Porsche confirms four-cylinder engine but only in 2016
12 Apr 2013|2,270 views


The rumour is half true as such an engine is still 'in an early development phase'.
On current planning, it will be another three years at least before anything official is revealed on this subject, according to a Porsche official who went on to add that the engine will not be due before 2016.
The direct-injection, four-cylinder turbocharged engine will borrow the architecture of the existing six-cylinder unit and will be utilised for the facelifted Boxster and Cayman models which will hit the markets also in 2016.
The industrious rumour mills have been churning its daily share. According to sources, Porsche is rumoured to be preparing a flat-four engine for the Boxster/Cayman due later this year.
The rumour is half true as such an engine is still 'in an early development phase'.
On current planning, it will be another three years at least before anything official is revealed on this subject, according to a Porsche official who went on to add that the engine will not be due before 2016.
The direct-injection, four-cylinder turbocharged engine will borrow the architecture of the existing six-cylinder unit and will be utilised for the facelifted Boxster and Cayman models which will hit the markets also in 2016.
The rumour is half true as such an engine is still 'in an early development phase'.
On current planning, it will be another three years at least before anything official is revealed on this subject, according to a Porsche official who went on to add that the engine will not be due before 2016.
The direct-injection, four-cylinder turbocharged engine will borrow the architecture of the existing six-cylinder unit and will be utilised for the facelifted Boxster and Cayman models which will hit the markets also in 2016.
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