997.2 GT2 RS launched in Leipzig
05-03-2010, 09:45 PM
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620hp..... ladies and gentleman, may i introduce to you the latest death trap offering by Porsche...
300 units. perhaps 290 after 1st year of production remaining
300 units. perhaps 290 after 1st year of production remaining
05-03-2010, 10:19 PM
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05-03-2010, 10:28 PM
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05-03-2010, 10:36 PM
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05-03-2010, 11:26 PM
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I think that was always inevitable. And I think that's in part why Porsche tipped its hand to GT2 owners to give them the opportunity to decide whether they wanted to be out of their current cars beforehand. Surely the dealers all took the hint and the .1 GT2 was thrown into an unfair and undeserved limbo. The 2008 GT2 is a bloody great car, the factory just jacked the price up $40K before its time.
05-04-2010, 12:02 AM
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ps. I'm not kidding, I already do this with three 911's including a 2010 RS ... : ) ... Lemonade out of the blood of bureaucrats, I say!
05-04-2010, 12:49 AM
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Remember that the 997.1 GT2 was the fastest car ever out of Stuttgart. At 204 mph, it was just a little faster than a CGT. Unless gear limited, the GT2 RS should be 210+. The performance numbers they are quoting, which you can expect to be conservative, are significantly quicker than a CGT. I predict CGT resale taking another hit.
05-04-2010, 01:17 AM
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You really mightn't understand the CGT, the GT2RS will enhance its value not undermine it. The zenith of current evolution.
It is the future hybrids with the already obsolete (nadir?) technology that I would be worried about with respect to future value. Shades of deja vu (air cooled) all over again.
The CGT is an engineering marvel, and will stand the test of time. Performance is "adequate" for most purposes... unless your name is Fangio.
You really mightn't understand the CGT, the GT2RS will enhance its value not undermine it. The zenith of current evolution.
It is the future hybrids with the already obsolete (nadir?) technology that I would be worried about with respect to future value. Shades of deja vu (air cooled) all over again.
The CGT is an engineering marvel, and will stand the test of time. Performance is "adequate" for most purposes... unless your name is Fangio.
05-04-2010, 01:31 AM
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Porsche can make any version of the mass-produced 911 faster than the Carrera GT, but that won't touch the resale values of the Carrera GT.
The Carrera GT was too much car for its time, too much car right now, and based on the future of Porsche (targeting 150,000 car sales/year), I doubt they will build some as spectacular as the Carrera GT.
The 918 Spyder is a step on the wrong direction. Adding weight, adding lots of electronics, electric motors, that's not the right thing. Their marketing BS says the 918 Spyder will be faster around the Nurburgring, they forgot to mention "just for one lap".
But, seriously I hope the Carrera GT depreciates badly, so I can buy my pristine one, and a few wrecked ones as spare part cars.
The Carrera GT was too much car for its time, too much car right now, and based on the future of Porsche (targeting 150,000 car sales/year), I doubt they will build some as spectacular as the Carrera GT.
The 918 Spyder is a step on the wrong direction. Adding weight, adding lots of electronics, electric motors, that's not the right thing. Their marketing BS says the 918 Spyder will be faster around the Nurburgring, they forgot to mention "just for one lap".
But, seriously I hope the Carrera GT depreciates badly, so I can buy my pristine one, and a few wrecked ones as spare part cars.
05-04-2010, 01:46 AM
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Remember that the 997.1 GT2 was the fastest car ever out of Stuttgart. At 204 mph, it was just a little faster than a CGT. Unless gear limited, the GT2 RS should be 210+. The performance numbers they are quoting, which you can expect to be conservative, are significantly quicker than a CGT. I predict CGT resale taking another hit.
You might as well say that Porsche stock price is connected to the Carrera GT market price. Historical vehicles of significance to collectors and investors are intrinsically disconnected.
In my humble, if anything, the announcement of the techno-fest 918 inspires me to be all the more interested in the Carrera GT. I had expected Porsche to take the V10 lineage and deliver a hard-top to be raced at Le Mans and The Nurburgring and perhaps other famous venues like Daytona. I had expected Porsche (some two years ago!) to say that 2010 would be the year that it would deliver the successor to the 2005 Carrera GT. Instead, I think VW is like a tongue-tied child at the head of the classroom saying "I dunno" and "ummm" just trying to fit in with the recent flurry of activity around "green" and eco-friendly marketing themes that have no place in the abstract world of wanting to drive great cars. I can only hope the 918 is a car for the driver and not the elitist technophile.