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Maybe even full electric

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne...ybrid-due-2018

Petrol-electric Porsche 911 hybrid due in 2018
Porsche looks to hybrid power for its next-generation sports car, with an all-electric version also possible


Porsche engineers are currently working on how to package a hybrid powertrain within the 911’s body. The move is partly in order to lower CO2 emissions for the model’s eighth generation, which is due in 2018.

Porsche’s 911 product line director Erhard Mössle said: “There are discussions. It’s clear that we have to do something. We have to meet the CO2 regulations in 2020.

“The Volkswagen Group needs an answer to Tesla. The technology available is not far away from meeting our goals for such a car in terms of range and charging speed.”

Porsche already has hybrid powertrains in its Cayenne SUV and Panamera saloon, with both cars using the same supercharged 3.0-litre petrol engine in combination with an electric motor. The 918 Spyder also features a hybrid powertrain, which mates a 4.6-litre V8 engine with two electric motors.

As well as the option of a hybrid model, Porsche is also considering an all-electric version of the 911 in the same vein as the Audi R8 e-tron.

However, this model is not seen as a guaranteed production car. Mössle said Porsche would need to “look at what is the right time and whether there is the need for it. It’s expensive and you never know if you will get your money back.”

The next 911 will sit on a modified version of the MMB platform used by today’s car and will feature only mild styling changes. “The 911 is always an evolution, not a revolution,” said Mössle. “It will always be step by step.”

LCW

It will be very entertaining to "hear" a lot of the folks on this forum complain about the engine sound of that car....

Grunty

Oh god please no. I had the misforture of driving the panamera hybrid as loaner for a couple days. It made me consider self-immolation.

shewu

If this is the next C4/C4S, then this begins the death of the manual from the Carrera line.

mrhebert

Boy I know one thing, I'm keeping my 997 C4S mt, gas guzzler that it is.

tomc_mets

A bit heretical, but I'd love to see what Porsche engineers can do with the 911 platform and all these new engine choices - electric, hybrid, turbo, etc. Heck, if you could give me a four cylinder turbo on the 911 platform - call it 912.2 for all I care - and it gets the same low-mid 30s mpg my wife's SLK gets, I'd be all for that. The bummer is that the advent of new options inevitably seems to mean the loss of others...T

Noah Fect

Ridiculous. The 911 is the heart and soul of the company's history, while they have no background in hybrid technology at all.

Oh, wait...

Archimedes

If it looks good and performs like a Porsche should, I'd be fine with a hybrid or a full electric. I won't voluntarily buy either for eco reasons though. It has to be a better car and at a reasonably competitive price point.

I do think the Germans will be making the best electric cars in the world within 7-10 years though, far better inside, outside and on the road than anything Tesla is or will be producing.

Larry Cable

Err ... 919 Spyder, 919 LMP1... arguably Porsche is a world leader in performance hybrid technology

Larry Cable

more likely to see the "Mission E" concept come to product before a 911 hybrid in my opinion

STG

NA vs. Turbo

Turbo vs. Hybrid

Manual vs. PDK

Alcantara vs. Leather

The debates will rage on ..

Larry Cable

pretty certain I have the last (new) 911s' I will ever want...

STG

Good news? Always plenty of used low mileage mint 911's and especially GT cars out there! They'll be no shortage to choose from in my driving days. I'm done worrying.

Noah Fect

Exactly. That's the point, they basically invented it 100 years ago.

STG

Drove one yesterday at a Porsche dealer driving/track event. What a P.O.S.