Your Prediction: NEXT GT4 Engine
10-31-2017, 10:34 PM
#61
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2) 385hp in a Porsche Motorsports Division GT car for $85,000 isn't a good deal? How does that compare to the 2016 concurrent 400hp (also heavier) Carrera S at $100,000? Or the GT3 with 90 more horsepower for $47,000 more dollars at the time? Or the GT3RS with 115 more hp for $95,000 more dollars?.....
2) 385hp in a Porsche Motorsports Division GT car for $85,000 isn't a good deal? How does that compare to the 2016 concurrent 400hp (also heavier) Carrera S at $100,000? Or the GT3 with 90 more horsepower for $47,000 more dollars at the time? Or the GT3RS with 115 more hp for $95,000 more dollars?.....
10-31-2017, 10:44 PM
#62
Drifting
Huh? Sorry, you're going to need to be more specific. The GT4's 385 is "a measley 25hp more" than 360hp, and I can't think of a 360hp Porsche since the 1999 996.1 GT3, which wasn't brought into the US. So you must be talking about something other than the GT4?
11-01-2017, 12:03 AM
#63
Can you not see the portion of your previous post that I quoted?
11-01-2017, 01:30 AM
#64
Drifting
Not much logic around herelol.. why some of you guys blindly believe salesman that know less than we do...
As the GT4 & manual GT3 prove, Porsche listens to customers. EVERYONE is griping about the sound of the 718 so it's unlikely they would risk the new legendary lineage of the GT4 even if it hasn't already been said the next one will be atmospheric. They put a lot of work into the new 4.0, just as they did with the 911R gearbox. Read between the lines.
And someone pointed out earlier that GT4 demand was partially propped up due to the manual gearbox and VIP take rate. Consider that Porsche's retaliation to modern speculation/flipping is to build more GT3's, there will be enough cars (eventually). There were a handful of GT4's available to those who wanted one towards the end of production, and when people move on to their 991.2 and 982's there will be more 981's up for grabs which will slow the fervor too.
PS: they did not lose money on GT4's - they doubled production due to demand. It was also NOT underpriced; ~$100k for 385hp was already reaching and despite what you read, there were owners who sold their GT4's because it wasn't fast enough for the money compared to other choices in the same price range. Finally don't forget the development of the 981 GT4 carried over to the 718's in production now.
As the GT4 & manual GT3 prove, Porsche listens to customers. EVERYONE is griping about the sound of the 718 so it's unlikely they would risk the new legendary lineage of the GT4 even if it hasn't already been said the next one will be atmospheric. They put a lot of work into the new 4.0, just as they did with the 911R gearbox. Read between the lines.
And someone pointed out earlier that GT4 demand was partially propped up due to the manual gearbox and VIP take rate. Consider that Porsche's retaliation to modern speculation/flipping is to build more GT3's, there will be enough cars (eventually). There were a handful of GT4's available to those who wanted one towards the end of production, and when people move on to their 991.2 and 982's there will be more 981's up for grabs which will slow the fervor too.
PS: they did not lose money on GT4's - they doubled production due to demand. It was also NOT underpriced; ~$100k for 385hp was already reaching and despite what you read, there were owners who sold their GT4's because it wasn't fast enough for the money compared to other choices in the same price range. Finally don't forget the development of the 981 GT4 carried over to the 718's in production now.
11-01-2017, 10:09 AM
#66
Originally Posted by perretar
OK enough speculation about the next GT4 powertrain, I'm more interested in when we might hear something official from Porsche about the next GT4..
11-01-2017, 12:08 PM
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11-01-2017, 01:17 PM
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11-01-2017, 01:37 PM
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11-01-2017, 02:26 PM
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But we saw multiple spy shots of the GT4 testing on the Nurburgring and in the streets. If you check out the .2 RS speculation thread there are lots of photos of the .RS running around with minimal camouflage.
Who knows...I just would expect we would see more physical evidence of a 718 GT4 by now.
Who knows...I just would expect we would see more physical evidence of a 718 GT4 by now.
11-01-2017, 03:50 PM
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The only spy photos I saw. Are articles showing the 981 spy photos and trying to pass them off as 718 spy photos.
11-01-2017, 04:28 PM
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11-01-2017, 05:04 PM
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The existing GT4 was almost exclusively built at the Karmann/VW Group factory in Osnabrück, Germany. But all 718 production is now in Zuffenhausen (Stuttgart).
I am relatively new to Porsche and this forum so excuse my basic sounding questions.