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We do concept cars to inspire ourselves, try out new things and develop our design language.”
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“Of course, there will always be design elements you might see on future cars. Porsche's designers are living out fantasies usually curtailed by lawmakers or the financial department.īut will any of it make production? “There’s no relationship with a road car – it’s purely for Gran Turismo,” says Ingo. ‘Floating headrests’ adjust for whether you’re helmeted or not. There’s a long-overdue appearance of a split active rear wing function which Porsche developed for the 917 racecar before the rulebooks kiboshed it. In fact the whole Vision GT is a bit of a ‘no limits apply’ scrapbook. The kind of thing that Porsche simply couldn’t justify in real, physical cars. The steering wheel apparently mixes analogue and digital controls – curious for a car designed purely for the digital world, but what the heck – while the instruments are holograms.
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Inside, there are no seats as such, rather Race-Tex faux-suede pads stuck to the chassis with the pedals shifting fore and aft instead. Maybe this is a Vision GT that's a little jet fighter-ish after all, huh? There are no doors, just a front-hinged canopy that flips vertically up. But a month that gives us two separate Porsche EV racers is a pretty good month, we’d say.Īnd the virtual world has opened up other possibilities here. Porsche says its Vision GT previews how electric racecars could look in ten years’ time, which does mean it steps on the toes of the Mission R concept a little too. We share the same passion for racing and are looking to the future of the car.” “And in terms of engineering expertise, both we and Porsche follow the same perfectionist philosophy. “The appeal of a Porsche comes from its purist design,” says GT’s Kazunori Yamauchi. Just look how much air can sweep between the lights and wheel arches and up the Vision GT’s flanks. Instead, those are slender ‘jewellery-like’ units which are dropped further down the car – with the virtual world meaning no pesky road or race regs need to be met in terms of the height they're placed – for both a unique new look and the chance to open up vast new aerodynamic possibilities. It’s designed to look mid-engined, suggesting perfect weight distribution, and while the voluptuous fenders we know well from Caymans and 911s are carried over, the front pair no longer house the headlights. So we decided to do something that feels real and which you imagine seeing on the road in a few years.” “The Germans are a serious bunch, and we take car design seriously as well.