Porsche Motorsport division - GT5 ?

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A keen member of my board posted this link to an article today

 

http://flatsix.gt/forum/general-discussion/general-porsche-gt-car-discussion/247-porsche-gt5

 

 

 

Porsche has trademarked the name GT5, sparking speculation the German manufacturer is planning a new motorsports-inspired version of one or more of its luxury sports cars.
Autocar reports Porsche submitted its application for the GT5 trademark with the German trademark office in August last year, and was granted approval for the name – along with the GT4 moniker that’s already in use – in October.
Porsche has also applied to trademark GT5 with the European office, and is currently awaiting a decision on that submission.
A Porsche spokesperson declined to give any clues about how the GT5 badge could be used, offering only that it was a forward-looking business decision.
“There’s no comment on that [GT5] in relation to what our future product might be. In this increasingly competitive world it makes sense to cover any bases.”
Traditionally, Porsche has used variant names such as GT2 and GT3 to correlate with the FIA class the vehicles are designed to race in. The naming structure works such that the lower the number, the more hardcore the vehicle.
As there is no GT5 motorsport class, it’s unclear exactly what form a GT5 variant would take, though logic suggests that it would slot beneath the likes of Porsche’s recently released Cayman GT4 (pictured).
Porsche’s GT cars are developed by its go-fast division in Weissach, which uses its motorsport know-how to develop more hardcore and focused vehicles.

 

 

He also suggested that it could be a new 4 cylinder variant of a Porsche GT... which I agree with that! They did say in a press release that there would be NO GT variations of an SUV

 

 

That also means there will be no GT versions of the SUVs, of course. Such an idea should be unthinkable, but with European premium makers tripping over each other to produce such blinged-up off-roaders, it’s good to hear that some things remain sacred.

“I cannot imagine it,” says Preuinger. “We have so many ideas for projects and lots of ideas to make even more GT sports cars. I think a GT car should have motorsport siblings. And as long as we don’t do any motorsport activity with the Cayenne I can’t see any credible reason why it should be made into a GT car. Look at the Cayenne GTS—that’s GT enough.”

 

 

http://blog.caranddriver.com/porsche-gt-update-more-manuals-coming-no-gt2-yet-no-gt-suv-ever/

 

 

 

SO what does that leave? 

 

Interesting times at PM. 

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