Prospective 981 GT4 Owners Discussion Forum.

[PR36]

Amathus said:

EVO video review by Richard Meaden with yet more superlatives.

Was swaying between White and Guards. This has convinced me which way to go. Stunning.


http://youtu.be/8MbLeygcY8o

superlatives? anyone else notice the body language of both meaden and harris, maybe it was late in the day and they were tired or something but both look a bit bored and sound like they are reading from a script!

[turbofreeFLAT6]

Carl_Docklands said:

turbofreeFLAT6 said:

YESTERDAY AT GENEVA

Hopefully the Golf R400 is close to a reality. The concept was one of the best looking cars at Geneva, combining an aggressive stance with elegant minimalism and beautifully resolved detailing.

The Golf R400 was shown at Geneva ?

The concept car.

[AdamV12V]

Mermaid said:

Sierra Mike said:

Getting back on topic, the GT4 show car had a centre marker on the steering wheel which is normal reserved for RS variants. I don't think I've seen this on any other pictures. Can anyone explain this or is it possible this was a remnant of something Porsche tried on the car, like the door handle straps, but dismissed.

On that point, the 991 RS has colour coded door pulls, stitching i.e lava or "silver" ( not sure about red - although were always red previously) - and then you have yellow centre marker on the steering wheel. Why not have all in the same colour?

Ive just spent the day in Geneva, much of it on the GT stand and also managed to speak with a really helpful the chap from the exclusive team from Stuggart.

I specifically asked about the RS stripe on the steering wheel and he confirmed it was always in yellow on the GT4 but was only included if you specify the stitching in contrasting colour package. (ie yellow or red).

Edited by AdamV12V on Friday 13th March 19:48

[Sierra Mike]

AdamV12V said:

Mermaid said:

Sierra Mike said:

Getting back on topic, the GT4 show car had a centre marker on the steering wheel which is normal reserved for RS variants. I don't think I've seen this on any other pictures. Can anyone explain this or is it possible this was a remnant of something Porsche tried on the car, like the door handle straps, but dismissed.

On that point, the 991 RS has colour coded door pulls, stitching i.e lava or "silver" ( not sure about red - although were always red previously) - and then you have yellow centre marker on the steering wheel. Why not have all in the same colour?

Ive just spent the day in Geneva, much of it on the GT stand and also managed to speak with a really helpful the chap from the exclusive team from Stuggart.

I specifically asked about the RS stripe on the steering wheel and he confirmed it was always in yellow on the GT4 but was only included if you specify the stitching in contrasting colour package. (ie yellow or red).

Thanks for asking Adam. That makes some sense but please see a picture of the cabin of the car that Chris Harris reviewed with Guards Red seat belts, deviated stitching in red and no centre marker.

[turbofreeFLAT6]

There's no yellow centre strip in the brochure or official photos, which mostly feature yellow stitching, either.

[turbofreeFLAT6]

PR36 said:

superlatives? anyone else notice the body language of both meaden and harris, maybe it was late in the day and they were tired or something but both look a bit bored and sound like they are reading from a script!

Not easy to drive fast and deliver a cohesive lengthy continuous monologue and Meaden's pretty laid back.

[fioran0]

Road and Track review:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/...

[ags11]

Is it me or all the reviews a little blasé a? When the gts came out all of a sudden it was the best thing since "sliced bread"!!
Did the gts with x73 spoil the surprise a little? It's almost as if everyone was so excited in the wait for the gt4 & how good it would be, now they've driven it, it's just what everyone expected ?
There doesn't seem to be quite the jumping up & down.

[HokumPokum]

fioran0 said:

Road and Track review:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/first-drives/...

I read that, it was pretty good.

Pete Stout when he writes for Panorama should have something more insightful as well. He has already downloaded a lot of his thoughts on RL.

[m33ufo]

I'm going to have to stop reading this thread....it doesn't help when you have potentially a year to wait for a car.

[PorscheGT4]

m33ufo said:

I'm going to have to stop reading this thread....it doesn't help when you have potentially a year to wait for a car.

I have waited over a year already :-) and doubt I,ll see mine till August then winters here.

The advantage you have is your car will prob go up £20k so get to buy a GT4 for £50k when you get one and they might let you pts a GT4 by then, just think how cool a Mexico blue, viper green or RS Orange GT4 will look.
Imo you have secured the best model of the GT3 so a year in that's sounds ok to me. :-)

[paralla]

Do we know if the GT4 has different or no underseal like a GT3?

Unfortunately mine is going to have to live outside on the mean streets of London.

[m33ufo]

PorscheGT4 said:

m33ufo said:

I'm going to have to stop reading this thread....it doesn't help when you have potentially a year to wait for a car.

I have waited over a year already :-) and doubt I,ll see mine till August then winters here.

The advantage you have is your car will prob go up £20k so get to buy a GT4 for £50k when you get one and they might let you pts a GT4 by then, just think how cool a Mexico blue, viper green or RS Orange GT4 will look.
Imo you have secured the best model of the GT3 so a year in that's sounds ok to me. :-)

I agree on the model of GT3. Mine was sat next to a white 64 plate yesterday and I'm more than happy with my choice.

The idea of Viper Green is keeping me happy - would look ace with the yellow callipers of a PCCB equipped car.

[franki68]

PR36 said:

superlatives? anyone else notice the body language of both meaden and harris, maybe it was late in the day and they were tired or something but both look a bit bored and sound like they are reading from a script!

Meaden could be driving a laferrari at 200mph with scarlet Johannsen in the passenger seat giving him a gobble and he would look like that.

[turbofreeFLAT6]

The Telegraph review:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/porsche/cayman/gt4...

[Mermaid]

turbofreeFLAT6 said:

The Telegraph review:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/porsche/cayman/gt4...

4 out 5 stars?

Taking price into account, expected 5 out of 5

[PorscheGT4]

annoying that the only car they can pitch it up is a £100k Gt3 !

it is a bargin at £65k base price even at £73k speced up, no one else makes any thing like it.

It's not a GT3 I wish people would get over that !

[nsm3]

It "seems" to me, from reading reviews, is that the only real dissapointment with it, is the engine?

Perhaps they would have done the GT badge more justice, if they had squeezed the ponies out of a 3.4 by upping the revs?

Who knows or cares, it has already sold out?

[Sandy59]

nsm3 said:

It "seems" to me, from reading reviews, is that the only real dissapointment with it, is the engine?

Perhaps they would have done the GT badge more justice, if they had squeezed the ponies out of a 3.4 by upping the revs?

Who knows or cares, it has already sold out?

The engine disappointment if you can call it that, is surely only in comparison to the GT3 engine ??
I imagine still a pretty good engine in the scheme of things.

[ChrisW.]

Interesting that Porsche only showed the GT4, GT3RS and 918 Spyder at Geneva.

I wasn't sure about the colour of the lighting --- the GT3RS looked a strange shade and the Yellow GT4 possibly a little "acid".

But for me there wasn't a car to compare with the GT4 at it's price.



But this was a big surprise !!