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Originally Posted by robg
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.
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It's not just mpg & CO2. Some countries tax on displacement. So even if a 2.0T and a 3.4 have similar output and not vastly different consumption, they'll go for the 2.0 which will result in higher sales in plenty of sales.