Originally Posted by CAlexio

Porsche is axing this program. info will emerge shortly. Key people in program job hunting.

Originally Posted by atlrvr

^^^ a lower risk route would be to pivot it to Audi and let them launch it under their brand (but claim engineering credit) and abandon performance benchmarks they've targeted....limit to ~200 units and priced sub-$750k.

It would be a halo car for Audi to sell next gen R8 (all electric presumably) and the rest of their model line which is likely to go all-electric much earlier than Porsche.

Audi can point to the R18 e-Tron as credible historical precedence with further development from the Porsche Mission X concept, and they can even spin a bit of RS2 collaborative lore into the marketing sell.

Porsche (and Audi) would have to subsidize those units at that price-point, but marketing expense for Audi, and sort of marketing expense for Porsche as well, but more of a real-world R&D + market test adoption expense.

I dunno, that was my best idea that a few minutes of thought got me.

Porsche is then free to release their own hybrid if McClaren/Ferrari are successful and use them as performance benchmarks to surpass.

Originally Posted by dros1

A flat 8 TT hybrid like this would be nice

Originally Posted by Scrappy1972

The TT V8 hybrid from their LMDH car would make sense from a motorsport relevance point of view. I understand it to be a based on the 918 (& Spyder RS) engine. Developing an all new engine for a limited hypercar seems like a stretch. VW group will be tightening their purse strings!