Porsche Details Five Of Its Weirdest Prototypes
Like many manufacturers, Porsche has all sorts of weird and wonderful prototypes stuffed away in its archives. Some will present the early stages of a production car’s evolution, while others didn’t make it past the concept stage.
This new video from the company looks at what Stuttgart considers to be its five best ‘secret prototypes’, and it’s a pretty bonkers range of vehicles.
We have the 984, a small sports car that you could consider a precursor to the Boxster and Cayman. There’s a weird drop-top Cayenne (yep, we don’t mind that this didn’t get made), with two different rear-end designs on one body.
The single-seater 1987 911 Speedster Clubsport looks cool, and the styling of the Panamericana is simply wild. The best is saved until last: it’s a ‘rolling chassis’ for the 918 Spyder, best thought of as a naked prototype version of the hybrid supercar. It was built to give journalists an early look at the 918 and its tech. It looks pretty serious with all its guts on display, doesn’t it?
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that 918 rolling chassis got me like
I smell comment of the week material
And CT is one week late
Why is this getting downvoted? It’s true.
You try pushing automotive news out on a dry day, heck, make that any news. It’s hard. That’s why in regular news there are headlines like “pulled cow out of hole in (insert small town here)”. Cut them some slack
Salomondrin’s CGT was like this for awhile.
My OCD had a heart attack when I saw the Cayenne’s back end
The 918 prototype has a weird 911 taillight and headlight configuration. Basically a tuned down 918 chassis with some identifying Porsche elements slapped on it. It’s crazy to imagine that going around a track lol
And who do we have to thank for all of these awesome concepts??
Everyones favourite socialist: Adolf Hitler…
Is this some sarcastic comment on the fact Ferdinand Porsche worked with the third reich (was there a choice?) or some misguided adoration of a mass murdering sociopathic totalitarian dictator? Can’t tell at face value. FP’s activities in the car industry predated the third reich by 40 or 50 years surely?