martinbo
Staff member
My 2 cents:
- I'd be gobsmacked if 992.2 GTS goes back to NA, I just can't see the reasoning behind it. The 9A2 3.0 biturbo is well-entrenched and accepted now. It's a fantastic engine in its own right. Because it's still a flat-six, its got plenty character. Sure, it doesn't have the high-rev NA histrionics of the 4.0 litre but it makes up for this with its big numbers - that 570 Nm slug is the headline figure. In the real world, that guy in the GT3 wouldn't see which way you went. My final piece of input is that this is not the same situation as it is with 982's GTS 2.5 4 cyl turbo vs. GTS 4.0 6 cyl NA. The backlash against the turbo fours in the 982 was because these engines - despite their much-improved performance - had characters so at odds with the Porsche experience that customers had become accustomed to. This degree of separation isn't nearly as prevalent in the 992. It's still a Porsche flat-six and its mag-f#cking-nificent in its own right. I hear it's even better in 992 GTS.
- Please, do yourself and the car a favour and change that order to PDK. K, I used be one of those "manual-4-ever, heel-n-toe fanatics" and I will never buy another manual Porker again (unless the impossible happens and I can find and afford 997.2 GT3 RS). I assure you, you'll have more fun with PDK with a broader spectrum of overall driving pleasure. You can pootle around in town & traffic in your Guccis and Balenciagas - or whatever the f#ck you fashionable types wear these days - in full auto mode with the most convenient and comfortable drive. Then, when opportunity presents itself: Sport Plus, manual mode, launch control etc... Obliterating performance. That's the subjective aspect. The objective aspect? PDK in Porsche's sports cars is the best gearbox money can buy.
) is hybridisation. So 992.2 is then NA and mild-hybrid with batteries. NA, good. Batteries and hybrid in a 911, not good.
