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January 28, 2022 09:51 AM

Off-road Porsche 911 tested in the Arctic

Spy shots of the Porsche 911 prototype reveal a jacked-up suspension, flared wheel arches and old-school whale-tail spoiler

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    Spy shot of off-road Porsche 911 prototype

    Porsche wants you to get dirty with its flagship sports car.

    The German automaker is testing a high-riding version of the Porsche 911 that's a modern riff on the rally cars of the 1970s.

    Spy shots from the Arctic show a prototype with a raised suspension, an exhaust layout similar to that of the 911 GTS, flared wheel arches found on the Taycan Cross Turismo and an old-school whale tail from the 930.

    Special 911 trims are typically geared toward on-track use, said Sam Fiorani, vice president at AutoForecast Solutions. "Creating a production variant of an off-road 911 is just looking for a niche within a niche," he said.

    Porsche teased the idea of a rally-ready 911 about a decade ago, when it revealed the 911 Vision Safari prototype.

    "We believe that there is hardly any other car brand that can combine sports car and off-road characteristics as credibly as Porsche," design boss Michael Mauer said at the time.

    Based on the 991-generation model, the Vision Safari featured a raised suspension, reinforced wheel housings, big bumpers and a rally cockpit with race seats and roll cage. Designers even planned a shelf mounted above a fan behind the seats — to cool down the driver's crash helmet between stages.

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    911 Vision Safari

    Porsche has a history of off-road 911-based race cars, showing its capabilities in the '70s when it participated in the 3,100-mile East African Safari Rally.

    "This is one area of the 911's racing heritage that Porsche has not yet addressed with a production model," AutoPacific President Ed Kim said.

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