Porsche Has Just Teased The New, Probably Mid-Engine 911 RSR
The Porsche 911 has remained stubbornly rear-engined ever since its inception, but that could be about to change. Well, it could be about to for one particular version: the RSR race car.
Porsche is rumoured to have done the unthinkable with the latest RSR - teased in the sketch above - shifting the engine in front of the rear wheels for the first time in any 911, road or track. From what you can see going on in the testing footage below, it certainly looks like some substantial mid-engine related changes have been going on.
Furthermore, Porsche has called the incoming RSR replacement “the most spectacular” version of the sports car ever seen. Quite a claim.
We’ll find out for sure where the RSR’s engine sits when the car is revealed at the LA Auto Show on Thursday.
Anyone else getting ahead of themselves and wondering if a production version might follow…?
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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maybe in the next couple of decades it will be front engined
By then they will also be electric and self driving eh…?
Holy potatoes that wang is amazing!
Porn-she right dere!
Purists triggered in 3…2…..1..
Damn, someone beat me to it XD
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I am a purist and I am half triggered. I just don’t want to see this layout in the road car.
I guess putting the engine in the back wasn’t the best idea after all….
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Do they not want Maldonado to randomly have the car spin out randomly?
Oh wait…
Sounds absolutely amazing
Sounds like a shot gun each upshift
Porsche fanboy inside me is very happy and satisfied
Someone’s going to be excited (in the pants)
Those engine sounds in the video though
“I swear I’m just fluffing the pillow.”