Porsche 718 GTS 4.0 litre, is it the thinking man's GT4 ?

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • In 2020 Porsche ripped out the 4 cylinder 2.5 litre GTS engine and shoe horned in a 6 cylinder 4 litre lump. What's it like? We also give a quick mention to Magaphonics 22 and Boxengasse.

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  • @Hunter-ex2sw
    @Hunter-ex2sw Год назад +5

    Just ordered a GTS 4.0. Have 2 years of these videos to watch during my wait time

    • @prancer1803
      @prancer1803 Год назад

      Good luck 👍

    • @m.alsullaiti
      @m.alsullaiti Год назад

      you will get I very very nice car I use it for two years now my car model is 2021

    • @skippynj1979
      @skippynj1979 6 месяцев назад

      How do you like it.. I got 24 coming in June..

    • @Bavariaria
      @Bavariaria 3 месяца назад

      Did you ever get it? My delivery date is in August and I’m dying

    • @skippynj1979
      @skippynj1979 3 месяца назад

      @@Bavariaria boat should be at the port in Rhode Island tomorrow.. so probably will take delivery in 2 weeks. I'm excited.

  • @Bavariaria
    @Bavariaria 3 месяца назад

    What a great video. All of the history. Everything spot on. Nothing misquoted. Well paced. Amazing information.
    Have my manual GTS 4.0 coming in August. Traded in my 996 turbo. Had been set on getting a 992 Carrera T but it just felt too polished and too big when I sat in it for an hour at the dealer. When I sat in their floor model GTS, all felt right in the world.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  3 месяца назад

      Thanks for the kind words. Enjoy the car when it arrives.....

  • @navyrotc2012
    @navyrotc2012 2 года назад +1

    I just got my allocation and my order is placed for later this year delivery. Guards red manual Cayman. Can’t wait

  • @PhilUKNet
    @PhilUKNet 2 года назад +2

    Those insects are quite hypnotic.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      Insects and willow seed fluff. The whole world was against us....

    • @PhilUKNet
      @PhilUKNet 2 года назад

      @@911virgin8 Nice video, Henry! I like your style and your honesty - not the stereotypical used car salesman. If I still lived in the UK I'd be a customer. Best wishes.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      @@PhilUKNet Thanks for the kind words.

  • @ghowells5433
    @ghowells5433 2 года назад +3

    Great video. Just ordered a Boxster GTS 4.0 so enjoyed the video

    • @carminered
      @carminered 2 года назад

      What color

    • @ghowells5433
      @ghowells5433 2 года назад +2

      GT Silver

    • @k.w5804
      @k.w5804 2 года назад

      What’s the wait time your dealer told you? I’ve been waiting for 6 months already with no ETA at the moment. Was told 12-18 months when I put the deposit down

    • @ghowells5433
      @ghowells5433 2 года назад +1

      Same here, 12 to 18 months but worth the wait and said the timing may reduce as supply chain pressures ease

    • @carminered
      @carminered 2 года назад

      good timing, though. might be the last batch by the time you get it.

  • @andyrobinson1237
    @andyrobinson1237 2 года назад +1

    Cayman boot is surprisingly roomy. I could easily get my race bike in the back, wheels off & tucked in the front & job done 👍

  • @resnonverba137
    @resnonverba137 2 года назад +5

    I think you mean 'manettino', Henry.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +2

      I think I probably do. You can see why I call it the Sports knob 🙂

    • @resnonverba137
      @resnonverba137 2 года назад +2

      @@911virgin8 That's probably safer 🙂

  • @markdempsey4763
    @markdempsey4763 2 года назад

    Hi Henry, love your video's, had a great day as ever at Boxengasse, sorry to have missed you, would liked to have met you, I have fond memories of your 911 Virgin adverts in 911 & Porsche World years ago.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      Back in the day when we were all young and innocent.....
      It was a great Sunday made all more enjoyable by the fact I wasn't really turning up with any sense of expectation.

  • @johngalt5411
    @johngalt5411 2 года назад

    My understanding is the GTS switched from the 4 cylinder 2.5 to the 6 cylinder 4.0 because they could not give the 2.5 GTS away. At least in the States where samples could be purchased for up to $15K off list.

