Ferrari Fighting Porsche 960 May Have Become The Latest Victim Of The DieselGate Scandal

We’ve been hearing about the Ferrari-fighting Porsche 960 for years now. It’s said to be a mid-engine quad-turbo flat-eight monster making 650 horsepower. Its target was the Ferrari 458, then the 488. Now it’s looking like the long-rumored 960 will never be. Automotive News (AN) is reporting that the project has been shelved due to the financial fallout from Dieselgate. The outlet said that the time frame for the project—it’s unclear if that means the start of development or production—was 2017 to 2020.
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TheSteve - 8/30/2016 3:28:03 PM

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Wow, I love that tasteful, classic sports car styling! (except for Porsche's "four points of light" headlight treatment). This is my idea of gorgeous :-)

Too bad it's being back-burnered or axed.

ATrain - 8/31/2016 5:27:41 AM

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Disappointing. I was first on my dealer's list for a 960GT. Or not I guess.

MDarringer - 8/31/2016 8:20:50 AM

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Porsche does NOT need a Ferrari competitor. They already have one. It's called the 911.

What Porsche needs is a new 944 i.e. front engined with RWD based at $40K and a 922 (new 914) i.e. mid-engined and affordable for $30K.