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Feb 1, 2011 11:50:21 AM
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
I talked to a salesman at Porsche Centre Kuwait, and he said that Porsche Middle East informed them that the 991 will tentatively have a five percent price increase over the base price of the current 997.
The 997 C2 currently begins at 24500 Kuwaiti dinars, or 63693.96 EUR. A five percent increase means the 991 C2 will begin at 25725 KWD [66878.03 EUR]. 3200 Euros - doesn't seem too drastic an increase, but a part of me is expecting a larger hike.
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Feb 1, 2011 11:51:58 AM
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
rulesdontapply:
I talked to a salesman at Porsche Centre Kuwait, and he said that Porsche Middle East informed them that the 991 will tentatively have a five percent price increase over the base price of the current 997.
The 997 C2 currently begins at 24500 Kuwaiti dinars, or 63693.96 EUR. A five percent increase means the 991 C2 will begin at 25725 KWD [66878.03 EUR]. 3200 Euros - doesn't seem too drastic an increase, but a part of me is expecting a larger hike.
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63.693eur for a Carrera 
. here it cost the double 
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Feb 1, 2011 2:13:42 PM
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
Hopefully, even if there is a price increase, I hope that the standard specification is enhanced too making the price increase hopefully less significant ...
Thanks RC - great info as usual 
And Lars997, you are our very own spyshot photographer - well done on getting a BlackBerry photo 
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
What are reading about the performance improvements for the 991 C2S sounds very exciting indeed - I can only imagine what the 991 GT3 might be capable of 
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
An interview with Porsche's R&D boss Wolfgang Durheimer...
(1 February 2011)
Dr Wolfgang Durheimer starts his new job today; previously Porsche’s R&D chief, Dr Durheimer takes up his post as boss of Bentley and Bugatti on 1 February 2011. Just before he left Porsche, CAR caught up with Dr Durheimer to discover the future he’s leaving behind at the German sports car manufacturer.
Dr Durheimer begain his career in the auto industry in 1986, working for BMW as a product manager, product development boss for the Motorrad division, and then as R&D boss. He joined Porsche in 1999, taking charge of the 911 product line, before becoming Porsche R&D boss in 2001, overseeing the development of cars like the Cayenne, Panamera, and next generation of 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars.
Durheimer on the Porsche 918 Spyder
Work on Porsche’s Carrera GT successor is, of course, ongoing, and Durheimer declared that the company would finalise the production specification of the 918 Spyder in the first quarter of 2011. ‘It will be a Spyder,’ he told CAR. ‘With a two-piece roof section made from carbonfibre like the Carrera GT's.’ He also revealed that just as Porsche’s stillborn Le Mans 5.5-litre V10 grew to 5.7 litres in the Carrera GT, the RS Spyder’s 3.4-litre V8 will be increased to ‘above 4.0 litres’ to meet the necessary emissions regulations. We hear it’s a 4.7…
Durheimer on Porsche's lightweight future
The 918 will be a carbonfibre supercar, but although Lamborghini has shown the all-carbon Sesto Elemento Dr Durheimer does not believe the price and manufacturing processes are anywhere near affordable for cars like the 911. Nor can Porsche’s rear-engined icon be built out of aluminium. ‘With the flat six engine there is not the space for an aluminium body,’ said Durheimer. To provide the same strength as steel, a greater volume of aluminium is needed, which can’t be done with the tight packaging requirements of the 911. Instead Porsche will continue to use high-strength steels, plus aluminium and carbonfibre parts where appropriate.
Durheimer on Porsche's hybrid future
A Porsche Panamera Hybrid will go on sale in 2011, but between that and the launch of the plug-in 918 Spyder Dr Durheimer declared that the company would not launch any other hybrids. That doesn’t mean they’re not in development though. ‘All our future sports cars are be prepared to get hybrid applications,’ Durheimer stated.
The new 911, Boxster and Cayman won’t be electrified from the start of their lives, either, but as the platform underpinning all three must last for two generations, it’s being engineered to eventually take hybrid powertrains. It’s the same step Audi has taken with the new R18 Le Mans – it’s not a hybrid, but it’s been readied so it can become a hybrid when the technology is ready for racing.
Meanwhile, Durheimer believes that the gains made by plug-in hybrids are so dramatic that they will eventually be rolled out across Porsche’s range.
