A beautiful, sporty and distinctly off-road vehicle. In the coming days, a new Porsche model will be presented, in honor of the victory in the 1984 Rally.
Finally there’s the official date: It will be presented at the Los Angeles Auto Show, scheduled for November 16, and is a recent homage to Porsche’s written history in the Dakar. The greeting In fact, the new 911 reminds us of 1984, when the historic car faced and won the world’s most famous rally car, and at that time it was still called the Paris Dakar in fact. Pictures leave no doubt: The Porsche 911 Dakar is the first model in the history of this luxury car brand to have been lifted from the groundpractically 4×4 with increased ground clearance, interlocking wheels and off-road suspension.
In the development stage, testing and testing have gone further 500 thousand kilometers on the ground such as dirt roads, dunes 50 meters high, fords, stony lands, up to the snow-covered bottoms of northern Europe through France, Morocco and Dubai. The Porsche 911 Dakar was able to stand out with a distinctive character from the Carrera 4 and off road tires, In addition to the “high” shoulder, they themselves contribute to an increase in ground clearance. The pendants specified in the modifications do the rest. On the wheel, on the development path, some took turns Certificate from the world of Porsche Like Romain Dumas, Walter Rohrl and Jorg Bergmeister.
Porsche 911 Dakar, the absolute height of modernity
911 Dakar will be offered to customers Very strange and interesting possibilities for a sports car: The new accessories will make the car a super-performance crossover with the 911 in addition to the ability to do so settled on snow, sand and mud It would really be very high. The spy photos also tell us about some of the items created to measure trips off the asphalt, such as spare wheels and illuminated luggage racks.
Speaking of electronic news, it should be noted that the ABS calibration will have functional parameters for using the vehicle on low-control roads such as dirt roads, where clogging is more frequent than asphalt. On an aesthetic level, Instead, new fenders with lowered protection, a front bonnet with air vents similar to those on the GT3, the absence of air intakes on the sides, and the adoption of a movable rear spoiler stand out.
Frank Moser, Vice President From the Porsche 911/718 line, he makes these statements about the absolute novelty that the Dakar 911 represents: “It returned with impressive performance even in the desert. Here above all the Dakar 911 can best express its conceptual advantages; the combination of light weight, increased ground clearance and a powerful engine in the rear position, together with a short wheelbase contribute to an exhilarating driving experience”.
