Porsche arrives in Detroit Show

[Sean Edwards]

there is no gt1 class anymore......so maybe it is the end of the 911 in top flight gt2 racing??

hardly lmp class?

Yes there is, GT1 World Championship you div! http://gt1world.com/

Car looks pretty dam good to me, can't wait to drive it!!

 

[Glenn Mc]

Yes there is, GT1 World Championship you div! http://gt1world.com/

Car looks pretty dam good to me, can't wait to drive it!!

You've changed your tune from all that "I ain't driving a fucking Prius" bollocks :finger

 

[Sean Edwards]

You've changed your tune from all that "I ain't driving a fucking Prius" bollocks :finger

I didn't mean the electric one:finger

There will be some lovely petrol ones too

 

[Darragh]

i thought gt1 world championship went bust?

if not, then they have some issues i thought.

 

[Sean Edwards]

i thought gt1 world championship went bust?

if not, then they have some issues i thought.

Nope, championship fully subscribed again for next season. No idea where the money comes from mind you...

 

[GuyS.]

Nope, championship fully subscribed again for next season. No idea where the money comes from mind you...

That could be said about a lot of championships, UK Carrera Cup being one !

 

[Darragh]

my bad so

 

[Glenn Mc]

I'm loving the rear deck. Mounted fan too, lovely historic nod back to the 917.

 

[Sean Edwards]

That could be said about a lot of championships, UK Carrera Cup being one !

Hardly any pro's in that series though, in fact I don't think any of them are getting paid these days? Harvey will get income but via his own sponsors. GT1 most of the drivers are paid by the teams!

I'm loving the rear deck. Mounted fan too, lovely historic nod back to the 917.

Looks awesome I have to say, really looking forward to racing it in the future!!! I guess it's the next GT2 car being called the RSR!

 

[Stuart J]

Probably all old news but just in case

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/4689/Porsche-918-RSR.html

 

[GB]

Fantastic looking bit of kit. If it looks anything like those renderings it'll be great. Good to see Porsche exploring new concepts again.

Watching those at Le Mans would be good. Long overdue for Porsche to dish out some whoop ass at Le Mans - put the Audi posers in their proper place down the pecking order.

 

[Pete]

Totally love it

New direction for Porsche, and it looks a great way to be heading. This is going to be mega against the 458 et al.

 

[911teo]

i thought gt1 world championship went bust?

if not, then they have some issues i thought.

I think GT1 in LeMans is no more.... they are still doing the FIA GT1 championship....

 

[911teo]

Fantastic looking bit of kit. If it looks anything like those renderings it'll be great. Good to see Porsche exploring new concepts again.

Watching those at Le Mans would be good. Long overdue for Porsche to dish out some whoop ass at Le Mans - put the Audi posers in their proper place down the pecking order.

It would make sense for it to be a GT2 compliant car... but I don't think this is likely.

Needs to be based on production car.... and either this replaces the 911 or Porsche will not have its flagship race against the 458s and Gallardos....

 

[911teo]

But it is wonderful and my knees are wobbling!

 

[wtdoom]

i am so excited its bloody embarrassing

 

[Oirish Kev]

Its eligible for the Alternative fuels in the prototype category (E1-XP) at the Nurburgring 24h and that's all the matters!

 

[Robp]

Dam that’s sexy!

 

[robmug]

I love the flywheel accumulator technology; developed with Williams F1 IIRC...36,000rpm flywheel able to generate 150kW for 8 seconds is pretty mad! From memory, the flywheel isn't that heavy either, relying on speed (36000rpm) rather than mass to store the energy which, given my basic understanding of E=MC2 would make sense...

 

[GRANTG]

Sorry is this car in addition to the 917?

What is the anticipated price range - is this in same slot as 458 or hyper car(cgt replacement)?

Looks amazing

Cheers