RE: New 718 Boxster Spyder pics

RE: New 718 Boxster Spyder pics

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f1ten

2,161 posts

152 months

Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Exactly this. Surely someone heard it whiz past ?
chris333 said:
Surely just ask the photographer whether he could tell if it was a 4 or a 6 from the noise?

NJJ

432 posts

79 months

Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Reports are that it will get the 4.0 flat-6 making it more like an open top GT4 than ever. Will be a fantastic car, but I still prefer the more delicate looks of the first gen 987 model.

PhantomPH

4,043 posts

224 months

Tuesday 21st November 2017
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anonymous said:
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Does someone's post count relate to their understanding of the site? By all accounts, mine is probably a bit low, then! wink

ETA - I suspect the OP was commenting on the 'Porsche Thread Bingo' of only the second post in this thread. biggrin

JMF894

5,478 posts

154 months

Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Field Gunner said:
Ex Boy Racer said:
As probably none of us will be able to actually buy one, do we care at all?
With all due respect, have you wandered onto the wrong site by mistake?
With all due respect he has a valid point.

PhantomPH

4,043 posts

224 months

Tuesday 21st November 2017
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JMF894 said:
Field Gunner said:
Ex Boy Racer said:
As probably none of us will be able to actually buy one, do we care at all?
With all due respect, have you wandered onto the wrong site by mistake?
With all due respect he has a valid point.
But that same sentiment could be levied as bluntly towards all Ferraris, Lambos, Porsche GTs, Tesla Roadsters, etc etc that get featured here...which would lead to a pretty boring site if they just stopped covering that stuff.

cybersimon

199 posts

168 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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lifted from CarMagazine

"Porsche 718 Cayman GT4: six-cylinder power confirmed

Andreas Preuninger, head of the Porsche GT models, has gone on record as saying that the GT4 will be naturally aspirated, pointing to a detuned version of the 4.0-litre flat-six found in the new 911 GT3."

HighwayStar

4,216 posts

143 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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cybersimon said:
lifted from CarMagazine

"Porsche 718 Cayman GT4: six-cylinder power confirmed

Andreas Preuninger, head of the Porsche GT models, has gone on record as saying that the GT4 will be naturally aspirated, pointing to a detuned version of the 4.0-litre flat-six found in the new 911 GT3."
I posted the link to that earlier in the thread but of PHers here know better and rubbish something that was first reported months ago. So I’m going with the PHers because clearly they know more than the head of Porsche GT production. wink

cybersimon

199 posts

168 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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HighwayStar said:
cybersimon said:
lifted from CarMagazine

"Porsche 718 Cayman GT4: six-cylinder power confirmed

Andreas Preuninger, head of the Porsche GT models, has gone on record as saying that the GT4 will be naturally aspirated, pointing to a detuned version of the 4.0-litre flat-six found in the new 911 GT3."
I posted the link to that earlier in the thread but of PHers here know better and rubbish something that was first reported months ago. So I’m going with the PHers because clearly they know more than the head of Porsche GT production. wink
Compared to DriveTribe PHers are informed and erudite.

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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JMF894 said:
Leggy said:
Unfortunately like Audi, Porsche have been a victim of their own success. They sell so many more these days that they have lost their rarity so don’t appear so special.
In fact most of the premium brands are now mainstream.
Part of the attraction of car ownership for some of us enthusiasts is to have something a bit different.
+1
Yeah right....with just over 200 UK 981 Spyders they are common as muck........scratchchin

jakesmith

9,461 posts

170 months

Wednesday 22nd November 2017
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PhantomPH said:
But that same sentiment could be levied as bluntly towards all Ferraris, Lambos, Porsche GTs, Tesla Roadsters, etc etc that get featured here...which would lead to a pretty boring site if they just stopped covering that stuff.
Bring back the days when TopGear did a supermini roundup, that was entertaining TV!

BlackFlag

99 posts

76 months

Thursday 23rd November 2017
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Drive and potential 6 aside, I could never get on with the looks.

notsomadmick

160 posts

159 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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BlackFlag said:
Drive and potential 6 aside, I could never get on with the looks.
The 718 'rear' looks good, but the front end looks pretty bland compared to the 981. A shame.
Think I'll stick with my 981 - whatever lump they put in it. 375 horses are enough for the road in any case.

HighwayStar

4,216 posts

143 months

Wednesday 28th February 2018
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notsomadmick said:
BlackFlag said:
Drive and potential 6 aside, I could never get on with the looks.
The 718 'rear' looks good, but the front end looks pretty bland compared to the 981. A shame.
Think I'll stick with my 981 - whatever lump they put in it. 375 horses are enough for the road in any case.
I like the 718 front and rear lights... The front end, it doesn't look bad as such...I just find the lower half intake treatment a bit bland. I prefer how it's done on the my 981CS. Like you I don't feel the need for more horses.