Rumours suggest the new turbocharged flat-four engine, which will power the next-gen Porsche Boxster and Cayman, will boast close to 300kW.
At a recent Nürburgring industry pool test day Porsche was running a 991 911 that doesn’t sound at all like a six cylinder 911 should. With 300kW on tap it’s not out of the question that Porsche could consider offering the flat-four as an entry-level 911 in the future. Whatever the production intent of this 911 test mule might be, if nothing else it appears to be giving us our first taste yet of Porsche’s new four-pot.
Check the video after the break and listen for yourself.
[Thanks to John for the tip]
2 replies on “Your first taste of the new Porsche flat-four turbo?”
Really hard to tell from the video, but that sound like it could be a turbo 6 as well. We know that Porsche will start using turbo 6 across all 911s at some stage.
If Porsche were to release a 911 with a 4, I hope they would have the decency to bring back the 912 name.