The Porsche 960 Supercar Will Be Here In 2019 With A Flat-Eight Heart
Rumours of a mid-engined Porsche supercar to sit above the 911 Turbo S and below the 918 Spyder have been flying around for some time, but a new report claims to know roughly when it’ll be here. According to Car magazine, the ‘960’ - a trademark which Porsche applied for last year - will most likely be arriving in 2019 following the expected release of a new 911 in 2018, and it’ll be quite a beast.
We’re apparently looking at a £200,000 price tag - pitching it in with the likes of the Ferrari 488 and McLaren 650S - and an unusual engine layout: a flat-eight. As ever with Porsche this means a nice motorsport heritage tie-in thanks to the flat-eight 907 and 908 race cars of the 1960s and 70s, but the layout will also bring benefits such as a lower centre of gravity. It’s thought to feature clever variable compression ratio technology, giving smoother running and better efficiency. The company is allegedly already testing the engine in a heavily modified Cayman.
Car’s report suggests a four-wheel drive layout will be used, potentially with hardcore rear-wheel drive versions appearing later on, plus an all-new platform. Excited? You should be…
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A flat 8? Thats awesome.. Long time not seen in a Porsche.
It’ll still look like a 911 though
Thank god, I was afraid they were gonna go with the downsizing trend and do a mega-turbo supercharged 4-pot or something like that.
PLZ BE MANUAL OPTION! Ultimate Enthusiasts car then.
We all know the answer to this
And even if it was available, nobody would spec it over a PDK
sequential with clutch that would be sick as!
The true sign of a Porsche is putting the first gen Porsche side by side the current and not being able to tell the difference. That being said…that’s no porsche because it does not look almost exactly like its predecessors
It’s like a little glorious sounding baby penguin
ahhh 3 years of hype incoming lol
I want that Cayman!
So I have 3 years to save up £199.00.
This could be hard.
correct me if I am wrong but is a flat 8 looks like 2 straight 4 beside each other?
Here’s the engine from a 908.