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад

      The 4.0 version is certainly very desirable and at the time if you'd just bought a 2.5 version you might have been a little unhappy....

  • @FPhil95
    @FPhil95 2 года назад

    Nice video!! Although in 2016 Porsche came out with the 991.2, the 992 debut was only in 2019. But still the 718 is part of the model name and the factory designation is 982.. Germans!!

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад

      The day I get all my facts right on camera the world will stop spinning :-)

  • @ed4679
    @ed4679 2 года назад

    Beautiful car Henry - From now on my "frunk" is known as a fruit, or is that "froot"? 😆

  • @andyneocleous
    @andyneocleous 2 года назад

    the GTS is a 4 litre, not 3...

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      Well done for spotting the deliberate typo in the description to see who was paying attention.....
      All corrected now and the culprit is on tea duty all next week 🙂

  • @James_Sovereign
    @James_Sovereign 2 года назад +3

    The "thinking man's GT4"? The only thing that man will be thinking is "I wish I'd been able to get on the list for a GT4".

    • @celliott16
      @celliott16 2 года назад +3

      Not at all, I went for the GTS after driving a gt4, the suspension is horrendous on the roads where I live, the GTS soaks them up with ease, in reality it's a much quicker car anywhere but track or a very smooth set of roads, in Cumbria UK you'll bin the gt4 trying to keep up with the GTS 🤷

    • @ghowells5433
      @ghowells5433 2 года назад +2

      Completely agree I tired the 718 Spyder and the Boxster GTS 4.0 was far better road car

    • @James_Sovereign
      @James_Sovereign 2 года назад +2

      You must have truely awful roads in the UK then.

    • @matthiasriehl
      @matthiasriehl 2 года назад +1

      @@James_Sovereign I also went with the GTS instead of the GT4 as a daily. As a second or third weekend car I would get the GT4 but for everyday use the suspensions is very stiff, a lot of the options aren't available (ACC, front parking sensor ...)

    • @navyrotc2012
      @navyrotc2012 2 года назад

      My thoughts on ordering one over a gt4. I want the comforts of ventilated and heated seats, not as loud (no giant wing) on the exterior, and no games to play with the dealer to get an allocation. My thinking man take on it

  • @brunodudo85
    @brunodudo85 2 года назад

    No, it's the Porsche who couldn't get the GT4.

    • @MrRandomTwat
      @MrRandomTwat 2 года назад +1

      There are more GT4’s available both new and used though, so you don’t make sense

    • @brunodudo85
      @brunodudo85 2 года назад

      @@MrRandomTwat I don't know where you leave, but used cars are going for way more than new cars. And I don't know if you are aware, but there are no more new GT4s. They stopped production for the GT4RS.

  • @Carrera-gp9od
    @Carrera-gp9od 2 года назад

    I like the gts a lot but not in that colour
    It’s horrible doesn’t suit the shape of the cayman or boxster at all

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      It's quite a classic Porsche colour based on Viper green of the 2.7 RS era

    • @Carrera-gp9od
      @Carrera-gp9od 2 года назад

      @@911virgin8
      It looks good on a classic 911 , i just can’t handle it on the cayman .
      Just my taste I’m ow a lot of people like it 👍🏻

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад

      @@Carrera-gp9od As you say, each to their own. I mean, I managed to find a wife..... 🙂

  • @Conversus
    @Conversus 7 месяцев назад

    Booooooring

  • @andresmattos7541
    @andresmattos7541 2 года назад

    Too many overpriced cars in one video

    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад

      They're only over priced if no one buys them. There is an interesting point though and possibly one for a future video surrounding people advertising cars for sale privately along the lines of, "Thinking of selling my car, DM me if you're interested" then very little by way of photos, no price or very expensive, no guarantee, no effort put in expecting it on a plate.

  • @resnonverba137
    @resnonverba137 2 года назад

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    • @911virgin8
      @911virgin8  2 года назад +1

      Hey, I still can't say Porsche properly. Fuchs will be a few years off.....

    • @resnonverba137
      @resnonverba137 2 года назад

      @@911virgin8 I prefer your way of saying Porsche...