Carlos from Spain:
reginos:

Normally aspirated will be forgotten like air-cooled has been forgotten.

Not by customer demand but rather because of imposed legislation restrictions. Why do you think the GT3 /RS, the most sought after 911 variants, are still NA and Porsche is doing everything they can to keep it that way?

IMO for a daily car with a 911 size of n/a engine the torque of turbocharging is more useful than the high revs of the n/a engine.

Useful? its a sportscar, not a people mover. I have been using one daily for almost 20 years and would not trade some torque for the engine responsiveness, reving character and sound.

Sure the crescendo when  revving the n/a engine high is nice but low down torque counts for more in daily drives plus you can be faster more easily.

Again, for people movers sure, but if you use a sportscar for daily it is not because you want to prioritize confort and easy driving, it is because you want to enjoy sportiness every time you must drive and loathe wasting in a people mover.

I can see your preference which coincides with many others and it has its reasoning.

 But turbo engines are already everywhere, not only in practical people movers but also in performance cars, sportscars, hypercars and racing cars. They are suitable for everything and Porsche knows its turbocharging very well.

It is not only Regulation but also because the performance/Horsepower bar has been raised very high by competition (500-520 HP is not a lot in that category)  and to stay in touch you either need a huge capacity multi cylinder engine (not feasible to fit in a sports Porsche) or a forced induction engine of a lower size. GT3 models will be the last to go turbo, but already the GT2 is a good indicator of what can be achieved in the GT series with turbocharging.

Moreover, Porsche need the extra power of turbocharging for their GT racing programmes (WEC, IMSA etc) if they are to dominate these series again. In that case their homologation road cars will have to be turbo.

 

 


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