GTS arrival?
I bet it is sooner rather than later. The prototypes testing looked more 'finished' than is often the case if it is a long way off. Also with the recent introduction of similar souped up Boxster and Cayman versions, I think they are moving faster with the mew models. I wonder also if P watches these websites to ascertain interest levels, of which I think there is a lot for this car.
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If you wait for the ultimate 911 before buying....you'll never have the car. My concern is that the cameras will become so ubiquitous that there will no point in having a high performance car of any sort.
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I think could argue that:
- it will arrive prior to the mid-life 991.2 facelift, as the 'swansong' for this generation
- it will arrive towards the end of the 991.2 facelift ;lifetime, as its swan song
- or somewhere between those two...
If you look at the 997 GTS, then it would suggest the latter, however with the intro of the Boxster/Cayman GTS models, and the fact that the 991 model lineup is 'complete' with the
exception of a GTS, then that could suggest the former.
- it will arrive prior to the mid-life 991.2 facelift, as the 'swansong' for this generation
- it will arrive towards the end of the 991.2 facelift ;lifetime, as its swan song
- or somewhere between those two...
If you look at the 997 GTS, then it would suggest the latter, however with the intro of the Boxster/Cayman GTS models, and the fact that the 991 model lineup is 'complete' with the
exception of a GTS, then that could suggest the former.
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I think could argue that: - it will arrive prior to the mid-life 991.2 facelift, as the 'swansong' for this generation - it will arrive towards the end of the 991.2 facelift ;lifetime, as its swan song - or somewhere between those two... If you look at the 997 GTS, then it would suggest the latter, however with the intro of the Boxster/Cayman GTS models, and the fact that the 991 model lineup is 'complete' with the exception of a GTS, then that could suggest the former.
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could be the 4turbo mule and not a GTS (which we would hope was a flat 6 3.8)
I wonder if the intent is to replace the 3.4L flat 6 with this 4 turbo, and retain the 3.8L or simply to add the engine as a 3rd entry level variant for the 911 (and Boxster/Cayman)?
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I'm personally interested as we are planning a C2S Cabriolet for ED next April/May so if the GTS cab is available we will get that instead...
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The upcoming 991 gts...
I don't bet. But I hope it shows up at Geneva Auto Show in March of 2015 as an early face lifted MY2016. I should have the optional 'Alcantara' interior like the gt3...except it will have working rear seats! A choice of Manual or PDK (perhaps the new/improved Sport PDK of the gt3). And maybe the option of having 918-type 'sport bucket seats'! It will also sport the 'active' front aero vanes! Finally, I pray for it to have 'Rear Axle Steering', like in the current gt3! If it gets most of that - plus a tad more more hp/torque than the current 991 but still in a NA motor - it will be a fabulous & very desirable model!
Saludos,
Eduardo
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The face lifted MY2016 991 will have, at the very least, re-designed LED tail lights and front daytime/nighttime supplemental LED's, perhaps a reworked rear deck lid and a new optional sport design steering wheel (918/Macan type)!
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Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
The face lifted MY2016 991 will have, at the very least, re-designed LED tail lights and front daytime/nighttime supplemental LED's, perhaps a reworked rear deck lid and a new optional sport design steering wheel (918/Macan type)!
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I don't bet. But I hope it shows up at Geneva Auto Show in March of 2015 as an early face lifted MY2016. I should have the optional 'Alcantara' interior like the gt3...except it will have working rear seats! A choice of Manual or PDK (perhaps the new/improved Sport PDK of the gt3). And maybe the option of having 918-type 'sport bucket seats'! It will also sport the 'active' front aero vanes! Finally, I pray for it to have 'Rear Axle Steering', like in the current gt3! If it gets most of that - plus a tad more more hp/torque than the current 991 but still in a NA motor - it will be a fabulous & very desirable model!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
The face lifted MY2016 991 will have, at the very least, re-designed LED tail lights and front daytime/nighttime supplemental LED's, perhaps a reworked rear deck lid and a new optional sport design steering wheel (918/Macan type)!
.
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
The face lifted MY2016 991 will have, at the very least, re-designed LED tail lights and front daytime/nighttime supplemental LED's, perhaps a reworked rear deck lid and a new optional sport design steering wheel (918/Macan type)!
.