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Old 12-04-2018, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Porsche is in the business of making money, not sports cars, with the exception of the small percentage of production allocated to GT cars. They have been since the Cayenne saved the marque and they've been transitioning ever since. At this point they're pretty much a lifestyle brand that sells a few, low production real sports cars.
The music stopped with the introduction of the M96 motor. The money saved developing extreme cost-cutting for the 986/996 went directly towards the Cayenne.
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Old 12-04-2018, 08:01 PM
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It HASN'T grown on me. looks like a vw bug in front.
When you increase front AND rear tracks, the car just looks so BLOATED.
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Old 12-04-2018, 08:22 PM
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^ Is that picture distorted?
If not...looks like ***.
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Old 12-04-2018, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by italiafan
^ Is that picture distorted?
If not...looks like ***.
it's a screen shot of a you tube video of the 992 i was watching.
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Old 12-04-2018, 08:40 PM
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Here it is with the carfection you tube reference.
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Old 12-04-2018, 09:21 PM
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Not sure about those wider front wheel arches. Makes the head on view look odd. That front square bumper and opening isn't easy on the eyes.
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Old 12-04-2018, 09:28 PM
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May God help the 992 GTs
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Old 12-04-2018, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sampelligrino
May God help the 992 GTs

Lol. That going to have the nubbin too? Fugly rear third brake light?
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Old 12-04-2018, 11:12 PM
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"EL CHEAPO" .... (source: Reddit / X-Tomi Design)


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Old 12-04-2018, 11:15 PM
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^thats just funny. Talk about a classic.
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Old 12-05-2018, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bonn72
If you think like that, you should own one of these: https://www.porsche.com/usa/motorspo...ng/racingcars/

For the rest of us, I'm glad they make the base (or Carrera T in my case) models.
no, those are track only cars that you just linked to.

that’s the exact reason porsches makes the GT cars. They are a truly race/sports car that is also street legal for the road.
The GT cars occuply this middle ground beautifully. The same ground, the air cooled 911s once occupied. That is no coincidence why Porsche started making GT cars at the same time they moved to water cooled Carreras, as the Carreras started this decline toward luxury.

modern GT cars aren’t just heavy, plush, soft grand tourers that the Carreras have become. They are a track ready car, that you can also drive to work, just like the original 911s.
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Old 12-05-2018, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by STG
Well said. The "real sports cars" being the GT models.
The real sports car is the Cayman - the muddled 992 at 1600kg is a GT car and the "GT" cars are boulevardiers since the release of the 991 generation.
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Originally Posted by groundhog
The real sports car is the Cayman - the muddled 992 at 1600kg is a GT car and the "GT" cars are boulevardiers since the release of the 991 generation.
Then GT4 would have the lap record. But it doesn’t. 911 to date has always been THE sports car. 992 versus 718 GT has started to make that questionable.
991.2 3RS is 3,150bs
997.2 3RS was 3,020lbs

992 4S is 3,490lbs
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Old 12-05-2018, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Fdvigna
"EL CHEAPO" .... (source: Reddit / X-Tomi Design)


I’d buy that. Especially the wheels.
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I hear the 992 sounds like a cordless vacuum cleaner.
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