Ok so I’m just going to set the record straight about this exhaust note and I know some people absolutely hate the people way the 4 cyc sounds! I get that and I think folks should be more honest about what they really don’t like! In most cases, people hate the idea of a 4cyc turbo in a Porcshe and having been unable to criticise its blustering performance, they go diss the sound!
Look if you don’t like a 4 cyc, get a 6!
Simple!
The truth is…
The 4 cyc has a LOUDER exhaust note, and that’s obvious at start up! I did daily comparisons with my neighbour every morning for a fortnight!
The base 718 has a rough and raw exhaust note as if the engine is coughing!
The 6 cyc in the other hand has a more muted probably resonant note, it more civilised and resonant rather than rough and raw!
My first Porsche over 20 years ago was a 911 SC, a real 911, the air cooled one!
The way the 718 sounds has been criticised as sound liej an old Vw, they’re not wrong, it sounds like the air cooled 911!
The fact that the base 718 sounds more similiar to the class air cooled 911 is a tradition to be appreciated and cherished!
I always remember the rough cough and bangs on my 911 and the 718 is a modern version of that!
It’s not a bad sound! It’s loud, rough and raw! Definitely bassier than the 6cyc at any rpm, it doenst sound as civilised but I’m not after refinement in my Porsche, I have an SL65 for that!
For context, I was at the dealership looking at a GT4 RS this morning and started up the car on the show room floor…
Would you believe, it’s sophisticated exhaust note wasnt as loud not as rough as the 718! What a surprise!
It’s NOT as LOUD or as RAW as the 718!!!
Anyone doubt me, do a video comparison!
You’ll be surprised at the results!
I know I prefer the sound of the Turbo 4, it’s a traditional 911 note! Others hate it!
I want a Porsche to sound like a Porsche, the most famous one of all! And I don’t think that it’s a bad thing!
And yeah it sounds like an old beetle coughing… but that’s Porcshe for you!
So for those of you that keep harping on about the way the base 718 sounds, well it’s loud, it’s raw and it sounds like an aircooled 911! Which in my books is better than the 6 cyc. The raw rough howl just has more soul in it to me!
And for those who don’t like the 4 cyc, I understand that but be honest about why you don’t like it, it’s not really the sound is it???? Could you really not like a modern Porsche Coupe that sounds like an air cooled 911????