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I completely understand your sentiments; I'm only a few steps behind you. I guess for everything there is a season.
Same here. I'm increasingly become a luddite, not b/c I don't believe in technological advances, but because I miss the need for skill and emotion.
I was big into radio control helicopters in my 20's in the 1990's. Lots of skill/training involved to fly, with things like mechanical/spinning gyros, complex balancing, engine setup. Then along came camera drones and everything got amazing, except the joy of learning through building and flying. Had to give up that hobby b/c it was no longer a hobby.
At least there is always an engine oil drip to chase in my older Porsches.
I wonder if people will try to retrofit the 992.1 gauge cluster with the analog speedometer onto the 992.2, and if it would even be possible?
That would be an interesting flip, since people are usually trying to fit .2 components into a .1.
I would imagine that this would negatively affect resale values. Trying to remove a feature of a 992.2 because you like a feature of the 992.1 better would probably not be a universal thing to do in order to maintain the value of your 992.2.
Much of the article is nonsense (particularly about the 48V hybrid, that would be pointless) but the unveiling date is a relevant nugget that is real. Early summer.
The article mentions that cars that use synthetic fuels will be exempt from EU’s ban on harmful emissions vehicles.
But I don’t quite get how this would work?
I doubt that, if I buy a 911, Porsche will deliver me gallons of synthetic fuel each week?!
Would it be like carbon offsets? In other words, if Porsche produces and sells X gallons of synthetic fuel, they will be allowed to produce and sell Y number of “polluting” vehicles?
Also consider that the synthetic fuel may be sold in a completely different region or market than where the car is sold. Thus, the carbon-neutral benefit of the fuel would not help in the region where the “polluting” cars are actually used.
At the end of the day, most consumers would still be fueling their vehicles with non-renewable petrol/gasoline (which I assume will continue to be cheaper than the synthetic variants).
"And coming to the 911, we have a clear planning how to enter in the market and we will start with the ICE versions of the 911 in the second half of this year. And this one will be followed with a strong hybridization for the GTS turbo and Turbo S in the following months"
"....we expect the GTS to be in place in the forth quarter"
The article mentions that cars that use synthetic fuels will be exempt from EU’s ban on harmful emissions vehicles.
But I don’t quite get how this would work?
I doubt that, if I buy a 911, Porsche will deliver me gallons of synthetic fuel each week?!
Would it be like carbon offsets? In other words, if Porsche produces and sells X gallons of synthetic fuel, they will be allowed to produce and sell Y number of “polluting” vehicles?
Also consider that the synthetic fuel may be sold in a completely different region or market than where the car is sold. Thus, the carbon-neutral benefit of the fuel would not help in the region where the “polluting” cars are actually used.
At the end of the day, most consumers would still be fueling their vehicles with non-renewable petrol/gasoline (which I assume will continue to be cheaper than the synthetic variants).
So what does this achieve?
The synthetic fuel Porsche has developed still pollutes, but the carbon footprint is offset since developing/creating the fuel cleans the air by about the same amount the fuel pollutes it. So, really it depends where the fuel factory (refinery?) is placed.
"The product upgrade of the 911 is planned for early summer – including a high-performance hybrid drive. Oliver Blume: “Once again we are deploying technology in series-production models that we have derived from the world of motorsport."
Some people like to buy on the cutting edge, and the 992.2 will be for them. Personally, I don't think the hybrid setup on these cars will be sorted out until the 994. But luckily it appears the base trims will be 48V mild hybrids, and you can essentially negate the system by switching to sport mode to disable auto start/stop.
03-11-2024, 12:40 PM
