2020 NEXT GENERATION 992 SPY PICS & RELEASE
11-02-2017, 10:05 PM
#751
11-02-2017, 10:44 PM
#752
Drifting
Why not?
A decade old design won GTE Pro at Le Mans, and the Astons have been very competitive throughout the season. That's due to BOP, quite obviously.
The somewhat disappointing first year of the new RSR is moreso attributable to teething troubles and poor execution by the team (especially in IMSA - the final hour of Sebring, all the punctures, the fire at WEC Silverstone, etc.)
The biggest issue the car faces is how draggy it is; I spoke at length with Marco at Laguna Seca regarding this. IMO will take more generous BOP to address.
This is the mid-engined RSR, its currently sitting behind the turbocharged Ferrari 488 in the WEC manufacturers championship.
There's a classic commentary from the Radio Le Mans guys - it went something like this:
commentator 1 - there goes the 2nd Porsche RSR, doesn't it sound good
commentator 2 - unfortunately thats the sound of losing
There's a classic commentary from the Radio Le Mans guys - it went something like this:
commentator 1 - there goes the 2nd Porsche RSR, doesn't it sound good
commentator 2 - unfortunately thats the sound of losing
The somewhat disappointing first year of the new RSR is moreso attributable to teething troubles and poor execution by the team (especially in IMSA - the final hour of Sebring, all the punctures, the fire at WEC Silverstone, etc.)
The biggest issue the car faces is how draggy it is; I spoke at length with Marco at Laguna Seca regarding this. IMO will take more generous BOP to address.
12-08-2017, 10:26 PM
#753
Race Director
Thread Starter
12-08-2017, 11:57 PM
#754
The interior....not a fan....
12-09-2017, 01:19 AM
#757
It'll be fine, new buyers will love it and 991 owners will find something to hate. Personally, I'm more interested in how it drives - I like the changes to the body - still looks every bit a 911.
Last edited by randr; 12-09-2017 at 02:41 AM.
12-09-2017, 12:16 PM
#759
You can’t graft 993 accents on an even bigger and rounder 911 and claim you made it more 993ish though. I saw a (I think Guards) red 993 C4S on my way to work the other day, freshly detailed, paper dealer plates on still, looked like it hadn’t been driven since it was new. It was so much smaller than the 991, and the way the back fell away let the hips show themselves in an amazing way. It was just an absolutely stunning car all around. I couldn’t help but think about how if I had gotten a 993, how it wouldn’t have been hard at all to find a stick, and its value probably would have dropped a lot less.
12-17-2017, 04:00 AM
#760
Instructor
One thing which I've noticed is that the 992 looks to be a lot wider in the rear than the current gen...
It's one of those types of things which make a real impact in the flesh/metal... harder to see the overall impact in photos.
If it starts to emulate the curves of the 993 wide-body I may just be compelled into changing my 991.1
Sigh, resistance is futile.
It's one of those types of things which make a real impact in the flesh/metal... harder to see the overall impact in photos.
If it starts to emulate the curves of the 993 wide-body I may just be compelled into changing my 991.1
Sigh, resistance is futile.
12-17-2017, 07:10 AM
#761
One thing which I've noticed is that the 992 looks to be a lot wider in the rear than the current gen...
It's one of those types of things which make a real impact in the flesh/metal... harder to see the overall impact in photos.
If it starts to emulate the curves of the 993 wide-body I may just be compelled into changing my 991.1
Sigh, resistance is futile.
It's one of those types of things which make a real impact in the flesh/metal... harder to see the overall impact in photos.
If it starts to emulate the curves of the 993 wide-body I may just be compelled into changing my 991.1
Sigh, resistance is futile.
12-17-2017, 10:44 PM
#763
Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by STG
The 992 will be wider overall front and rear than the 991. It has been mentioned before.
01-02-2018, 01:55 PM
#764
Rennlist Member
New spy pics on the CAB 4 with top down. Out today. I LOVE the hood lines and the wide fenders. Looks like a lot of camouflage still on the rear bumper. I think it looks bad-a$$!
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/02/...#slide-7199018
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/02/...#slide-7199018
01-02-2018, 02:18 PM
#765
Race Director
Thread Starter
^^ NICE FIND
Think it is the first time we have seen the mirrors?? Nice shot of door handles and headlights too.
This view you see a pointed front end bumper similar to .2 GT3
Overall, more square lines and harder creases like the styling of the models across the whole Porsche line.
Think it is the first time we have seen the mirrors?? Nice shot of door handles and headlights too.
This view you see a pointed front end bumper similar to .2 GT3
Overall, more square lines and harder creases like the styling of the models across the whole Porsche line.
