Bisimoto Updates the Legendary Porsche 935 Long Tail with Electric Power
Porsche 935 race car known as Moby Dick serves as inspiration for this stunning rendering of a tribute known as Moby X.
The folks at Bisimoto are at it again. They have produced some massively powerful 911 turbo cars in the past. They then stepped up into the world of racing with a 935 using electric power. Now they are turning to the Porsche 935 again. This time they are using the famous 935/78 known as Moby Dick as inspiration. The new car will be known as Moby X. The overall design certainly is an homage to the original but the powerplant is nothing like it. In 1978 the 935/78 was powered by a 3.2L flat-six augmented by two turbochargers. It produced about 845 horsepower on full boost. As fast as the car was, it had an enormous thirst for fuel. The new Moby X will not have a fuel consumption issue. At least not in the typical sense.
Bisimoto is going to build the car with fully electric power. Their previous 935 project was the 935 K3V. That car successfully used electric power and generated 637 horsepower. More and more tuners seem to be eschewing the old school route of adding big power. It used to be standard to go with displacement increases, forced induction and tunes. Nowadays swapping in a fully electric powertrain is becoming commonplace. In this case we are expecting Bisimoto to use a three-phase electric motor and front and rear battery packs with a combined capacity of 32 kWh.
The car renderings show a beautiful modern take on the 935/78 car. Digital artist, Khyzyl Saleem is the one who created the look. It features a long and low front end with a flowing roofline that leads to that extended tail. However, there is one thing that is conspicuously absent in the rendering. There is no rear wing at all, just a tiny, raised lip spoiler. The original Porsche 935/78 prototype had a wide and short rear wing. In actual race trim the wing was shorter but much higher. The fact that this new rendering has no wing at all is interesting, although the car is still in development. That aside, the car looks fantastic. The headlights incorporated into the bodywork is a beautiful touch.
There is no word yet from Bisimoto on when this car will be ready for the streets. It should be some time in 2021 but anything more specific is a guess at this point. Another guess would be at the price. A car like this is not going to be cheap. However, consider this. Recently Porsche released a limited run of 77 modern day 935 cars for sale. These track-only cars were quickly snapped up and if you can find one on the market today it will cost you well over $1 million. The Bisimoto car may be a comparative bargain. At the very least it will certainly get better gas mileage.
If you could pick one 935 to put in your garage what would it be? Would you go for one of the original cars from the ‘70s? Would you want one of the modern-day cars that Porsche recently built? Or, does the idea of an all-electric 935 intrigue you enough to choose the Bisimoto car? Let us know your thoughts in the Rennlist forums.
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