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Guys...Anything built for the European market will ALWAYS be considered rest of world, so from that perspective they are the same. ROW, or rest of world, is a term denoted to cars made by Porsche that were not intended (i.e. not legal) for the US market, meaning they are for everywhere else, hence rest-of-world. There is no such thing as a rest of world engine for the US, any engine for the US would not be called ROW, it would simply be a US spec’d motor. That’s not to say that you can’t have a ROW engine or Porsche in the US, as they came in through the grey market prior to turning 25 years of age, and then exempted out after 25 years.
As we all know, the US imposed strict EPA and DOT guidelines for all vehicles imported, which created these slightly different models, so any US spec motor will always be somewhat neutered in comparison to it’s ROW sibling. We may have gotten better protection against an accident thanks to the DOT, but the EPA somewhat castrated the engines at the same time.
Amg_only, my recommendation is to always go with the ROW engine anytime you’ve got the option to, it’ll always be as Porsche intended it to be. The US version is just the muted sibling of it, it’ll always have a slightly harder time breathing and produce a bit less horsepower. Hope that helps.
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