Dewinator

Remember going to a smaller turbo engine with comparable horsepower doesn't really improve true fuel economy! The EPA and Euro equivalents just use such jokingly slow acceleration that these engines are able to do it without using much if any turbo boost... so you get the effect of a smaller engine on the test, but then if you actually go drive it the boost kicks in and it gobbles gas just like the bigger engine would.

tomc_mets

I feel obligated to post this pic in all such threads decrying 4 bangers, turbos, hybrid, etc.

I think there is a place for such technology. I fear the real issue is choice. Those who like naturally aspirated ICEs should have that choice, but the decision is increasingly not being made by the market, but by regulators...T

KY_soldier

I was skeptical about a 4 cyl in the 718, but the performance numbers speak for themselves, the weight saving is significant, and the sound was just awesome. It will absolutely sell just as hacker-pschorr correctly alluded to - the base boxster (which was my first p car in 98 and I waited 9 months on the order) resurrected the company as did the Cayenne. The nay sayers can hate, but Porsche seems to have a pretty good handle on things right now. I could easly see the boxster S engine in an entry level 911 for maybe $75k give or take. The 991.2 shot up in price so high that there is definitely still a gap in that $75-90k space that the base carrera used to fill

Noah Fect

7/10, 6/10, 8/10, 8/10. Even the East German judge seems impressed.