the NEXT 911 - Rumor Solicitation
01-14-2010, 05:28 AM
#32
Rennlist Member
My guess:
1. Engine, moved a bit forward, still rear engine flat-6. Probably getting it closer to 45/55 bias
2. Longer wheelbase to accomodate the move of engine/tranny
3. Some sort of emission reduction measure, such as battery powered motor while idling, or extra torque from battery, etc..
4. MORE EXPENSIVE
5. Would look very much like 997 - no major visual change
6. Partnering with Burmester instead of Bose for their premium audio
7. Not much HP gain (low 400), but car would be faster with lower weight
We'll have to wait and see...
1. Engine, moved a bit forward, still rear engine flat-6. Probably getting it closer to 45/55 bias
2. Longer wheelbase to accomodate the move of engine/tranny
3. Some sort of emission reduction measure, such as battery powered motor while idling, or extra torque from battery, etc..
4. MORE EXPENSIVE
5. Would look very much like 997 - no major visual change
6. Partnering with Burmester instead of Bose for their premium audio
7. Not much HP gain (low 400), but car would be faster with lower weight
We'll have to wait and see...
01-14-2010, 02:59 PM
#34
Rennlist Member
01-16-2010, 10:43 AM
#36
My predictions:
- 993 drivers will stop paying attention as soon as they spot the radiator in the spy photos.
- It will still have round headlamps and look like like it's smuggling a basketball on its ***. 99.95% of the world will love it precisely because of this, but one guy will fill up the internet complaining.
- Even if Porsche releases a 2800lb, 500hp, Nurburgring-chewing performance miracle -- 997 owners on the internet will whinge and complain that it's not a real Porsche because its uses the same turn signal stalks as a Jetta now.
- No matter how accomplished it is at the track, the flagship Corvette will have more horsepower and lap the ring a few seconds faster. This will (as always and despite the fact that it's never been otherwise) be used as evidence that Porsche has lost the plot and forgotten how to make cars.
- The rear main seal will still leak in 0.5% of cars which the internet will whip into a frenzy of class-action lawsuit threats.
- Some guy will show up with a 991 Turbo at your local track but you won't notice because he'll have the whole front half of the car covered in eight rolls of painter's tape. He'll be parked in the paddock next to another guy with a 991 C2S that only has 40 miles on the odometer but he's already ripped out the carpet and mounted a lap timer to the dashboard with wood screws. The two will end up best friends by the end of the weekend.
- The launch cars will be specced, as usual, by a drunken belgian with case of beer and a dartboard. You be able to choose between a pure orange, full leather, 4S manual cab with parking assist and A/C delete, or a metallic mauve Carrera coupe with PDK, no sport chrono, no leather, deviated stitching, aluminum look rear center console, and a rear window wiper. Neither car will have floormats.
- Porsche will change the PCNA service schedule for engine break-in by 1,000 miles but leave the ROW schedule unchanged. The resulting rennlist thread will be 30 pages long before the first car even makes it off the boat.
- Your current Porsche which you told everyone would last you forever because it's specced perfectly and represents the pinnacle of Porsche engineering will start squeaking and rattling when you drive over that one bump near your house. You'll decide that it's time to trade before it loses any more value and start a thread debating the relative merits of supple leather floor mats and the new ventilated glove compartment option.
This is the best post I've read in years.
