Photo: al.yasid / Instagram
On May 28, 2024, the past, present, and future of Porsche's 911 series will collide and create something electrified, not a black hole. Yep, that's right, the iconically legendary rear-engined sports car is going hybrid.
Porsche has already started the teasing campaign for the 992.2 mid-cycle refresh of the current 911 generation. Unlike other times, though, along with the subtle design tweaks and enhanced power figures plus tech goodies, there's also a revelation – Porsche is going hybrid with the 911. Of course, we shouldn't be shocked or appalled.
After all, there have been various plug-in hybrid Porsches – both SUVs and sedans – for years. Also, there's an entire series of Taycans relying on nothing but battery power, including the recently-introduced Turbo GT, the company's most powerful series-production vehicle in history. As such, we should be more intrigued by the fact that it took Porsche so long to electrify the 911 series. Especially since the hybrid one is said to be 8.7s faster than its predecessor on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The Green Hell performance is not surprising, indeed, as the facelifted 911 has been spied on countless occasions at the world-renowned track during testing. However, not everyone wants a 911 Hybrid in their life. Instead, the rumor mill's imaginative realm of digital car content creators has other stuff in mind if we are to take after the opinion of London, UK-based virtual artist Al Yasid, better known as al.yasid on social media, who is seemingly ready to pursue an alternate ending for Porsche's next model reveal.
Instead of a 911 Hybrid, this pixel master has cooked the Porsche 'Nine Zero Four' for the parallel universes of vehicular CGI. In life-like renderings (don't be fooled by the artist's perfection; they are not real, unfortunately), the digital expert has prepared two examples – one olive green with gold wheels for the promo (yet virtual) 3D video and another one gold with ultra-light and ultra-thin gray wheels for the statics.
Actually, let's think about his explanations and reasoning behind this unofficial design project. There's no need for Porsche to postpone or cancel their 911 Hybrid reveal – they could just introduce this 'Nine Zero Four' in the lineup as it is. This is simply because the author was inspired by both the 718 Cayman and 911 series – so this could just get right in between them in terms of performance and pricing.
On the other hand, he also bridges the gap between past and present with help from the original Porsche 904 (also known as Carrera GTS), a road-legal race coupe produced between 1963 and 1965 and used by the factory team in the Sports Car World Championship from 1964 to 1966. Note the fender mirrors, for example. So, do you like it or not?
After all, there have been various plug-in hybrid Porsches – both SUVs and sedans – for years. Also, there's an entire series of Taycans relying on nothing but battery power, including the recently-introduced Turbo GT, the company's most powerful series-production vehicle in history. As such, we should be more intrigued by the fact that it took Porsche so long to electrify the 911 series. Especially since the hybrid one is said to be 8.7s faster than its predecessor on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The Green Hell performance is not surprising, indeed, as the facelifted 911 has been spied on countless occasions at the world-renowned track during testing. However, not everyone wants a 911 Hybrid in their life. Instead, the rumor mill's imaginative realm of digital car content creators has other stuff in mind if we are to take after the opinion of London, UK-based virtual artist Al Yasid, better known as al.yasid on social media, who is seemingly ready to pursue an alternate ending for Porsche's next model reveal.
Instead of a 911 Hybrid, this pixel master has cooked the Porsche 'Nine Zero Four' for the parallel universes of vehicular CGI. In life-like renderings (don't be fooled by the artist's perfection; they are not real, unfortunately), the digital expert has prepared two examples – one olive green with gold wheels for the promo (yet virtual) 3D video and another one gold with ultra-light and ultra-thin gray wheels for the statics.
Actually, let's think about his explanations and reasoning behind this unofficial design project. There's no need for Porsche to postpone or cancel their 911 Hybrid reveal – they could just introduce this 'Nine Zero Four' in the lineup as it is. This is simply because the author was inspired by both the 718 Cayman and 911 series – so this could just get right in between them in terms of performance and pricing.
On the other hand, he also bridges the gap between past and present with help from the original Porsche 904 (also known as Carrera GTS), a road-legal race coupe produced between 1963 and 1965 and used by the factory team in the Sports Car World Championship from 1964 to 1966. Note the fender mirrors, for example. So, do you like it or not?
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