992.2 S allocation waitlist client, would you try to get on 992.2 base waitlist?
06-02-2024, 06:20 PM
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06-02-2024, 06:23 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Historically, C&D has a reputation to uphold & normally gets the scoop. I wouldn’t be surprised if the referenced internal documents are legitimate. Time will tell.
Internal documents we’ve seen indicate that the GTS and Turbo will ditch the 3.0- and 3.7-liter forced-induction flat-six engines of today for a new twin-turbocharged 3.6-liter unit. A naturally aspirated variant will eventually step in for the screaming 4.0-liter of the current GT3, GT3 RS, and S/T. Look for the 3.6-powered 992.2 GT3 to come online for the 2027 model year. The 992.2 Carrera and Carrera S models will keep the twin-*turbo 3.0-liter engine for now, albeit with slight bumps in output
06-02-2024, 06:26 PM
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06-02-2024, 07:24 PM
#19
Burning Brakes
Why do say most likely hybrid? Car and driver early leak is batting 1000 so far, they said the base and s will keep the twin turbo and add ~10hp each. So far so good with them being the leak talking piece of Porsche. Where have you heard the s will be hybrid? I am waiting for 992.2s also, fully expect it to be twin turbo plus 9hp.
To some extent I feel they threw the GTS under the bus . There is a lot to love about the car and it's obvious that Porsche threw the kitchen sink at it . I watched the drag and roll on the premiere again . On the drag the GTS beat it but on the roll it badly beat it . It just leaped out at the snap so hard that I would like to see it roll against a Turbo S . It would be closer . That said , being faster and having faster lap times is not enough . When the 718 launched the 4 cylinder it beat the 981 in all those categories but no one loved the car . The power delivery and exhaust sound was horrible . Every comparison video of the first vs the second is leaving comments about the exhaust note weakness .
I would not normally look at the Base or S but I am now . I also find it odd that Porsche broke with tradition by launching the GTS first . Every GTS promo car that I can think of was Carmine except this one . Something is just off .
06-04-2024, 10:46 AM
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The 3.6 Turbo engine without the hybrid system has roughly the same output as the current GTS. If they can install the e turbo without the hybrid system then that could be a possibility for the S...I suspect they need hybrid for the 400 v system which is why they went Hybrid on the GTS in the first place. The most likely outcome is that the S ends up with a detuned GTS powertrain. Another left field possibility is that they drop the S model in the EU and bring it to US with the current GTS powertrain.