Preuninger, On Horsepower

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 01/17/2017 at 17:15 • Filed to: None

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“In the past couple of years, cars from the likes of Porsche’s GT division, BMW M and Mercedes-AMG have been getting more and more powerful, but Preuninger says that he wants to bring an end to the horsepower arms race.

Highlighted by Porsche’s commitment to keeping the atmo[spheric] engine, it’s unlikely that future GT models won’t be any less powerful than their predecessors, but they just won’t necessarily be any more powerful either.

Although he confirmed that Porsche’s engineers could feasibly extract a lot more power from the 4.0-litre engine in the GT3 RS, he’s aiming to concentrate more on reducing weight and increasing handling.

He said: If I were a customer and the next RS had 20bhp less, I would say, ‘hey, come on, what’s that?’ But we have to be more concentrated on the overall package, not just horsepower. This is not a dragster, it’s a track car. ”

For an article from this past summer, but I missed this part on the first go-around.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/17/2017 at 17:25

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But how will everyone know you’re better than them if you don’t have more horsepower.

EL_ULY > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/17/2017 at 17:27

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If the next RS keeps the same HP or has had 20 less HP, the first thing that comes to mind is, “whoa, there is definitely a fundamental reason for this and what ever it may be, I feel confident it’s very good”

Opposite of the Dodge Demon which will be a higher HP yet fatter fat lard than the HellGarfield.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/17/2017 at 17:28

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Lap times.

Tripper > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 01/17/2017 at 17:28

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Because you’ll be driving a 911. Not everyone knows, but they’re better than all of the other cars;)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > EL_ULY 01/17/2017 at 17:35

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Can’t imagine they’d drop power, but keeping it pretty much the same while continuing to add lightness seems like a great way forward.

Meanwhile, Stateside: MUST HAVE MOAR HORSES!! ALL THE HORSES!!

Decay buys too many beaters > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/17/2017 at 19:26

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“it’s unlikely that future GT models won’t be any less powerful than their predecessors”

Good god, I had to read that about 5 times.