It's going to be very difficult to take the 992 GT3 seriously as a hardcore sports car when the interior is so focused on nonsense convenience tech and current luxury car style.

I am REALLY hoping they will at least revise the instrument screens to be more sport/track oriented and or ditch the piano black trim but given the long list of disappointments with the 992 thus far I won't be holding my breath...

 

I agree. This is why I bought one of the last 2019 GT3 Tourings to enter the states. What I was seeing from the 992 had me too worried it wouldn't have the same throw-back sports car feel.

 

not going to happen

 

I highly doubt it unfortunately. The 992 GT3 will get custom PDK lever, and more alcantara lining, but the instrument screens and piano trim will remain. Porsche won't spent the money to redo everything.
Just like the Forrenn, I grabbed a 991.2 GT3 specifically because I expect to skip the entire 992 GT generation, which I don't think will look like a hardcore sports car inside.

 

Yep - the 5 analog gauges and the tactile buttons of my 991.1 and 991.2 are looking better and better with every passing day. Some call it outdated, I call it classic.

 

Does anybody take the 991 GT3 "seriously as a hardcore sports car"? Immensely capable, yes. Fantastic drivetrain, either with manual or PDK, yes. Hardcore? Hardly...

Touch screen, illuminated door sills, deviated stitching, 18-way seats, etc. aren't "nonsense convenience tech and current luxury car style"?

 

It's all relative. It's fairly hardcore compared to its contemporary competitors, but not compared to some of its historical predecessors.

 

Nothing about the 991 interior is hardcore. Gimme a break. Compared to an air-cooled car, the 991 interior is a Cadillac.

 

CAN YOU DO THIS IN A 992?

 

Maybe?

 

Porsche is an expert for charging more for less. Of course they can do it!

 

No, you cannot do this in the USA (and could not after the first couple months of the 991.2 GT3), because it became government mandated to have a rear-view camera that uses the radio/video screen in the console/dash.

 

I do like the 991 buttons running along the sides of the center console. Yet that design is just one instance of the loss of minimalistic attributes of air cooled cars. Things change, I get it- but the 992, in spite of it possibly being a headache to configure, is cleaner. I like cleaner.

The 996-991 gauge cluster/fascia is hideous. Design layout wise it was an improvement over the 5 ring side by side layout. One tap with a knuckle on the plastic confirms just how cheap it is. Pointing out the obvious- Air cooled instrument rings are metal with 4/5 being glass lenses. I like the 992 layout harkening back to the tried and true. Including some sw obstruction to the outer dials. Will be interesting to see how long Porsche sticks with the new interior. I personally like it. Many understandably do not.

Just opinions, there are no right or wrong answers. I do have an affinity towards the classic air cooled cars, certainly that influences my opinion of the new interior.

 

I wish... but no.

 

Relative to its contemporaries, absolutely yes.