Oct 13, 2007 9:38:22 AM
- 997GT3RS
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- Reply to: Alex_997TT
Re: 997TT Facelift
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Alex (UK) said:Quote:
997GT3RS said:
I also just brought a 08RS, so I didn't wait for the face-lifed either. But the point is the face-lifed is NOT just the exterior look. Don't lie to yourself. There must be something like DI/DSG/SOFTWARE/HP increases to improve the performance. And I heard seen the 997 isn't that much faster than the 996 and other sports cars are getting much better, the face-lifed models are mainly for improving performance.
I refer you to RC's comments earlier in this post:
http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat...true#Post302919
http://www.rennteam.com/showflat.php?Cat...true#Post383017
So at best no significant power increase, but most likely no change at all and power increases saved for X50 and Turbo S.
Surely Porsche will save their ace cards of DI and the GT2 mods (eg. new expansion intake manifold) for X50 and Turbo S. If they put these into the facelift then what will go into the X50, and then what will then be left for the 998 model?!
Myself, I would guess that hybrid technology research is going to be high priority as we move ever closer to the 2012 EU CO2 targets here in Europe. So the power war may take more of a back seat in the interim.
Let's see.
Time will tell.
Last words, seriously you guys who brought the current 997 have to face forward.
. I am very satisfied with the way Porsche has handled PDK. Most of the new 997 owners were eagerly waiting for PDK from the get go. So if they would have released it a couple of months after introduction it would have been much worse, in my view, than what they will potentially do. Even the new M3 is waiting in line to release a new PDK-like system. Additionally, the GT3 folk are raving about an impending power update, at least the turbo owners are getting a heads up. Time, after all, is precious.
