When Porsche announced that it would leave the FIA World Endurance Championship and kill off the hugely-successful 919 Hybrid in favor of Formula E, the motorsport world was left without one of its most fabled race cars. However, even after Porsche left LMP1 racing, its design team imagined what a new-age endurance racer could look like if it were to make it a reality.
Showcased here for the first time as part
of the company’s new ‘Porsche Unseen’ book, this vehicle is known as the Vision
920. While it will not spawn a road-going model nor a new race car, it truly is
something to behold.
Porsche says it designed the Vision 920 as
either a super sports car for the road or as a possible racing car that could
be used in customer motorsport series’. Dominating the exterior of the design
concept is a red, black, and white livery, as well as a number of eye-catching
aerodynamic elements and styling cues.
The front of the Porsche Vision 920
features a pair of slim LED headlights and large air intakes on either side of
the motorsport-inspired splitter. The in-board front suspension is also visible
and like the 919 Hybrid race car, the Vision 920 has a small cabin with a
central driving position. The concept also features a reverse shark fin on the
roof to help with high-speed stability.
Much like the 919 Hybrid, as well as the
Porsche 919 Street that the company recently dreamed up, the decklid and engine
cover of the Vision 920 is long and low. The car also includes a thin LED light
bar and a massive diffuser to help to stick it to the pavement.
