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yah said:
As mentioned by RC: there is no reason for Porsche to increase displacement. Neither for more BHP nor more torque. Let's face it, if they wanted to give us 600BHP and 1000NM, they could have done it (with a different engine, other displacement etc). There is probably no one here questioning Porsches engineering skills.
Thus, the reason to get 480BHP now and then 510-525BHP later is not a technical but just a strategic descision, nothing else. The current engine is capable of 525BHP and probably even more. And therefore, I doubt that they will change anything fundamental on this engine within the 997TT lifecycle. There is no reason for it.
They will come up with something new with the successor of the 997 line, but that is still many years away.
I also heard that Porsche is - on purpose - not going the horsepower route anymore. They are investing quite some research in making future models lighter instead of stronger. However, I do not expect that power will decrease...
Anyway, the expected line up of 997 TT models will not yield good resale values for the base model. I second RC's opinion that for the first 18 months, the base TT will be high in demand and in limited availability. So prices will be stable.
But after the arrival of the PK or S model, most people will go for that, like for the 996 TTS and the Cayenne Turbo S. In that price segment people will (more or less happily) pay the extra 12K, disregarding whether it really brings more performance. (Did we ever get official test results for the 996 TTS/X50?)
Therefore the base TT will get some resale hit sooner or later. That is the reason why I will hold my breath for the current TT excitement and just wait what is going to happen next year. I would not get a TT this year anyway. The list at my dealership is much longer than the current allocation for 2006.
I agree with everything you said. The main reason why I'm getting a 997 Turbo NOW is simple: I need a car NOW because of my business and I have to keep it for five years. So I don't care too much about resale value. Of course I'm disappointed that I can't have the powerkit or PDK in my car, no doubt. But hopefully the powerkit will be retrofittable and the PDK, well...bad luck.