Let’s put the purists at ease right away: Porsche has yet to sign the death warrant for the Flat-Six, even on the contrary. The brand continues to insist that it will expand its iconic engine as much as possible, despite European regulations. The manufacturer also intends to make the most of the synthetic fuel map, even if the technology is still in its infancy.
Nonetheless, Porsche intends to electrify its 911 in the short term. During the presentation of the 911 type 992 in 2019, the brand indicated that it would leave room for the integration of a small battery next to the gearbox. The first hybrid 911 should arrive with the 992.2, but we don’t yet know how it will actually be powered.
A four-cylinder like no other
However, this was reported to CarBuzz by a source close to Porsche testing continues with a 911 equipped with a hybrid V4, an engine directly derived from the 919 winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Remember that this model won three editions of the legendary Sart race and three world championship titles from 2014 to 2017.
This model does not only have the 24 Hours of Le Mans as its track record, as after exiting the competition and the relevant regulations, the engineers developed the untamed 919 Evo, a model that broke several records, including the Nordschleife records in 2018.
Under the hood, it had a small 2.0-liter V4 with a 90-degree angle that turned around 500 hp. For the electrical part, 400 hp were available.
A good idea for a Porsche 911?
Porsche, wanting to impress by making the new 911 hybrid the most powerful 911 ever, surpassing the 700 hp 911.2 GT2 RS, so the brand could rely on this engine. however, the lack of flat-six may repel some customerseven if the car is more efficient and even if that engine comes from a competitor.
To a lesser extent, we were able to see this with the 718 Cayman and Boxster and their four-cylinder engine, which did not have the expected success in Europe, to the extent that Porsche remedied the situation with the 4.0 GTS versions by reintroducing the Flat-Six, as with subsequent versions of the GT4. GT4 RS, Spyder and Spyder RS.
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Source: Auto Plus
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