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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Tom Elia
04/28/2016 - 22:57 |
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Blasty

Looks like a 918 and a Carrera GT, my two favorite Porsches.

04/28/2016 - 23:47 |
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Anonymous

what a joy if there’s a manual option.

04/29/2016 - 00:21 |
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Albin Nygren

It just hit me how great a flat-5 must sound!

04/29/2016 - 06:33 |
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FlazeTheDragon

Flat 8 are coming back

04/29/2016 - 19:24 |
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Anonymous

what a weird layout porsche

04/29/2016 - 22:15 |
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Sideways always

i want it to basically be a tuned down version of the 918 without the hybrid system, a F8 will sound tremendous but i love the looks of the 918, follow McLarens principle…

04/30/2016 - 07:14 |
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Anonymous

So it’ll be two Boxster/Cayman engines spliced together?

04/30/2016 - 10:35 |
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Anonymous

Question: will it be Flat 8 or Boxer 8 ???

05/02/2016 - 08:28 |
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