Re: Relating to not being a fan of turbos - US Porsche sales for June Guenter in Ontario - 6 years ago |
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db997S
This might be more of a four cylinder issue, instead of a Turbo thing. Regardless, that's a huge drop off. Hope it doesn't give the number crunchers the data they need to ax the model all together.
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Guenter in Ontario
.....I think that Chris Harris said it best in the video I had posted before. It's a great car, just not as good as the one you could buy last year.
I'm hoping that the driving enthusiasts at Porsche will see fit to bring out a flat six version for those who don't mind giving up a few tenths of second to get an exciting car again.
Maybe this will help you understand, Gary Roger987 - 6 years ago |
The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - 6 years ago |
Re: The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... Roger987 - 6 years ago |
Re: The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... frogster - 6 years ago |
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Guenter in Ontario
The 914, the 944, and the 968 - they just didn't have the flat six that one expected of a Porsche sports car.
Re: The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... frogster - 6 years ago |
Re: The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... CarreraLicious - 6 years ago |
It's not just I owned a 944S2 and a 968, both wonderful cars, that didn't get CNXed due to 4cyl's Gary in SoFL - 6 years ago |
Re: The 912, the 914, the 944, and the 968 ... patrick - 6 years ago |
The other common denominator Boxsterra - 6 years ago |
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Gary in SoFL
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Guenter in Ontario
.....I think that Chris Harris said it best in the video I had posted before. It's a great car, just not as good as the one you could buy last year.
I'm hoping that the driving enthusiasts at Porsche will see fit to bring out a flat six version for those who don't mind giving up a few tenths of second to get an exciting car again.
Nothing like redundantly beating a dead horse over and over.
Suggesting the 718 isn't exciting is both self serving and wrong. Porsche knows quite well that weekend road cruisers are not true sports car 'enthusiasts', that the difference is more than 'a few tenths of a second', and that these folks won't pay the premium to buy a non GT, NA six. Get real.
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old timer
Correct, but while you're showing off your Rolex and latest $1,000 phone it's hard to point to your new 4 cylinder car. I think Porsche has misjudged their market.
"Porsche misjudged their market" -- I submit it has little to do with that. JM-Stamford,CT - 6 years ago |
can someone explain why the 4 cyl. was necessary... newt - 6 years ago |
BTW - the boxster line is now 20+ years old. JM-Stamford,CT - 6 years ago |
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JMstamford,ct
Would we all be squawking if Porsche had kept the Boxter more or less as is and put out a new 4 cylinder under a different name - and which at first glance looked different to the general public?
I'm afraid you are right. Manufacturers have no choice but to go to less cylinders and turbo charging and electric cars to meet increasingly stricter emissions regulations. The internal combustion motor is on its way out as countries around the globe are setting target dates for elimination for sale.Quote
jlegelis
We live in blessed times if you are a fan of internal combustion, either with or without forced induction. With Britain, France, and many other countries and and major carmakers vowing to ban or shift completely to zero-emissions cars by 2040 or before, it won't be long before we'll need to explain to our grand kids what a 'gas tank' was, while paying extra for insurance if I want to 'self drive' my risky, non-autonomous 986. I say enjoy what we have now, lest our debates about the tone of 981 exhaust be drowned by the defending silence of full EV.
'Drive it like to you stole it'
- JohnL, Boston
Re: "These are the good old days" for internal combustion... mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - 6 years ago |
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patrick
The future is hydrogen powered cars. Zero emissions. Zero green house effect. Electric cars are a stop gap and are not that environmentally friendly because the electricity is primarily generated from coal fueled power plants and depleted batteries are an environmental issue.