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The haze around the
mid-engined Porsche supercar being bred to fill the space between the
911 and
918 Spyder is clearing. A few months ago, combined intel from
Automobile and
Car was that the 960, a challenger to the
Ferrari 458, would either be a coupe or a "four-door coupe" powered by a twin-turbo flat-six and priced "on the creepy side of 200,000 euro."
Auto Express has just reported that the new car is "set to be called the 961" and cost in the area of 250,000 pounds, reflecting a lower price than
was supposed last year.
Exotic technology runs downhill and
Auto Express suggests the 961 will be a heavy study from the 918's chapbook, utilizing a monocoque chassis from the same CFRP materials and the 918's 4.6-liter V8. The deep haze returns again in the predictions of how those details will come together, though. Theorized output is 570 horsepower, which is the horsepower number of the engine in the 918 but less than the 620 hp in the current
911 GT2 RS, the 961 going without the electric motors of its hybrid brother. The sprint from naught to 60 miles per hour is pegged at just above three seconds, which would put it in the same bracket as the 918 and nearly a second faster than the GT2 RS.
We await more word from The Oracle to know where the 961 will get its looks from - the 911 or 918 side of the family.
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