Wingless 2025 Porsche 911 Turbo Prototype Spied Testing, Hearsay Suggests RWD and a Manual

Porsche confirmed the specs for the Carrera and Carrera GTS on May 28th, leaving big question marks over the Carrera T, Carrera S, and more powerful models. Our spy photographers have recently captured a prototype of the GT2 RS, which is aesthetically related to the pre-facelift GT3 RS.

More recently, the carparazzi spotted a prototype of the 992.2 Turbo without a rear wing, but rather the active rear spoiler of the 992.2 Carrera and Carrera GTS. Pictured at the Nurburgring and on the public roads around the world's most grueling racetrack, said prototype is rocking different wheels fore to aft. It's also camouflaged in a few key areas, including the side air intakes, front bumper, and rear haunches.

While there's no denying the 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S are in for more power and torque, it remains to be seen if a derivative of the 3.6-liter six in the Carrera GTS will replace the 992.1 Turbo's 3.7-liter engine. However, the biggest question mark of them all is that rear end. Hearsay suggests that Porsche is working on a GT3 Touring-like package for the Turbo, while others understand that Porsche is prepping a manual, rear-wheel-drive Turbo.

Rennlist member silversurfer6 has it on good authority that 992.2 Turbo will receive the hybridized 3.6-liter engine, as well as a manual option with rear drive. However, it's not clear if the manual, rear-drive version will be hybrid. Remember the Carrera GTS? That fellow can't be had with a stick shift, presumably because of the T-Hybrid system.

Considering that all we have for the time being on the 992.2 Turbo is gossip, one can only hope that Porsche will indeed offer a manual, rear-drive option. Porsche stopped offering a stick shift in the Turbo more than a decade ago with the introduction of the 991.1 Turbo and punchier 991.1 Turbo S.

Looking at the bigger picture, Zuffenhausen's favorite son did revive the manual Turbo in the form of the 992.1-gen 911 Sport Classic. Looking beyond the fancy name, and you're left with a 992.1 Turbo with a seven-speed manual and rear-wheel drive.

While it's not known why Porsche didn't go for the 992.1 Turbo S as the basis for the Sport Classic, there is a high possibility that said tranny can't handle the torque. As a brief refresher, the 3.7-liter mill develops 553 pound-feet (750 Nm) in the Turbo or 590 pound-feet (800 Nm) in the Turbo S.

In the Sport Classic, the aforementioned sixer is remapped to 442 pound-feet or 600 Nm if you prefer the metric system. That being said, can you imagine Porsche rolling out a manual, rear-drive Turbo for the second phase of the 992 generation?