Porsche 911 Dakar Teased; Off-Roader to Debut at L.A. Present

• Porsche is making ready to disclose a rally-bred model of its 911 sports activities automotive on the Los Angeles auto present subsequent week.
• In a nod to the victorious 1984 Porsche crew for the Paris–Dakar Rally, the corporate is looking its all-wheel-drive sports activities automotive the 911 Dakar.
• Along with the all-wheel-drive system, the 911 Dakar sports activities extra floor clearance than the usual 911 in addition to meatier all-terrain tires.

Earlier than its official manufacturing debut on the Los Angeles auto present subsequent week, Porsche is sharing particulars in regards to the growth of its off-road-ready 911 Dakar sports activities automotive. If this lifted 911 has you asking “What within the Subaru Outback–loving nonsense is that this?” we might prefer to remind you of Porsche’s wealthy rally racing heritage, significantly with the famed Paris–Dakar Rally, which the producer received for the primary time again in 1984.

Porsche says it has gone to nice lengths to stress-test the 911 Dakar mannequin, placing on 6000 off-road miles through the automotive’s growth and 300,000 miles in whole beneath what the producer calls “excessive situations.” Truthfully, judging by the pictures right here it seems to be like a heck of a variety of enjoyable, sliding the 911 Dakar round on gravel, sand, and icy surfaces in far-flung locales reminiscent of Morocco, Dubai, and Sweden.

We now have no particulars but in regards to the 911 Dakar’s powertrain, but it surely’s secure to say it should use one of many 911’s turbocharged flat-six engines and can doubtless come solely with Porsche’s eight-speed PDK automated transmission. We not too long ago reported {that a} pair of prototypes used for growth in Chile had been modified Carrera 4S fashions with a twin-turbo 3.0-liter flat-six making 443 hp. All-wheel drive will clearly be customary and we’re to seek out out what different off-road enhancements have been made to the automotive beside the raised suspension and upgraded tires.

When you’re as intrigued as we’re, come again at 10 p.m. ET on November 16, once we could have full particulars on the manufacturing mannequin.

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