This independent study is dubbed the Porsche 988
Vision and while it may never see the light of day, it does make us wish that
Porsche more frequently built mid-engined super / hyper cars. The most recent production model
of the sorts from the German marque was the 918 Spyder, a hybrid hypercar that
competed directly against the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari. Since then,
Porsche has been going against the mid-engine rivals not with separate mid-ship
vehicles, but with high-performance versions of the 911 such as the 911 GT2 RS
and 911 GT3 RS.
The Porsche 988 Vision, created by designers
Colorsponge and Invisive, shows what a new mid-engine supercar from Porsche
could look like. We first featured the 988 towards the end of 2018 but in these
new renderings, it looks even more spectacular.
It appears as though the Porsche 918 Spyder somewhat
inspired the 988 Vision as it has voluptuous front wheel arches and a rounded
cabin which is a little different to many of the angular rooflines of other
cars competing in this segment.
Elsewhere, the exotic proposal features LED
headlights that somewhat mimic the shape of the front air intakes. You may also
notice the presence of small rear-view cameras instead of mirrors to help the
vehicle slice through the air with as little drag as possible.
There had been reports that Porsche was developing a
mid-engined rival to cars such as the McLaren 720S, Ferrari F8 Tributo, and
Lamborghini Huracan but as we’ve never seen prototypes, it seems unlikely such
a vehicle is in the works.
