And the latest Porsche craze has finally been confirmed. the german manufacturer Porsche will present us on November 16 the new and unprecedented Porsche 911 Dakar, a kind of crossover version of the legendary sports car that, in its own way, will be a tribute to the legendary Porsche 953 Dakar and 911 SC Safari. We are therefore talking about a unique street model in the history of the 911, an offroad version that aims to conquer all those we love. enjoy our car away from the asphalt, in the purest rally-raid style.
It will be at the next Los Angeles auto show when Porsche officially presents the new 911 Dakar (November 17 at 04:00 CET). This model, which has been in development for quite some time in the current generation 992, but which already had a near miss in the previous generation 991, wants to take to the streets that fashionable idea of turning a real sports car into a crossover. And we say that it is so fashionable because the Porsche experiment will soon be joined by a Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato that defends the same philosophy, although at a higher level of performance, having Alpine flirting with a very similar idea through the A110 SportsX.
Porsche talks about true offroad skills for the 911 Dakar, would you like to see it in Ocaña?
Porsche’s objective with this 911 Dakar is bring the concept behind the Porsche 953 that won the 1984 Paris-Dakar to series production. Yes, this idea of a sports car capable of extreme offroading may still sound crazy, but it was not new, since in 1978 the Porsche 911 SC Safari was created to run the extremely tough Safari Rally held in Kenya.
That’s the way it is, the Porsche 911 Dakar that we will know in just a few days will start from a 911 of the 992 generationcounting on all wheel drive 4×4 revised for new offroad performance, recalibrated electronic controls, specific suspension to have a noticeable higher ground clearance and better levels, reinforcements and protections on the bottomtires suitable for off-road circulation and a exclusive body kit.
Porsche has not yet offered specific data on the benefits of the 911 Dakar, but Everything seems to indicate that the base chosen for its development is that of the Carrera 4S with a 6-cylinder boxer engine and 450 hp.. Its development program has been one of the most demanding that the brand has carried out in the history of the 911, as this version intended for offroad use has passed through the icy circuits of the Arctic Circle, the sand and high temperatures of Dubai and Morocco or the Château Lastours rally car test tracks in France. As reported by Porsche, the development of the 911 Dakar has required more than 10,000 km of driving away from the asphalt.
