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The inevitable worst case scenario has happened, dear Porsche aficionados - Porsche R&D numero uno Wolfgang Hatz confirmed that the facelifted Boxster and Cayman will sport turbocharged flat-four engines, phasing off the atmospheric flat-six that makes the base porkers so fun to hoon around like a mad man.
Remember the last time Stuttgart’s Prancing Horse offered a four-cylinder mill on its models? A number of eons before the Asia-spec Porsche Macan SUV was made available with a petrol-fed inline-four, the company made four-cylinder boxer-engined models such as the retro 356, 912, 914, 924, 944 and 968.
Speaking to Mike Duff from Car&Driver, Porsche’s research and development head confirmed that the way to go is turbo flat-four.
The turbo-4 will come with the 2016 facelifts of the Boxster and Cayman, but here's a big question mark - Hatz refused to comment if fancier versions of the two models will retain the naturally aspirated flat-six.
From our point of view, offering turbo four and N/A six mills on entry-level models isn’t efficient enough in terms of costs, which is why the forced-fed four-pot may be offered as an exclusive engine option. It goes without saying that this take is furthered by Mr. Hatz himself, who previously confirmed that the 911 will go turbo flat-six in the near future (minus models such as the GT3 and soon-to-arrive 4-liter GT3 RS).
A hybrid 911 is due to come by 2020 as well. Don’t know about you, but prepare for a heck of a lot of bad reactions from Porsche owners and fans over these latest bits of intel. The atmospheric flat-six symphony will live on with the GT3 and GT3 RS, but it’s a bit of a shame that everything else will go force-fed.
The 2016 Panamera is also expected to debut a new twin-turbo V8, probably a 4.0 à la the AMG M178 unit.
Speaking to Mike Duff from Car&Driver, Porsche’s research and development head confirmed that the way to go is turbo flat-four.
The turbo-4 will come with the 2016 facelifts of the Boxster and Cayman, but here's a big question mark - Hatz refused to comment if fancier versions of the two models will retain the naturally aspirated flat-six.
From our point of view, offering turbo four and N/A six mills on entry-level models isn’t efficient enough in terms of costs, which is why the forced-fed four-pot may be offered as an exclusive engine option. It goes without saying that this take is furthered by Mr. Hatz himself, who previously confirmed that the 911 will go turbo flat-six in the near future (minus models such as the GT3 and soon-to-arrive 4-liter GT3 RS).
A hybrid 911 is due to come by 2020 as well. Don’t know about you, but prepare for a heck of a lot of bad reactions from Porsche owners and fans over these latest bits of intel. The atmospheric flat-six symphony will live on with the GT3 and GT3 RS, but it’s a bit of a shame that everything else will go force-fed.
The 2016 Panamera is also expected to debut a new twin-turbo V8, probably a 4.0 à la the AMG M178 unit.
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