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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Oh the Porsche,wizard of automotive industry.
This thing sounds so awesome!
This is allegedly sorta what it might look like maaaaybe.
this sounds like something really awsome can’t wait to see some actual art albeit a few years away from now
I am sold :D
i have seen pictures of the 960 and it looks a lot like the Porsche Mission E concept
That must be where the extra 2 flat cylinders are going from the boxters
Flat 8. Whatever. it will be a diesel hybrid the way porsche is going.
Finally! Porsche is going to rule them all. In all seriousness, this car is going to be monstrously good and probably gonna use the R8/Huracan aluminium/carbonfiber architecture. However, I can’t think of a faster Porsche because the 911 GT3 RS decimates the Ferrari 458 Speciale. It’s still a rumour at this stage; let’s all hope for the best!
wait…. ONLY 200K?????? how is it cheaper than the previous 918???