RE: Porsche 992 GT3 - first look!
Discussion
Esceptico said:
anniesdad said:
What's RRP on a bog standard Boxster these days?
Aluxo said:
gigglebug said:
gofasterrosssco said:
There appears to be two large vents either side of the 3rd brake light, which would indicate a turbocharged engine.. Of course Porsche could just be f*cking with us 
Good spot. Anything would look better than the intakes in the rear wings, never did like them!911 Turbos have generally had intakes in the wing behind the doors.
The video certainly gives the impression that it will be n/a.
Edited by gigglebug on Friday 12th October 16:55
Dr G said:
Davey S2 said:
sleepera6 said:
What a mess.
You realise that this is just a prototype / development mule right?
k about.I’ve seen renders. It’s a pig. Chiron lights? Huge arse? Bleugh.
And that awful Senna style wing.
Well I have a 991.1 gt3 and I love it. I don’t actually use the car at the moment because I’m too busy but I just enjoy owning it, and knowing it’s there. Some day I will be a little less busy and I’ll get some driving fun out of it too.
Not everyone who owns these cars wants to flip them for a profit. I’m sure the new one will be better than the old one but the old one, if you already have one, is so good that there probably isn’t any point creating ownership “churn” and changing it.
In respect of buying one, I’m not sure where the problem comes from with the “overs”. If you want to be on the list to buy a new one you just have to buy some new Porsche’s and at least one GT car used from them. If you do that then you’ll most likely get the chance at a new one. Except, of course, that you’ll have depreciated a cayenne or a boxster or two by an amount roughly equivalent to the “overs”!
When I bought mine I seem to recall paying £10k over list for a 900 mile, 9 month old car. Also seem to recall we had just committed to brexit so at that point there was a little uncertainty, which probably helped a bit.
Not everyone who owns these cars wants to flip them for a profit. I’m sure the new one will be better than the old one but the old one, if you already have one, is so good that there probably isn’t any point creating ownership “churn” and changing it.
In respect of buying one, I’m not sure where the problem comes from with the “overs”. If you want to be on the list to buy a new one you just have to buy some new Porsche’s and at least one GT car used from them. If you do that then you’ll most likely get the chance at a new one. Except, of course, that you’ll have depreciated a cayenne or a boxster or two by an amount roughly equivalent to the “overs”!
When I bought mine I seem to recall paying £10k over list for a 900 mile, 9 month old car. Also seem to recall we had just committed to brexit so at that point there was a little uncertainty, which probably helped a bit.
Haha I understand how that might look but the car is on a storage ramp in my garage with another car and a friend’s motorcycles parked underneath it! It’s a right faff to extract it, tax it and then clean and look after it just at the moment when I have a million and one other things to do so it has sat there since The last time I used it in about February when it came back from Porsche service. Hopefully next summer I will able to enjoy it from a driving point of view 
I feel certain it will be an incredible car. We might just be looking at the last petrol only GT3 here and let’s be clear - the Porsche guys do still have a passion to produce a great product, no matter what critique we chuck at them. I do think, however, that it will be expensive. I can’t help but think that the days of the “just over £100k” 911 GT3 are over and that Porsche will want some of the flippers immediate margin at initial sale. Could very easily be wrong on that. Just a feeling.
Esceptico said:
av185 said:
Esceptico said:
However, the last GT3 was many times too powerful to be able to use anything but a fraction of the power on the road.
Why was it?Nothing beats the voice of armchair experience.
Especially in 'manuel' format.
The engine alone is a masterpiece.
A future classic, much like the 458 Speciale.
I’ve not driven the .2 so I can’t comment but I’m sure my criticism of the .1 from a point of view of being gutless low down has been picked up on before and answered by virtue of the .2!
I can’t comment because I love my fart box M4 manual probably the most of any car. I’m clearly strange. Ok. Ok. I know. I’ll....
I can’t comment because I love my fart box M4 manual probably the most of any car. I’m clearly strange. Ok. Ok. I know. I’ll....
anniesdad said:
GT3's tug at the heartstrings like no other car for me. Lucky enough to have owned one and driven a few other different versions over the years.
This doesn't do anything for me I have to say. I know it's a mule but the fact that GT3's of old were lowered, narrow bodied Carrera's with a well thought out wing design and a small front splitter really appealed. If you knew, you knew.
This thing looks far too shouty to me and it's just getting bigger and bigger. Faster sure, but I've never felt short changed when driving GT3's thinking I wish it was faster.
Please Porsche do the right thing and bring out a true stripped out lightweight manual for the drivers. Make it about £30-£35K + options. Hell I don't even mind winding my own windows up. You can do this.
What you want is a Cayman Club Sport what we’re more likely to get is a Cayman T which will like the 911 has base car power but with more performance options available & be priced midway between the base model and the S.This doesn't do anything for me I have to say. I know it's a mule but the fact that GT3's of old were lowered, narrow bodied Carrera's with a well thought out wing design and a small front splitter really appealed. If you knew, you knew.
This thing looks far too shouty to me and it's just getting bigger and bigger. Faster sure, but I've never felt short changed when driving GT3's thinking I wish it was faster.
Please Porsche do the right thing and bring out a true stripped out lightweight manual for the drivers. Make it about £30-£35K + options. Hell I don't even mind winding my own windows up. You can do this.
MDL111 said:
I suspect in that scenario the GT2 would then get hybrid stuff in addition to boost power to 800-900 while the GT3 will make do with 600-650
When it has taken 19 years to go from 360hp to 500hp through the 6 iterations of the gt3 no way will the new one have 600-650hp more like 520hp which the RS already has. Power has creeped up slowly over time they don't add 150hp...no one does.
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