Amusing how the cover the car in GRP, my mate used to test cars for a living and he said when he was doing it they would put the running gear in an exisitng car - at the time they were developing a 4 pot turbo for the new model, yet the engine was being run in the old model round Millbrook for months and months before. I think a lot of this is marketing, they build the hype slowly, like with the GT-R etc.

.....you can't tell what the back end will look like as that is bit that is most disguised....so perhaps that is where it will look the most different....but I doubt it......

When I saw the headline I thought "Like I care", you know exactly what it's going to look like before you click on the link.

Simon

I reckon the 998 will have similar headlights to the new Boxster/Cayman - ie, incorporating the indicators, but subtly like the CGT, not like the 996/986. Plus the bonnet will be a bit plumper, for pedestrian safety regs.

Apart from that, it'll be just another 'polish' to the design... and if it ain't broke...

Then why the need to disguise it at all?

Mirrors are mounted on the doors - interesting decision there.

Erm.. Box 8 engine?

8 cylinder flat boxer engine would be a bit too heavy imo for rear engine car. With fuel/CO2 issues think they will stick with 6 cylinder configuration and also bring in a 4 cylinder boxer engine for the 911 pehaps calling it the 912 again. High performance variants will be turbocharged. Ferrari/Aston will follow suit as large capacity engines will never be able to meet future European CO2 legislation unless they are hybrids.