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Originally Posted by GORDON.M3
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Originally Posted by endur0
718 GT4 incoming for me, M and GT4 will be stablemates. 718 GT4 engine sounds dull with OEM exhaust due to symposer, OPF, and no X, but several options to rectify that without touching cats or headers, Cargraphic or JCR at the top of my list. If it wasn't that, it'd have to be a 981 GT4 or mildly track prepped 981 S. I have a few miles driving a Spyder and 718 GT4 PDK. I think that with the exhaust issue fixed, they'll sound as an 8kRPM flat 6 should, and they'll be a blast to drive. But I think that like the e92M, driving it will be a 'sum of its parts' experience that gets better the more you do it, thus I'll reserve declaring the 'event' level until I have a few hundred post break-in miles driving mine.
Saw the Emira mentioned above. I did an extended test drive on the Evora GT and loved the handling, feedback, and input points, but found the Toyota drivetrain to be too much of a letdown. Yes, it does make a stocker e92M feel like a yacht, but the S65 blows the supercharged V6 out of the water. I'm expecting the same for the Emira.
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I'm on the list of waiting for an Emira also but first-year launch models will only come with the Supercharged V6 from Toyota so I'm going to have to wait till they start rolling out with the AMG 4 Cylinder Turbo which I think will be a much better mate with the chassis. I have an LCI C43 AMG with the updated engine and it is quite peppy around town, surely enough it doesn't rev out like the S65 but I'm sure it would be a blast when it gets paired to the Emira's chassis. |
I actually prefer the supercharged v6. Yes Toyota, but stock exhaust sounds good.
I think torquey supercharger in a mid engine setup is going to be fantastic as it is in the evora. Plus you get the manual which is a must.
It's no s65 but a different experience is what I'm looking for. The s65 with an exhaust reving past 8k and a manual can't be matched. I think really only the GT3 with manual stands up to it. While the e9x platform is aging, it really is underrated. Such a sublime experience.