An email from PCA let me to this.

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/porsche...153047454.html


A Porsche competitor to the vaunted Ferrari 458 has been on the docket for years. However, according to new reports, the planning stage might be as far as this sports car ever gets…at least for now.

In a recent interview at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Porsche R&D head Wolfgang Hatz told Australia’s Drive that the eight-cylinder sportscar project – internally known as the 988 and intended to slot below the 918 (pictured) – hadn’t been scrapped altogether, but rather temporarily postponed.

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“We have not finally decided the [start of production], so at the moment we have so many other things to do,” notes Hatz. He adds that immediate projects “to develop some entirely new cars such as the Panamera successor and Cayenne successors and the next-generation of our sports cars” take precedence over the upper range model.

Reports indicate that both the next-generation Cayenne and Panamera will arrive in 2017, giving Porsche engineers little more than two years to finish development. Additionally, Porsche continues to work on new engines, transmissions, and hybrid systems for both its road cars as well as the automaker’s relaunched Le Mans racing program.

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At the end of the day, the overall goal remains the same. Porsche is dead set on pushing its annual global production past the 200,000 mark within the coming years, and with production hitting 155,000 vehicles during the 2013 fiscal year (an 8 percent year-over-year jump) – it’s becoming an ever-attainable figure.

Expanding the product lineup with bottom of the range vehicles like the Macan should effectively expedite that process as well. Bolstering the top end of the range might not hurt either, but with a successor to the now five-year-old Ferrari 458 expected within the next few years, the benefits of a mid-engine 458 direct rival look slim.

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Does that sound right? 958.2 is just arriving at dealers and the next gen coming in 2017?

 

I heard the same but may be do not expect it at the begining of the year.

the 2015 model is a way to intro the new motors and have the design evolve so that there is no big break up in the design.
the 2017 platform will have new chassis and probably a little bit evolved interior.

time will tell

 

I know cars get better all the time, but this is making me less inclined to get a 2015.

Porsche is at least 6 months behind in releasing the 985.2 GTS, maybe they will be late the next gen also.

 

don t worry. there are big differences between MY10 and MY14 but you still think it is the same car.

Porsche is in an evolution mode rather than revolution. MY15 won t look outdated when the new platform 17 arrives. Look at 997 against 991.

cheers