Face lift 997s

[343bhp]

www.worldcarfans.com/spyphotos.cfm/country/gcf/spyphotoID/6060719.001/porsche/spy-photos-porsche-911-facelift

Now with all this delayed delivery and waiting around for the UK 997 GT3 and saw this article yesterday. I will be mighty 'cross' if Porsche does a face lift for next years' GT3's !

[Geneve]

I was told, by someone who should know, that the 'facelift' 997 and DSG were scheduled for 2009MY.

This would seem logical as the 996 was 'facelifted' after four production years (1998/99/00/01) and the 997 will have been built for a similar period (05/06/07/08).

Edited by Geneve on Thursday 20th July 11:36

[MogulBoy]

I wasn't expecting a facelift so soon either but would not be surprised if the marketing department are desperate to get LED lighting on to the car ASAP.

LED's as clearly fashionable and for the time being at least, a highly visible way of shouting "I'm the new model!" which might placate those who thought that the 997 wasn't visually different enough from the 996 to warrant an upgrade.

I wonder what if any changes will be introduced in the interior? Less buttons and a console delete option? We
can dream!

[identti]

UGLY new rear end.

[silver993tt]

IMO new cars fitted with LED light look like they've got them aftermarket from some boy racer magazine classifieds . The worst ones are on BMWs and new VWs. Also, they don't seem as bright as normal lights (which I suppose is why they need so many of them). I think it's a fad that'll fade away in a couple of years.

Edited by silver993tt on Thursday 20th July 14:01

[968csreading]

silver993tt said:

IMO new cars fitted with LED light look like they've got them aftermarket from some boy racer magazine classifieds . The worst ones are on BMWs and new VWs. Also, they don't seem as bright as normal lights (which I suppose is why they need so many of them). I think it's a fad that'll fade away in a couple of years.

Edited by silver993tt on Thursday 20th July 14:01

Yes and those VW lights (especially the Passat) are very hard to see when they are indicating.

[MogulBoy]

I agree some VW LED's are pants/aftermarket-looking (so is the full width Conti GT high-level brake light!) but there are some cool ones out there such as the Phaeton and Audi A6 Avant.

[J.P]

Ref the Passat LED rear light cluster - I guess the problem with seeing these indicators is that in fact they are combined with the LED's that make up the rear tail lights - so when indicating it actually alternates between Amber and Red - if you look closely you can actually see it.
I am quite in favour of LED light clusters as they give a uniform brightness across the whole light as opposed to graduated (with filament bulb), and the distiction between on and off is acute (ref 53 model E46 BMW's) - where as with filament you will always get latency.
Life expectancy far outweights that of filament units by a substantial factor as well - which is good news

I guess now that white LED's are now mainstream we will see more of these on the front lights as well (ref 997 Turbo)

Then again I am slightly biased as I have shopped in Maplin's for years

James...

[abarber]

Rear lights looks pretty dire, but otherwise, doesn't seem to have quite as much overhang as 997 and certainly 996 before it.