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If Porsche made the 944 today ....

Thats my point, what if Porsche had continued to evolve the 944 and what would it be like today. One hellofa car no doubt.
 
It would perhaps be like LIL or WUF or Beaky or many of the other modified 944's.

We have all continued the development of the 944 in our own little way. All modifications are by way of chasing improvements (be it power, handling, braking, comfort, sound etc etc) so, in theory, were any of the above built from scratch using all new parts they should be better than the original.
 
Neil, Alfa GTV6, - yes - what an engine note,[8D] quite like a mech inj flat 6, - stratos too maybe. Deider Auriol was handy rallying a gtv in the late 80's, big drifts on dry tarmac, - class. There was a grey one in a Bond movie too. It was a gem but rust and gear change quality finished them, - pity.
Odd rev counter in middle of dash too?
like pasta, great at its best
George
 
ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

It isn't because the logic you are following ignores the fact that LSD or torsen differentials don't work anything like as well in the 911 format as they do in mid engined cars. Porsche themselves when fitting an LSD in the turbo 2 gave it a very low locking ratio because thats all it needed. The story about putting an LSD in the Cayman seems to have originated from within Porsche, the statement being that an LSD would make the Cayman S 15 seconds a lap faster round the ring and thus as quick as a 997! It is hard to imagine someone just inventing this story for the fun of it. Anyway superior cornering will always make a car quicker round a track then more power IMHO.
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The 911 is no slouch in the corners either. In pretty much everything i've read about the 997 it's the sheer cornering speeds the car is capable of which seems to impress the most. So has the Caymen in its current form really got superior cornering speed than the 997? Also don't forget due to the rear bias the 911 has better braking performance than a mid or front engined car as the rear brakes can be utilised so much more. So with better traction, grip, braking and comparable cornering speeds will the addition of an LSD really bring the Caymen up there with the 997? Undoubtedly there is more potential in the Caymen than the current model range delivers and we all wait with baited breath to see if Porsche will unlock it's full potential.

Personally I'd never heard or read about the strory of how the lack of an LSD is crippling the Caymans performance so much until the comment the Stig made to JC when the Caymen hit the TG track. Since then it's overshadowed most of what i've heard in relation to the Caymen. I think the real situation is that the Caymen is not a capable as the 911 because Porsche made it that way. Sounds familiar? In 20yrs time the Caymen forum will be full of threads about mods and upgrages to unlock the potential that Porsche deliberatly suppressed!
 
Just looked at this thread again. It strikes me that Porshe could still do a modern 944/928 pretty easily. Bear with me with this idea...

The Audi RS4 is a 4WD V8 with a N-S engine. It would be relatively easy to remove the front transaxle & therefore the drive to the front wheels and just have a rear wheel drive chassis. Many of the mags have raved about the RS4 but some (EVO, particularly) have longed for an Audi RWD M3 beater. Audi obviously won't do this as the quattro brand is important to them but Porsche could re-engineer & re-style the car to reflect a modern 944/928 style car. The chassis could be shortened, for a 2 seater if necessary but if it was me I would produce a GTE type version (similar in concept to the old Scimiter GTE), something that no other company makes at the moment.

Porsche seem to be quite happy to share platforms with the Cayenne but I can't see my idea ever happening and I'm not sure where it would dit in the model line up. Shame really.
 
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