Porsche Plans 950hp Bugatti-Buster



Porsche is poised to burst Bugatti's bubble when it rolls out the fastest road car in the world in 2009 - and Autocar magazine has revealed how it expects it to look.

This radical supercar is expected to be dubbed GT1, and will be a 950hp, road-legal version of Porsche's future Le Mans challenger. According to insiders, the target top speed is 254mph - a crucial 2mph faster than the claimed top speed of the 987hp Bugatti Veyron.

The core of the new car is the Carrera GT's carbon fiber chassis, fitted with modified nose and tail structures. The interior is also based closely on the Carrera's distinctive dashboard and center console.

Autocar's exclusive illustration is drawn entirely from leaked official technical drawings of the car. Sources have also revealed that full-bore 950hp engines are under test, as well as work on weight distribution and aerodynamics, both of which will differ from the competition versions of the car.

one thing that's not clear at this stage is how the massive slug of power will be delivered. One suggestion is that it would have to come from a turbocharged version of the Carrera GT's V10 engine. However, other motorsport sources say it will be powered by an enlarged, twin-turbo, 5.5-liter version of the Cayenne's V8.

In fact, Porsche is already racing a 600hp, normally aspirated V8 engine in the American Le Mans series with the Penske-prepared RS Spyder, and it's expected to be adopted by Porsche's own European Le Mans racer. However, Le Mans racers will switch to the closed-coupe format from 2010.
-Hilton Holloway /Autocar

Porsche får nog trimma lite till i så fall.
Bugatti har precis släppt info om Veyron GT med 1250 hk....
Men mitt val hade varit ganska lätt!

En Porsche helt i min smak.

ME LIKE!!!!

:woot:

Äntligen en snygg Porsche

Men det är fortfarande bara en porsche

Frågan är varför Porsche skulle vilja bygga en sådan bil?

Sedan länge har Porsche en policy om att alla projekt de deltar i ska vara vinstgivande och jag är inte säker på att en Veyronkonkurrent är lönsamt.

Skulle vara kul om en GT1 byggs men jag hoppas att det blir en bil värdig namnet och inte en blingbil med enbart hög toppfart.

Med sikte på LeMans kanske det blir en brutal Diesel istället

Hur gick det förra GT1-projektet ekonomiskt?
Detta borde väl ha ungefär samma potential (dvs Gatreggat LeMans-monster som kommer att ses i diverse serier)?