Bluehighways

There is nothing that Time and/or the Competition won’t cure. First, I can’t think of any technical reason a partial Hybrid should preclude a MT. Other manufacturers have managed this on far less expensive vehicles. Second, as the MSRP rises, it starts to limit your potential buyers to those for whom the purchase price difference between one very expensive vehicle and another very expensive vehicle is no longer much of what is important to your potential audience. In today’s marketplace I don’t imagine there’s much price shopping that goes on, between the possible choices when the price point clears $250-$300 K.

Johnauto

What price increases are the .2 rumored to have Ryan?

6sigma

It will be interesting to see what happens with 992.2. I too am one of the oldsters that wants a manual sports car. One of the biggest reasons I'm buying a 992 T is it may be the last manual Carrera outside of GT or special editions. If Porsche goes PDK only, I would probably look to something very different like GR86 or Miata, or go with something used/vintage. I love Porsche for keeping the manuals around and building one of the best sports cars of the time. I am not ruling out the potential of hybrids though - in fact I have high hopes that Porsche will figure out how to keep the driver engagement and driving fun level high with even more performance. I have a hunch once the 911 hybrid era is fully in place that we will see the older cars as very old school and in a lower level of performance all around. As an example, if I could get any new Ferrari today I am pretty sure it would be a 296 GTB - a turbo V6 hybrid. So, it can be done and I hope Porsche does it right.

porsche526

OK so basically the hybrid gonna make the Carrera for example quicker and you’re gonna pay that much more money for the base Carrera when you can just get one now or 2024 and then tune up the ECU and pump up the horsepower, so what’s so big deal about the hybrid.. sure they’ll be some tweaking on the exterior of the car but come on there’s always gonna be some tweaking every so often at some point you gotta be satisfied with the model because the tweaking is what changed the car 5% of the look only? So the question here is how much more over $114,000 which is the base price of a Carrera are we going to pay for a hybrid?

jdrake

I heard from my friend at Porsche that the 992.2 GTS will be hybrid but unclear whether it will be NA or turbo. HP is expected to be 526hp, over 50hp more than the current model.

Dream in PTS

The 992.2 GTS will be NA hybrid. They had me at NA. They lost me at hybrid. Maybe I'll come around, but I will let all of the anxious guinea pigs pay the upcharge to test it out. We will see how it goes with the extra tech and weight.

smiles11

According to C&D corrected article. GTS will be a 3.6TT engine.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4...e-911-preview/

slc4s

Yes demand will be high. Yes there will likely be ADMs initially. Yes it will have a price increase. (these are basically laws of physics pending economic melt down)

No the manual isn't going to be gone from the 911 range. Whether or not the variant of 911 you desire will have a manual as an option will be the big question and one that nobody on here has answers for today.

Jimmy-D

I stopped chasing the latest and greatest. I will drive my 992.1 GTS for quite some time.

But - I am currently shopping/flirting for/with an older 911 in the $75,000 range that I will send out to my Vacation home in the NW. Sort of a beater in a way. Probably a 2010-2015 that was decently taken care of. If any one has one they are considering selling PM me.

Jeahbladejeah

When do you plan to stop?

RatherJaded

So a 997.2 or 991.1. Out of those two I believe you would greatly appreciate the 7.2, but I am biased as the owner of one.

2thHappy

For now, I will buy used cars for the reasons you mentioned. Can always have a coach builder redo the interior and wrap exterior as needed. Seems to be where I am right now.

Jimmy-D

Had a 997.2 Turbo Manual in GR I bought a while back. Great car

johnohara

Exactly ^^^^ my intention as well.

Except 993's are out of reach.... I plan on a 997S for my track beast.

recarv

The Audi 48v mild hybrid was a technological debacle. This is my main worry. I'm guessing the driving performance of the hybrid will make the cars faster just as PDK made it faster. Aside from this - the interior technology is a bit clunky and I worry it will take time to fix. The lack of buttons on the macan loaner I had this past week scares me. So the added complexity...scares me. I'm not sure I'd want to be a first adopter here either, so 992.1 GTS MT it is for me - what a car to wait and see in