Porsche 911 Carrera continues turbo engine, MT car continues

The day when the 911 Carrera will be the NA engine will not come

It is very unfortunate for those who are expecting the Porsche 911 Carrera to become an NA engine.Mr. 911 Frank-Steffen WalliserBut clearly

"The Porsche 911 Carrera will never return to a naturally aspirated 6-cylinder engine."

It seems that it was declared.

NA engine still continued for Porsche 911 GT car

However, "I want to continue the NA engine for GT cars as much as possible."

Therefore, it seems that the NA engine will continue to be installed in the next Porsche 911 GT3 etc., but anyway, it seems that the NA engine will not be possible in the "Carrera model" forever.

How about using the NA engine of the 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Cayder?

Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and Porsche 718 SpiderThe naturally aspirated 4-liter horizontally opposed 6-cylinder boxer engine is back, so if it is the same engine, could that engine be used for the Porsche 911 Carrera as well? It seems that many people thought that, but this is also no good!

"The NA engine installed in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spider is unlikely to be offered to the Porsche 911 Carrera in the future," Frank said.

The reason is that the 4-liter NA engine of these 718 models cannot be rotated 180 degrees to fit in the Porsche 911 Carrera.

"I'm very sorry, but I don't see the NA engine on the Carrera model anymore."

Well, he denied it so easily and comfortably.

It costs too much to develop a new NA engine for Carrera

It seems that it will cost too much to develop a new NA engine for Porsche 911 Carrera.

Furthermore, it is not realistic to produce individual engines for each market such as Europe, the United States, and China ... Therefore, Porsche has already decided that "Carrera is only a turbo engine". It seems that.

The Carrera will always be turbocharged for the future.

Continued provision of Porsche 911 manual cars

So, I think it's very disappointing news for those who were looking for an NA engine for a Carrera model, but there was also good news for those who are looking for a manual transmission from Carrera.

According to Frank, "Porsche 911 will provide MT cars as long as there is demand."

Frank, I really love Porsche 911 (I think (laughs)).

So, he himself said, "MT cars are the pleasure of driving from customers, feedback that they have fun, that experience of joy and fun is important," he said, "Porsche 911 needs a manual car. It seems that he continued to explain that at the board of directors seven times.

Frank was enthusiastic about Porsche so as not to lose the 911 manual car (tears)! !! And, of course, behind his enthusiasm, I think there was the enthusiasm of many Porsche fans all over the world.

Even so, I can't be happy if I let go of it, and even Frank said, "I'm trying to provide MT cars as much as possible, but one day it will be impossible ... But For now, I pray that the day isn't too soon. "

Why is there an MT car only in the Carrera S model?

Finally, when I asked Frank why only the Porsche 911 Carrera S model has a 7-speed MT, the customer base who purchases the Carrera S model (compared to the purchase base of the Carrera model) prefers MT cars. It seems that it is because they tend to like it.

Anyway, when I see and hear these various things, I strongly think that "I buy the Porsche I want when I want it"! If you are worried, you may not have the Porsche you want.

Of course, I wrote it somewhere before, but I don't think you should buy it by force that makes your life difficult. But if you are in a situation where you can buy it, but you are wondering "I wonder if you can buy Porsche ~. It stands out ~" or a little "what to do", I think that it should be "buy" already.

Life is short!

By meeting Porsche, I have come to live a life where Porsche is there, which makes my life really many times, tens of times, hundreds of times more enjoyable and happy. Encounters through Porsche are all important.

I mean, I haven't bought the latest 992 or a new model (laughs). No, I'm really waiting to meet "Porsche I want" ~ ^ ^

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