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Reminding me of Rolex fans in here now. Every year folks go crazy guessing what they will release. All the “sources” and “friend who is neighbors with a guy who knows the local Rolex AD”. A million guesses and literally NOBODY ever gets it right. Brands like Rolex and Porsche are just messing with you. Come May 28, Porsche will do what power brands do, make all the guesses look silly. Usually what Rolex does come out with is quite underwhelming….they have a stronghold on the market and are not going to try and reinvent the timepiece. It does make for fun conversations though.
Because at that time all Carrera line up was NA and there was nothing exclusive about it.
And so was a GT product. 991.1 GT3s sell at such a low premium because they only came with PDK
that has nothing to do with why they sell at lower premiums. they sell at lower premiums because the car was the only GT car in GT car history that had major catastrophic failures at launch. even if porsche made it right in ever conceivable way, the legend follows the model. 991 GT2 RSs and 991.1/991.2 3RS are also PDK only. they don't sell at reduced premiums.
That’s the thing, I do not believe all will be revealed on 5/28. It will more than likely only involve the models to launch first with additional details pertaining to the other models to arrive at a later date.
That’s right, someone (silversurfer6) mentioned that Turbo/Turbo S/GT3 won’t be revealed until next year, 2025.
It’s becoming obvious to me that we are now chasing Ferrari. I think Porsche has to sell 5 cars to make what Ferrari does selling one car. Look at the 296, v6 hybrid, total screamer, 800 hp +, and gasp a digital rev counter. Porsche has to get there if they want to start charging the big bucks.
For those kicking and screaming about potentially no manual Porsche will hopefully continue to offer even if its fewer models. In this world, that should still be applauded.
Last edited by BeepBeep88; 05-25-2024 at 01:03 AM.
I don’t need them to invent anything new, just take the 4.0L engine out of the Cayman GTS and put it in SOME model 911, they can use the same manual transmission too! Can’t one of their interns handle this? :-)
Good find, well that sucks. While it’s not a huge deal by any means, the removal of a Porsche specific design element is sad to see, the button probably saves them $0.13 per vehicle though.
Watch the entire video on YT. The screenshot is NOT of the 992.2 test car. It is Bergmeister driving a RS or Cup car on the Ring. Note rollbar,, seat, etc. . Not uncommon for Porsche race cars to have a start-stop button. Not sure this screenshot means anything since it is not a production 992.2. We will know for sure soon enough.
Watch the entire video on YT. The screenshot is NOT of the 992.2 test car. It is Bergmeister driving a RS or Cup car on the Ring. Note rollbar,, seat, etc. . Not uncommon for Porsche race cars to have a start-stop button. Not sure this screenshot means anything since it is not a production 992.2. We will know for sure soon enough.
It’s quite common for Porsche to fit a roll cage and racing bucket to a production Carrera when going for times at the ring. When the .1 S came out and did ring testing it had the same setup.
Also that shot has the PDK Braun shaver stalk (not a cup or RS feature). I think the 992.2 lost the left key switch...More cost cutting or the way of the future ?
Watch the entire video on YT. The screenshot is NOT of the 992.2 test car. It is Bergmeister driving a RS or Cup car on the Ring. Note rollbar,, seat, etc. . Not uncommon for Porsche race cars to have a start-stop button. Not sure this screenshot means anything since it is not a production 992.2. We will know for sure soon enough.
Bergmeister recently stated on Spike’s Car Radio (37:05) that after last years big accident on the ring where two development drivers were killed he is demanding a 6 point harness, a cage or at least a bar in the rear and if he really starts pushing it he wants a full cage in the car.
Joerg did not want go into details about the two drivers killed, but they were from tire industry,
Last edited by RatherJaded; 05-25-2024 at 10:36 AM.
Bergmeister recently stated on Spike’s Car Radio (37:05) that after last years big accident on the ring where two development drivers were killed he is demanding a 6 point harness, a cage or at least a bar in the rear and if he really starts pushing it he wants a full cage in the car.
Joerg did not want go into details about the two drivers killed, but they were from tire industry,
really puts things in perspective when we all quibble about how fast or not fast these cars are and the difference between trims. Some of the best drivers in the world demand cages to push these things. That probably means us mortals really shouldn’t care that much after a certain level of performance or try to get anywhere close to the limits of even the slowest 911
05-24-2024, 10:52 PM
