“Sources close to Porsche” told Tycho de Feyter at Carnewschina that the new 991 Porsche 911 Turbo will get a start-stop system for the Chinese market. This explains why the new 911 Turbo was seen testing in Beijing. The sources, who also provided the new spy shots in this article, said the system is necessary because the Chinese government is working on new very strict emission rules for 2015. If a car maker fails to meet the new regulations, China will impose a quota on the number of cars this car maker can import.
As explained by Carnewschina, this will especially hurt Porsche, and other exclusive brands like Ferrari and Lamborghini, because all their cars are imported. It matters not that Porsche is part of Volkswagen: each brand has to meet the rules on its own.
The sources tsaid that the start-stop system has been developed together with Volkswagen. It will make the 911 Turbo very friendly for the planet with a mileage above 30 mpg. Eventually, all China-bound Porsches with the PDK automatic transmission will get the system, or so they said.
Porsche doesn’t sell any manuals in China.
Just as I always wondered: Chinese drivers are a pack of wimps. PDK, bah!
Try driving in Beijing or Shanghai for a couple weeks and then come back and revisit your comment. I know a guy who drove in both cities just last June, and he came back with horror stories. Bertel has posted pictures of Chinese gridlock, but you wouldn’t believe what Chinese drivers do to achieve it. His co-workers have joked that, like someone who has been hit by lightning and survived, his hair will turn white within six months.
China? Emission controls? That goes against much of what I read. Are they going to require them in factories too?
I know that it’s partially due to perspective in that first photo, but the new 911 looks huge! Kinda like a 2 door Panamera.
What are the longevity prognostications for a turbocharger attached to an engine that keeps shutting off?
Probably: Temperature parameters that will still keep the car running when hot, and emissions testing that doesn’t require high boost.
It didn’t say any penalty for non-imports.
I was also wondering if these new standards would be fairly applied across the board to all domestic production, even the non-western affiliated Chinese OEMs.
Does the extended spoiler, while in city traffic, have something to do with this new emission control system?
The real question: Does this new Green Porsche sell in Baruth Green?