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Apr 21, 2004 | 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by lcheng
I heard the 997 is meant to be more like a 996 facelift rather than a brand new design. It will probably be sold for 2 years then it will be replaced by the 998 (total redesign). I bet there will be a 997 Turbo but it is nothing but minor modifications from 996. It will most likely carry the x50 package. Put it this way, I bet it will have less than 500hp in stock form.
The 998 TT should have a lot more than that otherwise Porsche is committing suicide.
Lawrence
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Lawrence, I heard the same thing and it makes sense. Just like the 3.4 to 3.6 and minor body changes that were made from '01 to '02. Porsche is a different company today than they were in the past. Who would have thought they would put out a truck with a VW powerplant? Who would have thought they would pull out of motorsports for 6 years? My point is, there is no guarantee that they will follow the tradition on turbo charging every model. This is a different company with different goals. Just my .2 bits..