Porsche AG will never confirm such a thing but it's highly likely that the 997 will be launched in Europe early fall 2004 with a US launch 4-5 month later.

Regarding the 987 what they are saying officially is that it will arrive on the market after the 997. They don't want to make the same mistake as last time when many 996 buyers were complaining that their car was a 'me too' Boxster. My guess is the 987 should hit the European showrooms early 2005 let's say February or March and the US coast 3-4 month later....

As usual, Porsche will introduce the 997 C2 Coupe first and then will move up the scale with the C4S and Turbo versions coming at least 2 years later.

The current 996 was launched during the Autumn of 97, the 996 TT early 2000, the 996 C4S early 2002....

There has been no Turbo for 2 years the 993 Turbo was discontinued in March 98 and no 4S for 4 years (discontinued in March 98).

So it's highly likely that the 996 TT and 4S will remain on the market until let's say Spring-Summer of 2005....

Porsche is basically the only brand where you have 2 generations still selling for 6-9 month. It's helping tremendously as margins aren't the same on a C2 Coupe and on a TT.....

I hope I'm right, time will tell...