This is big news for Porsche fans and owners, and if it turns out to be true, will be a great loss to the car world. Road & Track reports that the Porsche 911 facelift, which has been spied testing and is set to debut later this year, will drop the naturally-aspirated flat-six in the Carrera/Carrera S for a turbocharged engine.
Yes, they’re saying that the 911’s famous NA flat-six will be out of the revolving engine door, and a turbo flat-six will take its place. Currently, the Carrera is powered by a 3.4 litre flat-six (350 hp), while the Carrera S (400 hp) and Carrera GTS (430 hp) have a 3.8 litre flat-six at the back. Should these engines go the forced induction route, the only way one will be able to savour a Porsche boxer engine that breathes normally will be via the 911 GT3 and GT3 RS, which are very high up the range, and pretty hardcore.
The report adds that Porsche’s seven-speed manual gearbox will continue to be offered on entry-level 911s alongside the dual-clutch PDK transmission, but that’s scant consolation.
The US mag says that according to sources familiar with the project, the next-gen ‘992’ Porsche 911 is likely to have a plug-in hybrid variant with a turbo-six. The ‘green 911’ will draw from tech developed for other Porsche models such as the next-gen Panamera, and will allow Zuffenhausen to slash fuel consumption and emissions figures in European tests, which favour electrified cars.
It’s clear that nothing is too sacred in the car world. BMW, maker of the Ultimate Driving Machine, is now a maker of a front-wheel drive MPV; and its much-storied line of naturally-aspirated motors in M cars has given way to turbo power. And now this. What’s soul when you can’t count it, eh?
Porsche 991 facelift spied testing at Nurburgring
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What? Buy Toyota better!
Vios is 10x faster than this 911
Hello there SDAC, my name is Sam Loo. I am better known in this forum as either Same Lorrrr or Sam Loo (ori1).
My Toyota sales are oficially ZERO. Whatever UMW sells is actually to Government departments. We salesman now got no money. Can I come and work for you guys?
Toyota now got to revise their sales to lower but even this, all go to Government contracts and departments ie Fortuner, Hilux.
Selling bra and panties at night quite hard to survive alone.
Pity we Malaysians. Can only dream to own a Porsche. In US, brand new Cayenne is sold for US$49,000.
But in Malaysia, it is RM600,000.
Where is Najib’s promise to reduce car prices by 30%?
That’s why everybody in the US is driving a Cayenne right?
Talking about Porsches, how come Mahathir’s son got so much of money until can buy a RM10mil Porsche 918?
But the father, Dr M, tell us, Proton is the best. His whole family, including all his sons and daughters all use Porsche, including Mahathir.
But Mahathir will tell the rakyat Proton is the best. If best, why Tun also don’t use Porsche?
Since when he told like that?
Bro,Dr.Mahathir family rich because they got a company.Get the fact right.And let me tell you,Dr.Mahathir only use Proton car till now.Only his son use other car.Again,get the fact right,moron
Hate to say this and correct you but Dr. M is driving a Porsche Cayenne… With plate number MM6 (Mahathir Mohamad in case you are wondering what the initial is)… Occasionally he’d appear in Uptown’s Village Park Nasi Lemak. Get your facts right
Son was the official partner of Porsche in Malaysia and now is a minority partner. I would be driving a few Porsches too if I was the partner.
I’m still with “nothing beats displacement”
If this case is true.. Then 991.1 will be the last batch with NA engine
Agree with displacements but the happy revving NA flat six is crazy sweet to drive and feel. Porsche will review this soul in the future. Just like next generation 911 icons will get manual tranny again. Porsche 911 owners is a different breed and have a voice.
Same voice goes for Toyota four speed Auto owners?
If given the choice I would go for manual tranny instead of PDK. But manual tranny in 997 is hard to find especially in Malaysia so I’d to settle for PDK instead. No complains on the transmission so far as it’s very smooth and faster than manual itself. To me, as I’m on flat six NA 3.8 Carrera S right now.. It’s more than adequate to satisfy my need for speed.
Speaking about Toyota and its 4 gears tranny.. I’m also driving one Hilux 3.0 VNT with 4-speeder but I’ve no choice coz it was not available in manual.
But Porsche’s greatest Motorsport era was during the 1970s , 1980s and then 1990s – Group 5, Group C/IMSA GTP and GT1 cars. Porsches most famous cars are all Turbocharged monsters!
Despite never be able to afford one, this is still sad news for me
Could have been worst.
I was thinking they decided to drop in the Flat 4 turbo in the 911.
That will come possibly some time in the future?
A flat 4 was already available in the 912, manufactured between 1965 and 1969 as an entry-level model. More than 32,000 had been build.
Btw: The “flat four” 912 was a very popular highway police car in it’s time:
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