docmalone

Car Magazine article; the S to be in the 530 HP range?


http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/Secret-...015-with-9912/

lbahoshy

Ummmm, I don't think so........

Someone there is smoking something

And the 2015s are already here. How can people get away with publishing such rubbish !

docmalone

I read it and thought maybe the UK has an April fools day variant that I haven't heard of?

Vise

Yeah there is no question the 991.2 is going FI but that sort of gain on the Carrera S seems ridiculous... Porsche would need to completely rethink the entire 911 product line in terms of power/performance if so. If anything I could see a smallish hp bump with larger gains in torque as to be expected.

lbahoshy

Where is the definitive source saying that the 991.2 Carrera and Carrera S will be turbocharged ?

mrsmitty

I would bet it would be 425hp 400 lb/ft 3.4L in the C2S and 375hp 350lb/ft 2.9L in the base Carrera if they are going turbos for all. This keeps the new models under the GTS HP but gives a significant boost in torque. But it is just a guess.

chuck911

The way I read it, if they come out fall 15 they'll be model year 16.
A 530 hp S does sound a little hopeful though. However notice they are saying the 991 will be reduced to 2.9l while the S will stay at 3.8l. The S would then have 10 hp more than today's Turbo. So it is definitely doable. But assuming they keep the Turbo (even though they'll all be turbo's) then the Turbo would need to see a similar increase. A 600 hp Turbo? What, has Koenigsegg's 1360 hp One:1 launched a hp war?

SDaddy

If true that the '16 911 will be FI and introduced in November '15 (which, setting aside for the moment what HP will be, sounds like it might well be possible), what date does the collective wisdom of this group say about the last day to order a N/A GTS?


I was planning for ED pick up in April '17, (significant birthday) but now may need to move that date up....

Key Left

My dealer just informed me that the 991.2 is merely a face lift. However the Cayman GTS RS with 400HP is real and will be homologated but with only a manual shift (the 911 stays ahead, as always).

Larry Cable

+1

Larry Cable

How would they keep the GT3 normally aspirated *and* have it exceed a 3.8L 'S' FI with 530bhp???

So, either the 992 GT3 is also FI, or these publish #'s are BS ... or there wont be a 992 GT3.

Not too mention the Turbo and Turbo S ... they would now be 650, and 700?

Larry Cable

there are a lot of rumors about a Cayman GT4 or R, forthcoming ... although its a big step for Porsche to introduce another racing model in addition to the 911

WCH BOS

If one looks at the Panamera and Cayenne lines, this seems more in line with what happened with the facelifts. The base and S cars went turbo with increases in HP and tq but to HP levels similar to the NA cars. The GTS remained NA (in the case of the Panamera). Not sure about engine sizes. The TT and TTS versions this stayed much higher for HP and tq.

disden

IF turbos appear in all engines, I would guess it follows the example set by the recent updates in the Panamera and Cayenne: minimal hp gains, but more substantial increases in torque.

Key Left

It's a definite go: it's called GT4 RS, has the 3.8 flat six, no PDK and 400Hp.