The Porsche 960 Supercar Will Be Here In 2019 With A Flat-Eight Heart

According to reports, the long-awaited mid-engined Porsche 960 will arrive in three years
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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CarlTheCarGuy

Dear god a flat eight must sound divine

04/28/2016 - 10:21 |
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Already looking forward to a 960 with titanium straight pipes <3

04/28/2016 - 10:22 |
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I looked up the 908, inside, the engine note really sounded like the McLaren 3.8L V8 engine but way better.

04/28/2016 - 10:43 |
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Divine is the word my friend it must have the hum of a flat six and the bass of a V8. Perfect.

04/28/2016 - 10:47 |
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I came just thinking about it

04/28/2016 - 12:33 |
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Devine yet has 666 upvotes

04/30/2016 - 18:52 |
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JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

Flat eight? You wot m8

04/28/2016 - 10:22 |
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cant w8, should sound gr8… Any leaked videos would be appreci8ed

04/28/2016 - 11:17 |
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Wow! Can’t wait to hear that Sound

04/28/2016 - 10:29 |
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jake kingsley

i reckon its gona soun something like a cross between barry white snoring and a husky howling. Maybe.

04/28/2016 - 10:29 |
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Jtmannnn14

I hope it looks like this!

04/28/2016 - 10:37 |
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You want it to look exactly like a 570s?

04/28/2016 - 11:33 |
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I don’t!

04/28/2016 - 15:29 |
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I hope not :D There are enough cars with such a Gallardo shape, the picture of the post would be much cooler

04/28/2016 - 15:32 |
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good god NO, that is a weird hybrid of a 570s MP4-12C and the 918 and it makes me uncomfortable

04/29/2016 - 02:06 |
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ValveLiftMan

What if they built a flat-10?

04/28/2016 - 10:38 |
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I think they have for an older Porsche race car. I can’t remember which exactly though

04/28/2016 - 11:30 |
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what about a flat-24!?!?!?!?!?

04/28/2016 - 12:37 |
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flat8MR

I was waiting for this moment…

04/28/2016 - 10:55 |
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On the Apex

This will probably be the next Carrera GT. Exotic engine and monster performance. Looking forward to it!

04/28/2016 - 11:00 |
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Absolutely not the successor of the - amazing - CGT. The spiritual successor of the CGT is the new 918 Spyder. The rumoured 960 is only to fill in a blank in the Porsche range where cheeky competitors have been using turbocharged technology in mid engine platforms for a while. It’s been increasingly difficult for the 911 to compete with such cars recently as the power game climbed. I think that they should build a GT2 RS instead.

04/28/2016 - 20:33 |
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SpoolingTurbo

Omg a flat eight, that is like the spawn of satan

04/28/2016 - 11:10 |
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Ian.L

Salomondrin is probably bribing Porsche to get him one right now…

04/28/2016 - 11:17 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Ian.L

XD

04/28/2016 - 14:57 |
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