Porsche 718 4.0 GTS - the flat-six is back!

[shalmaneser]

swanny71 said:

Butter Face said:

For a cost obvs

£809 for 20-inch Carrera Sport wheels
or
£1566 for 20-inch 911 Turbo wheels

£0 to have standard wheels painted silver

[Butter Face]

Vehicle documentation folder in matt Carbon Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
£ 486.00

I've hit £88k so far. You'd definitely need to visit a dealer to spec one of these properly, so many options where you need to have this/that/with/without.

Python green with the 20" Turbo wheels is a lovely combo

[NilsP]

Id LOVE one of these.
But dont forget you're blessed in the UK
The 4 cylinder makes sense everywhere else. (Taxwise)
Here a comparison of taxes in Belgium for these 3 caymans:

4.0 €10233 tax to get it registered
€2612 anual tax
Thats €12845 before youve driven the car

Cayman S 2.5L €2950 tax to get it registered
€678 anual tax
Thats €3628 which is a lot more bearable

Cayman 2L €2084 tax to get it registered
€447 anual tax
At € 2531 thats one fifth of the tax on the 4.0

So the decision isnt that obvious everywhere else.
Wish id lived in the UK

[NilsP]

NilsP said:

Id LOVE one of these.
But dont forget you're blessed in the UK
The 4 cylinder makes sense everywhere else. (Taxwise)
Here a comparison of taxes in Belgium for these 3 caymans:

4.0 €10233 tax to get it registered
€2612 anual tax
Thats €12845 before youve driven the car

Cayman S 2.5L €2950 tax to get it registered
€678 anual tax
Thats €3628 which is a lot more bearable

Cayman 2L €2084 tax to get it registered
€447 anual tax
At € 2531 thats one fifth of the tax on the 4.0

So the decision isnt that obvious everywhere else.
Wish id lived in the UK

Oh and at £73500 starting price for a Cayman thats quite a difference as well

[redroadster]

Prob Porsches best real sports cars almost cheap for how good they are ,right size not too flashy and few years depreciation will b a bargain to true petrol heads .

[Court_S]

Butter Face said:

I'm sure this will please the purists!

Still amazes me that you have to add bits like LED headlights, £1300+!

They’re experts at royally bumming you on options!

Got to say though that I glad the six pot is back. Not really a fan of the four pot in these.

[Carl_Manchester]

Butter Face said:

Vehicle documentation folder in matt Carbon Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur
£ 486.00

I've hit £88k so far. You'd definitely need to visit a dealer to spec one of these properly, so many options where you need to have this/that/with/without.

Python green with the 20" Turbo wheels is a lovely combo

I agree, for nearly 90k i would fly to stuttgart or where ever Exclusive are based these days and finalise it there.

85k is big money but the next step on is a 260k ferrari v8 spider, even if you can afford one, there are compromises that come with the ferrari that this GTS does not.

This GTS is the car that so many people have been waiting for and i can’t believe it is finally here.

[Butter Face]

Court_S said:

Butter Face said:

I'm sure this will please the purists!

Still amazes me that you have to add bits like LED headlights, £1300+!

They’re experts at royally bumming you on options!

Got to say though that I glad the six pot is back. Not really a fan of the four pot in these.

It really is quite eye opening that you can buy a sub-18k hatchback and get things like LED headlights, cruise, parking sensors, speed limit indicator, lane assist, reversing camera all as standard, then pay for them (F+R sensors and camera for £1086!) on a 60k+ Porsche. Cracking.

[Harry_523]

Excellent! One for the 10 years time list....

I wonder if this engine will go in a 911...992 T perhaps?

[DanG355]

This is great news. A stay of execution for the NA flat-6 in a mid engined layout. This puts a new Cayman GTS 4.0 above a new 992 for me. Raw, manual driving pleasure that i didn't think we'd see again in a sub-£70k Porsche (sub-£80k in my ideal spec).

[Miserablegit]

I think it is great that a 4.0 6 pot is available.
I can't be the only one to think what the F were the ad agency thinking - "yeah, so we've got the new 4.0 boxer 6 to advertise. How do we do it?"
"Put a crap music track over the video so it's difficult to hear the exhaust note...."

[drcarrera]

Lovely!

Although it's not going to do the "future classic" status of my 981 GTS any good! I thought I had the last of the NA flat six models ...

[Lexington59]

tim-jxv5n said:

What sort of impact on depreciation will this have on the 4 cylinder models? I'm fancying a 2 litre as a daily driver so might wait a little longer yet!!

I don't think it will have much impact other than perhaps to the old GTS so you'll have a long wait, this is a 70 grand car with a £1,815 first year road tax and probably out of reach to most owners. Soundtrack is expensive indeed...

It will kill the 'overs' market for the new GT4 however...

[SidewaysSi]

drcarrera said:

Lovely!

Although it's not going to do the "future classic" status of my 981 GTS any good! I thought I had the last of the NA flat six models ...

Yep, values of yours and the 4 pots in particular will be impacted. Just forget about money and enjoy...

[purple haze]

At last something for me lust over as a replacement for my 987. I shall be playing with the configurator for hours.

[NJJ]

Looks lovely and the market for new F-Type just got a lot tougher. I would be very interested to learn if anyone on here has yet tested out the theory of picking up the phone and tried to order one without quibble from their local friendly OPC?

[anonymous-user]

SidewaysSi said:

drcarrera said:

Lovely!

Although it's not going to do the "future classic" status of my 981 GTS any good! I thought I had the last of the NA flat six models ...

Yep, values of yours and the 4 pots in particular will be impacted. Just forget about money and enjoy...

Doubtful. And first UK allocation just 250 cars.... there's the rub...

[DazzaSport]

Forget the engine for the minute...

...have Porsche sorted out the front strut tower cracking / failure issue yet?

I wouldn't touch one of these new let alone at 10 years old. It's as potentially ruinous as an IMS failure on early 996 / early 997 models.

[Krikkit]

The Porsche standard equipment is an absolute joke - spending 60-odd grand on a car and you don't get rain sensing wipers, cruise, or split climate? You can spend 15 grand on any other brand's cheapest hatch and get all that lot.

My ideal is yellow, silver rims and a not-black interior, being sensible with options I ended up at a shade under £70k. Seems like a lot of money.

[Flying machine]

Excellent news! Love that green