So is the current GT3/RS truly the "Last of the Mohicans" as far as the Mezger engine goes or will the future still brings us other iterations of it?

 

no one knows for sure but I bet the rumored forthcoming GT3RS 4.0 LE is the last of them... a swan song so to speak... 500 NA hp

I am guessing the future is DFI for many many reasons -- eco, government, cost, VW onwership, etc...

just my thoughts

 

Speaking of which, is the 4.0 LE confirmed or just a rumor?

 

it has yet to be confirmed... but I would bet money on it... spring time

 

Someone over on RL posted an article where it read that the beloved Mezger will no longer be. I'd say the GT2 RS or possibly the 3 RS LE, will be the swan song.

 

glad i have the last Turbo model with it; 09 997.1 tt

 

4.0 is confirmed. it is coming.

 

This LE rumor is killing me... can you folks share what kind of source for the confirmation?

Many thanks,

 

Mine is PCNA people I know. But I will say that they often don't know as much as some of the customers.

 

it's not rumor. it is coming

 

Sorry for my confusion...

We all heard/read about this recent January 2011 GT Porsche article, in there (page 82) Mr. Wolfgang Dürheimer (the head of PAG R&D) mentioned that the GT2RS will be the last new Porsche using the Mezger engine.

I want to believe in the GT3RS Limited Edition, because I might be interested in getting one. However, it somehow seems to be contradicting with the words from Mr. Dürheimer himself...

Regards,


From the article:

Quote:

"... change is coming, even to the cars built by Porsche Motorsport, often seen as a brand within a brand. Ever since the first GT3 was built over a decade ago, these cars hve been using the old racing engine, the indirect injection motor that can trace its origins back to the 911 GT1 Le Mans winner of 1998. But now that Porsche has an all-new direct injection flat-six in every other 911, Boxster and Cayman, the time has come for the old engine to take its final bow. 'We don't need to replace it,' concedes Durheimer, 'but we are business people and it doesn't make sense to have two entirely different generations of flat-six being built in house.' He confirms the GT2 RS will be the last new Porsche to be fitted with the old engine. And while that will bring tears to the eyes of the purists, I think we should at least wait to see what its replacement is like before lamenting its passing too much."