RE: Porsche plans four-seat mid-engined coupe
Wednesday 9th May 2012
Those PHers with sharp memories, or a predilection for Porsches, may remember we brought you news last year of the company's plans to slot a model between the 911 and the forthcoming 918 supercar.
Porsche plans four-seat mid-engined coupe
Weissach has Ferrari FF in its sights with radical super-coupe
At the time, the German press had been reporting that the new car would be effectively a successor to the techno-fest that was the 959 of the 1980s and perhaps a revival of the old 989 concept. Well we have news on that front. The new car looks like being a numerical successor to the 959 - it's been dubbed the 960, at least by the press - but instead of a conventional supercar it's expected to be a four-seat mid-engined coupe.
In an article on US mag Automobile's website a couple of weeks back, detailing the VW Group's new product we noticed nestled in a part describing the new MSB-M platform, this little nugget:
"Porsche 960, a four-door coupe due in late 2015. The 960 will be the lead car for the new MSB-M platform."
Which means we can expect the 960 to be a mid-engined, rear- and/or all-wheel-drive offering.
Automobile's Georg Kacher goes on to say that the new car will be a direct rival for Ferrari (you've got to be thinking FF), being nicknamed the 'Fefi', or Ferrari-fighter.
And the motive power it will use to take on Maranello? A twin-turbo flat-six. Should be interesting...
Discussion
deltashad said:
Quite. Porsche need to stop playing with offroaders and saloon cars.
If they want to be different do a 928 style pick up, or a 944 estate type car.
Love the 944 estate, kind of M Coupe-esque but a bit more useful. Porsche should do another 944, mainly as I need something to buy when I am 60.If they want to be different do a 928 style pick up, or a 944 estate type car.
tommy vercetti said:
Just hope it does not look like a Panamera. fk me that car is hideously ugly
Have you actually seen one out on the open road, or had one come up behind you on the motorway?The Panamera is a fantastic looking car when it's on the road, big and graceful yet still sporty. It's a brilliant thing. It just doesn't take good pictures.
ThunderSpook said:
tommy vercetti said:
Just hope it does not look like a Panamera. fk me that car is hideously ugly
Have you actually seen one out on the open road, or had one come up behind you on the motorway?The Panamera is a fantastic looking car when it's on the road, big and graceful yet still sporty. It's a brilliant thing. It just doesn't take good pictures.
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