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Porsche 961 revealed

Our exclusive images show look of new car to sit between the 911 and 918 Spyder

Porsche 961 front tracking

Text: Sam Hardy / Photos: Auto Bild

19th August 2011

A new Porsche supercar to rival Ferrari and McLaren’s finest is edging ever closer – but buyers had better start saving now, because it could carry a price tag of around £350,000.

Porsche CEO Matthias Müller has told a German newspaper there is room in the range for a mid-engined sports car to sit above the 911. He added such a model “in a price segment of 400,000 euros has a good chance of being built”.

That would make it a direct replacement for the Carrera GT supercar, which cost £320,000 in 2004. Our exclusive images show how the model – which would sit below the £678,000 limited-run 918 Spyder – could look. It’s set to be called 961, reviving a badge last used on a 959-based racer, designed to compete in Group B sportscar racing in the Eighties.

There are no details on its engine or chassis, but the 961 will have to boast about 600bhp, most likely from a turbocharged version of the high-revving 3.4-litre V8 in the RS Spyder racer. Making extensive use of carbon fibre and aluminium, the car should do 0-60mph in three seconds and go beyond 220mph.

However, it won’t have hybrid technology – that’s being reserved for the top-spec 918 Spyder. The 961 should arrive in around 2014.

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3 Comments

Another victim for the 'mega mac'

This doesn't look to have any more charisma than Mclaren's latest offerings, and I'm willing to bet that even Porsche won't be able to out-engineer the upcoming Woking hypercar. So I can't see people buying this rather than the macca. If you want lunacy you'll get a lambo, passion and style a ferrari, but for cold precision engineering I've a feeling Ron Dennis' minions will prove hard to beat.

By Dangerous_Dave on 21 August, 2011, 4:29am

By the way, I'd buy the lambo.

By Dangerous_Dave on 21 August, 2011, 4:30am

So basically it will be a post R8 with a silly price tag

By Shaun34 on 21 August, 2011, 8:44pm

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