Porsche to Replace 911 GT3 Engine After Car’s Motor Caught Fire
03-18-2014, 11:59 AM
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Porsche to Replace 911 GT3 Engine After Car’s Motor Caught Fire
Porsche to Replace 911 GT3 Engine After Car’s Motor Caught Fire
2014-03-18 14:37:15.156 GMT
By Christoph Rauwald
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche AG will replace the engine on the racing version of the 911 sports car after the German automaker took the rare step of telling customers to stop driving the model because the vehicle could catch fire.
“We’re not taking any risks when it comes to the safety of our customers,” Porsche Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller said today on the sidelines of a company event in Stuttgart. “We’re acting fast and decisively to fix this.”
The Volkswagen AG brand sent out details to owners yesterday, and is offering replacement cars such as the 911 Turbo while their vehicles are repaired, Mueller said.
Porsche last month recalled all 785 of the 137,300-euro
($190,930) 911 GT3 from the current model year after two vehicles caught fire following engine failures. No accidents or injuries were tied to the incidents, it said at the time.
Mueller said in February that the marque plans to exceed
200,000 in annual deliveries in 2015, three years earlier than first targeted, on demand for the Macan compact sport-utility vehicle going on sale later this year. Porsche’s deliveries rose
2014-03-18 14:37:15.156 GMT
By Christoph Rauwald
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Porsche AG will replace the engine on the racing version of the 911 sports car after the German automaker took the rare step of telling customers to stop driving the model because the vehicle could catch fire.
“We’re not taking any risks when it comes to the safety of our customers,” Porsche Chief Executive Officer Matthias Mueller said today on the sidelines of a company event in Stuttgart. “We’re acting fast and decisively to fix this.”
The Volkswagen AG brand sent out details to owners yesterday, and is offering replacement cars such as the 911 Turbo while their vehicles are repaired, Mueller said.
Porsche last month recalled all 785 of the 137,300-euro
($190,930) 911 GT3 from the current model year after two vehicles caught fire following engine failures. No accidents or injuries were tied to the incidents, it said at the time.
Mueller said in February that the marque plans to exceed
200,000 in annual deliveries in 2015, three years earlier than first targeted, on demand for the Macan compact sport-utility vehicle going on sale later this year. Porsche’s deliveries rose
03-19-2014, 01:17 AM
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What would happen to those motors being replaced (both from owner's cars, and new cars under the hold order)?
Unless Porsche is going to destroy the whole motors and write them off... it could recycle most of the (new) parts into the production line, or (used) parts into future refurbished motors or into future warranty repairs?
Unless Porsche is going to destroy the whole motors and write them off... it could recycle most of the (new) parts into the production line, or (used) parts into future refurbished motors or into future warranty repairs?
03-19-2014, 03:32 PM
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I think they will ship new motors (which they were going to make anyways) to the dealers, dealers will send back original motors. The motors that were never delivered to the customer will get fixed and put into yet to be built GT3s... Total cost is shipping and the oh fuc* cost...
800 GT3s is not a lot...
800 GT3s is not a lot...