Spiffyjiff

agreed - first "spy" shot i've seen of the new model where the stickers are actually real vents/intakes. is it possible the stickers in all the other shots were justcovering the intakes? or maybe the base model will now have intakes? so many questions, tune in tomorrow for "as the conspiracy turns".

Edgy01

There is no reason to put intakes on the NA vehicles. There are no intercoolers to feed.

Spiffyjiff

true, but how bout - and keep in mind i dont know much about this aspect of our engines so you all can call me stupid later - how about a new way to feed air to the engine (instead of via the deck/other vents etc).

let the ridiculing begin.

keynes

if they were real vents, why are they a different color from the body? my vote is on stickers. also look at previously posted spy shots where you can clearly see silver stickers.

Ucube

Those are definitely stickers to my eyes. If it were a real intake vent, you shouldn't be able to see that much of the vent, given the pronounced curvature of the rear quarters (in the first pic).

Mark Harris

Hmmm. I would have to agree with the above. Also how much distance on a 997TT is there between the door jam the vent. There isn't much in those pic's.

Is it a real vent or not?

Maybe Bin Laden put those stickers on yesterday. He is still alive you know.

boraiv333

Guys, the "vent" is a STICKER/DECAL.....end of speculation. This has been CONFIRMED by someone that has driven the car at Porsche headoffice.

Get a pair of glasses and move on

pissedpuppy

rear end is comical

Alan Smithee

There are shots of turbo prototypes circulating as well. Wider, real side vents, and exhaust very similar to the current car.

Hard to tell with this one; doesn't seem to have the turbo exhaust, but does seem wider, and the 'sticker' does seem quite real.

Prototypes in and around Los Angeles are extremely common. At this stage of development, typically driven by average people that do this for a living, not engineers; they follow a route and gather data.

Marine Blue

After looking at the pictures I still think it's a Turbo and those intakes look very "real". I guess we'll have to wait and see what the final design looks like.

Anyone know if the Turbo's are traditionally released at the same time as the C2 and C2S?

Edgy01

Traditionally, Porsche is slower to release the turbo models. They usually start with the Carrera and Carrera S models, then the 4s, and turbos, and then other things like targas--if they will continue to produce them.

Eric - Plug Guy

Stickers. And knickers. And once this image circulates, whoever was 'supposed' to be driving that car (if employed by a Porsche division) will likely be slapped.

Kids driving - dead giveaway - that's no turbo. And to the OP - great shots - but you're driving a cab, with the side windows up? Lost points.

gota911

When is the last time you saw a silver turbo intake on a black car? All of the other camouflage is black, so why isn't the intake black? Because they want it to be obvious, so it will be a purposeful distraction.

Also, look at the first pic again. From that angle, on a real turbo, you can't see that much of the "inside" of the intake, which means the intake on this car is a two dimensional "sticker."

911FM

+1

fm

crispenigl

Seriously - I was wondering the same thing.

I saw the new boxster prototype driving around Marina del Rey last week and was suprised to see a person in it who I would never have guessed was an engineering type.

I dont get the joy ride thingy, but every focus group I have been in didnt include joy riding, how does this happen?!