too funny

 

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

Or Inception

 

..Thats good, as let's remember that the very first Porsche ..had the engine at the same place as the GT4 !

 

Interesting, looking at the draft he designed the electric P1 to be rear engine, but then had the good sense to build it with middle rear engine.

 

The sound you hear is the value of the 991.1GT3&RS dropping like a rock?
A track car with a non track durable engine. Not a real great thing for resale unless you don't want to track it. carl

 

Extrapolation

 

Question is will the 918 GT4 RS have a PDK option too ??

 

If this car ever comes to fruition it will have both options is my guess. They will want those who have a GT4 to trade up and those who want to use it mostly on the track to have a "Automatic" option

 

This is crazy, there is no way they will put anything other than a 4 cylinder in any 718.
When the cleaning lady was spilling the beans about this car she simply said the engine will be a 4. The listener mistakenly took this to mean 4.0...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTMH1roB1o

 

A quote from last year.....

The GT4 is likely to remain the most potent Cayman, too. Preuninger admitted that Porsche’s engineers were “tempted” to build a GT4 RS edition but said, “The problem with that is that you end up with a car where you need to charge the same as a GT3 RS, so there’s no point. It’s not in the plan

 

The 4.0 will not fit in the 718 without a major engineering effort.....

The current 3.8 needed many modifications just to fit.....

 

AP also said the flappy paddles are for grandmas (in the context of whether GT cars would ever get them)...

Needed many modifications to fit the 981.1 body. The 718/981.2 body is different. The 4.0 is reportedly a new engine also.

Whilst I'm not really yet convinced that there will be an RS and that it would have the 4.0, I dont think these statements add significantly to the argument against.

 

There's always something bigger better faster around the corner. That's the car business.

 

I really do hope they build this car. I am going to trade my GT4, or give first option to a "true" buyer and grab the GT3. And if the GT4RS ever pops up; will evaluate it then. But, there is no way it will out perform the higher models in HP but with the mid-engine platform and some weight eliminated it would be a real interesting and fun car.

If I was AP I would push to build this. Have some fun and give it 450 HP and a true motor sport engine. Some will bitch they still held back but it would be a hell of a car.