Porsche has been spied testing an
intriguing 911 prototype at the Nürburgring and it could very well be a
successor to the lovely 997-generation 911 Sport Classic. The first thing that
stands out with this 911 is the ducktail rear spoiler that looks virtually
identical to the spoiler of the Sport Classic. Not only does the wing pay
tribute to 911s of decades gone by, but also happens to suit the looks of the
sports car absolutely perfectly.
Making the prototype all the more
intriguing is the fact that it features air intakes on the rear wheel arches,
just like the 911 Turbo and Turbo S models. This means the car will likely
feature the same 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged six-cylinder of the Turbo S as
opposed to being marketed as a mid-tier 911 variant with the 3.0-liter
twin-turbo of lesser 911 models.
If that’s the case, it could pump out the
same 641 hp and 800 Nm of torque, resulting in a 0-96 km/h time of roughly 2.6 seconds. Interestingly, the car appears to have a manual
transmission, something that neither the current 911 Turbo or Turbo S do.
The biggest giveaway of the presence of a
stick shift comes at the 42-second mark of the video below, when an aggressive
gear shift is made and the driver then raises his right hand off the shifter
and onto the steering wheel. Throughout the rest of the clip, the changes also
sound too slow to be from a PDK transmission.
