The next-generation Porsche 911 will get a hybrid variant by 2020, revealed senior executives of the car-maker.
The next-generation Porsche 911 (992 series) is expected to be launched in 2018, which means that the hybrid version of the car will be launched in 2019 or 2020.
Porsche 911 will have to meet firmer regulations when it comes to carbon dioxide emission and fuel consumption in the future, which may have prompted the company to work on a hybrid car. Porsche will have to work hard to make the hybrid car more attractive to customers as the car has an iconic badge attached to the sports car.
Even though the next-generation Porsche 911 will be a hybrid car, the vehicle should still make it feel like the same Porsche 911.
Porsche's motorsport boss Dr. Frank-Stefan Walliser suggests that the company's Carrera 4 will be the first car that will get the hybrid treatment that will adopt electrical front wheels and petrol powered rear wheels.
"It would be a Carrera 4, why not? With four-wheel drive what you can do, the freedom you have how to use the traction, you're not depending on the speed between the different axles," says Dr. Walliser.
Dr. Wolfgang Hatz, who is Porsche's research and development boss, also revealed that a hybrid Porsche 911 should be launched in the near term. Dr. Hatz says that he prefers a naturally aspirated engine than a turbocharged one. The hybrid is expected to weigh more than the regular car but the weight will also be offset when the car offers higher output.
Dr. Hatz claims that Porsche 911 lovers will definitely accept the hybrid variant of the car as he believes that the technology behind the hybrid car will be fun, offer fuel efficiency and also help in reducing CO2 emissions.
Porsche will also introduce an update (991-series) for its existing Porsche 911 at the Frankfurt Motor Show this fall, which is expected to come with several downsized turbocharged gasoline engines.
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