Can we extrapolate sunroof-delete for 08 US GT3s?
In the following thread, the Porsche NA CEO/Pres said the GT3RS for the US will NOT have a sunroof, due to pressure from customers and dealers.
http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=274822&an=0&page=1#274822
That means they have to crash test the 997-bodied cars to be able to qualify them for sale in the US, right? Now if they crash test the cars for the RS, isn't that going to qualify the regular GT3 body as well? Now the Pres also explicitly said the US GT3's WILL still get sunroofs, but couldn't he mean just 07 models? I can see Porsche not wanting to sabotage 07 sales by announcing a sunroofless GT3 will be available in 08.
Are the regular GT3 and the RS similar enough that qualifying one chassis would also qualify the other?
http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=274822&an=0&page=1#274822
That means they have to crash test the 997-bodied cars to be able to qualify them for sale in the US, right? Now if they crash test the cars for the RS, isn't that going to qualify the regular GT3 body as well? Now the Pres also explicitly said the US GT3's WILL still get sunroofs, but couldn't he mean just 07 models? I can see Porsche not wanting to sabotage 07 sales by announcing a sunroofless GT3 will be available in 08.
Are the regular GT3 and the RS similar enough that qualifying one chassis would also qualify the other?