2020 NEXT GENERATION 992 SPY PICS & RELEASE
07-24-2018, 09:33 AM
#1921
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Spot on Captainkirk. I've been thinking for weeks about where I've seen that design before, and your remarks triggered it. A Braun shaver !
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07-24-2018, 02:13 PM
#1922
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Here is one way turbo engines may sound good again - via electric turbocharging: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/fe...s-sound-better
But that layout is exactly what I would hope for if Porsche produces a high tech “hybrid” 911 turbo - an electric turbo compressor, a generator to capture exhaust energy, and a battery or an exotic capacitor to serve as a small energy reservoir between the two.
Use the next TT/S to develop and implement the new tech, flow the TT/S tech down to the Carrera and 718 lines with each generation change, and make the GT3/4/3RS into a line of street legal Cup cars.
07-24-2018, 03:38 PM
#1923
Burning Brakes
They all sound like fart machines except the GT4, which couldn't be heard, and the Spyder, which what little sound you hear sure sounds NA. Really don't understand why Porsche can't make their turbos sound better than they do, when other manufacturers seem to be doing an okay job at it. Is it something about the flat six or is Porsche just trying to make them sound more raw and simply missing the mark?
Porsche has been getting an earful (sorry) about the sound of the 991.2 for nearly 2 years, and the sales haven’t been as stellar as they’d like. They’re a proud gang of German gear heads - I doubt that they like having the 911 sound ‘meh’. That’s not really in their DNA. I remain an optimistic cynic.
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07-24-2018, 04:56 PM
#1924
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This is a company who's diving/driving head first into electric too and working on what unique electronic "interior sound" they can come up with on those.
Kinda losing faith.
Kinda losing faith.
07-24-2018, 05:05 PM
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07-25-2018, 08:20 AM
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07-25-2018, 06:28 PM
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I would like a sound track that sounds like a dirty piece of farm equipment from the the 1950,s ticking rattling knocking and coughing like its on its last breath .................That should get people attention
07-26-2018, 01:57 PM
#1931
That horrible computerized fake noise emitting from that Audi is the sound of 100+ years of automotive passion and tradition down the drain....
07-26-2018, 02:35 PM
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But, sadly, it sounds better than 90% of modern cars with chain-driven DFI motors. It’s hard (not impossible) to make an inline-4 or v-6 sound good and that’s what powers the vast majority of today’s cars.
07-26-2018, 06:44 PM
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I completely agree but what I don't get is why this 99.9% are purchasing high end, niche vehicles in the first place. If it's mundane A-B they are after why even bother paying a premium for an Audi , Porsche etc. because it's their heavy influence that is shifting the market and effectively ruining enthusiasts brands with this garbage.
