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Originally Posted by lemming
They do.
I really wish Porsche could tune the flat four to sound better. I couldn’t own one because I’d keep expecting to find myself in the STi when I fired up the 718.
Re: AMG v8 TT or the AMG GT, I love the way they found but I couldn’t give up a manual. I’m doomed to admire from afar.
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Yeah it’s strange that a company as detail oriented as Porsche would’ve let that exhaust sound out the door.
The other odd thing about the 4 cyl 718s is that Porsche had to develop that engine just for that application ; it’s not like they are gaining any economies of scale - in fact they are losing some. And maybe the slightly better mileage achieved in epa/euro tests helps but does that really matter on such a low volume car? Overall it doesn’t make much sense. If they needed to create differentiation with the 911 they could’ve just used a non turbo version of the base 911s engine.