October indicates the elimination of production for the current generation boxter and caymen. What comes after that? Well, it’s complicated. Porsche initially announced that 718 would be available only in the form of electricity, but then it changed its view. Those EVs are still on the way, but they will join the combustion version. Here is a cooker: ice models will be considered a “top” version, which is purely positioned on electric cars.
A new report makes things even more fun. The next generation can also be subjected to electricity and gas power cennon. Autocar It is claimed that the ICE 718s will adopt a hybrid setup offered by the latest 911 GTS, not only to limit development costs but also because of packaging barriers. The new 3.6-liter flat scus is slightly smaller than the engines used in non-electrical 911s, making it a better candidate for small sports cars.
At this point, you may be surprised to see if the future of four pits. Apparently, that doesn’t happen. The turbo charged 2.0 -liter mill is not ready to comply with the Porsche Euro -7 rules. As a result, the next 718 will be presented exclusively with six cylinders. It should not be surprising, as “top” models are expected to rely on small engines hardly.
Since keeping gas engines in Boxter and Caymine was not part of the actual project, the flat six models are not arriving at any time. Although the outgoing generation production is about to end, direct change will not be changed by the end of this decade. When they finally arrive, Porsche can market them as a continuation of the boxter spider RS and Caymine GT4RS, which was replaced in the upper part of the rating.
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Weight with extra hardware of T -hybrid setup will cause a concern, but it will not be as important as in pure EV. In 911 GTS, a 1.9 kW battery pack that weighs only 60 pounds of electric motor and single turbo. Overall, the GTS indicates only 103 pounds heavy scales from its non -electroid predecessor. This difference is not fully due to T -hybrid, though, since the car now comes with more standard devices. As a result, weight penalties should be not even equal for boxester and caymen hybrids.
In the meantime, Porsche Electric is determined to launch 718. While the details are still low, it is expected that the car will be shared in a recent statement with the production version of Audi’s concept C. Motor 1Daniel Schuster, a spokesman for technical development in Audi, confirmed that the next sports car will be riding on a platform “which will be shared in the (Vox Wagon) group.”
He also refused to fit the TT OC model with a gas engine, and left the niche on Boxester and Cameen.
