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Off-road sports car Porsche 911 Dakar: design, powertrain, modifications, interior details



The 911 Dakar will be a limited edition model, with only 2500 units produced.

porsche peeled off his new 911 Dakar at the Los Angeles auto show. The 911 Dakar is a heavily modified version of the company’s flagship coupe, the 911, and designed to deliver fast off-road speeds with minimal impact on its ability on the road. Porsche built the 911 Dakar not only as a tribute but also as a spiritual successor to the winner of the 1984 Paris-Dakar race, the 911 Safari.

  1. share 911 GTS’ 3.0-liter flat-six, twin-turbo engine
  2. Features upgraded body, suspension and chassis
  3. There are two new driving modes: Rally and Sport

Porsche 911 Dakar: exterior and interior

The 911 Dakar has undergone a long development process, making its debut in prototype form at the Nürburgring over two years ago. It has a radical exterior modeled after the most extreme off-road vehicles available. These include red aluminum towing lugs at the front and rear, significantly enlarged wheel arches and protective steel plates for the front, rear and side sills.

Other exterior highlights include a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic rear spoiler, the trunk lid is raised from lightweight GT3 and optional roof rack with 12V socket for LEDs. Porsche will offer the 911 Dakar an exclusive Shade Green color scheme, but customers can also choose the optional Rally Design Package, which offers a distinctive white-blue two-tone paint scheme with red and yellow stripes, mimicking the color. Paint the famous Rothmans of the winner Dakar.

Inside, the 911 Dakar ditches the rear seats to keep the weight light and features bucket seats up front, along with optional anti-roll bars, six-point seat belts and a fire extinguisher.

Porsche 911 Dakar: powertrain, chassis upgrade

The 911 Dakar is most closely related to all-wheel drive Porsche 911 GTS and share a 480hp, 570Nm, 3.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six and an eight-speed PDK automatic transmission. This allows 911 Dakar to accelerate from 0-100 km / h in just 3.4 seconds. Porsche has made significant modifications to the chassis and bodywork of the 911 Dakar, setting it apart from its standard sibling.

The off-road-ready sports car is 50 mm above the ground compared to the 911 Carrera S and can be raised by 30 mm, providing additional ground clearance as well as increased approach and departure angles. Porsche claims that the suspension is “not designed solely for low-speed obstacle driving” but can be used at speeds up to 170 km/h for “adventurous off-road adventures”. hope”.

The brand has also equipped the 911 Dakar with specialized Pirelli Scorpion All-Terrain Plus tires with 9mm deep tread and super-durable reinforced sidewalls. Porsche claims that, despite the focus on the terrain, the tires allow for dynamics on the road; Pirelli P Zero tires will also be available as an option for everyday road driving.

The 911 Dakar features rear wheel steering, engine mounts from the GT3 and active roll control. The car also features two new driving modes – Rally, which transfers most of the power to the rear axle and is designed for loose, uneven surfaces and Off-road, which puts the suspension at maximum height and splits. force evenly between the front and rear wheels. rear axles. Both modes offer a new Rally Launch Control function that maximizes acceleration on loose terrain.

Porsche’s future plans

Porsche is currently working on a All-electric SUV which will sit on Cayenne and take on EV SUVs like bmw ix. The new electric SUV will be based on the Volkswagen Group’s Scalable Systems Platform (SSP), like the third-generation Panamera. The company is aiming for pure electric vehicles to account for 50% of global sales by 2025 and 80% by 2030, but has yet to confirm a launch date for pure electric equivalents. sports 911 and SUV Cayenne.

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