Durheimer on Porsche’s flywheel technology
The GT3 R Hybrid will continue to race in 2011. ‘We will gather more information and data, and we will continue to improve it,’ said Durheimer. ‘It brings with it a new aspect: the new profile of the race engineer. It is quite a challenge but a lot of fun, as we have to refine our race strategies, select different mappings, decide if we should go slower but therefore finish the race without a pit stop.’
Durheimer can see the technology being applicable to rally cars, but not Dakar racers. And what of road cars? According to Durheimer, only the GT2 RS would currently work with the flywheel set-up…
Durheimer on Porsche's racing future
As well as heading up Bentley and Bugatti, Dr Durheimer will also oversee the entire racing activities of the VW Group. ‘I haven’t begun the job yet, but I need to sit down with a very big table,’ joked Durheimer. ‘Only then can I look at all the brands and make suggestions to the board.’
Thankfully, he reckons Porsche is best suited to competing for an outright victory at Le Mans...
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
mateoche:
Thank you so much for posting, Boxster Coupe GTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow -- so the 991 gets a "folding hardtop cabrio"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would not trust that bit too much, it is stil to be seen, I think they are just guessing based on tyhe spyshots of the cab
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
Thanks for your kind words. This is the pictures they are talking about that is causing the rumors about a hardtop because the fabric of the roof seems very taught for a soft cab.
So some people say its a hardtop underneath and the black fabric is just camoflage to diguise it, others say that maybe its a mixture between hard and soft top, in the sense that its a soft top but with some sort of hard shingles underneath that can fold and give it that taught and smooth top appearance
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Carlos from Spain:
others say that maybe its a mixture between hard and soft top, in the sense that its a soft top but with some sort of hard shingles underneath that can fold and give it that taught and smooth top appearance
I tend to believe it is this solution.
BTW I don't like the little round lights on the front bumper. Unfortunately, they look like real.
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
this week i found a link that appeared to show a US patent applicqtion by Porsche for a new cab roof. Hard style shell on the inside that still folded like a soft top. suggested lower weight but interior sound supression.
i think those front bumper lights are more or less real - just look at a turbo.
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
Misha,
I hope you're right... I have been telling myself time after time that they are just camo, but it worries me that the prototypes are still carrying this piece of camo... are they hiding something? The only good thing is that I have never seen a picture of a prototype with some lights switched on under the fogwarts, so... keep fingers crossed!
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
CPA4S:
this week i found a link that appeared to show a US patent applicqtion by Porsche for a new cab roof. Hard style shell on the inside that still folded like a soft top. suggested lower weight but interior sound supression.
Sorry to disapoint you, the patent was done by German Engineering, by Porsche AG itself. We had apprx. 2 years ago a post with an copy of the Patent book, where you clearly could see the technical drawings and read about the mechanical construction. It has been a 4 piece foldable hard top with a soft textile on top. If you go some pages back on this thread you will find this drawings as you could see pictures of a prototype folding its roof - clearly to see the 4 piece construction!
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Lars997:
CPA4S:
this week i found a link that appeared to show a US patent applicqtion by Porsche for a new cab roof. Hard style shell on the inside that still folded like a soft top. suggested lower weight but interior sound supression.
Sorry to disapoint you, the patent was done by German Engineering, by Porsche AG itself. We had apprx. 2 years ago a post with an copy of the Patent book, where you clearly could see the technical drawings and read about the mechanical construction. It has been a 4 piece foldable hard top with a soft textile on top. If you go some pages back on this thread you will find this drawings as you could see pictures of a prototype folding its roof - clearly to see the 4 piece construction!
we are referring to the same documents, so no disapointment here????
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Re: Porsche 991 GT3 to include GT1 motorsport engine...
Not concerned about the cabrio construction as I'm not a cabrio buyer, but... I am concerned about the news stated on the full-width glass panel / sunroof that slides back over the rear glass... this seems to me to be taking the modest traditional 911 sunroof and transforming it into something more heavy, more prone to noise/creaks, and completely unnecessary - essentially turning all 911s into Targas. I would hope this remains an option 
. I admit this is my own phobia, but I hate being stuck with a sunroof that I don't use, and if I have one it should be as small as possible. The glass roof panel on my Audi S5 it one of its worst features.
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