The Porsche 911 hybrid that will be unveiled this month is already “faster than its predecessor.”

We don’t have to tell you that Porsche isn’t averse to a little electricity. For example, the Panamera and Cayenne have had plug-in hybrid versions for generations, they had a real pioneer in the electric sports car segment with the Taycan, and the Macan is now fully electric and the successor to the 718 should also be nothing at all. stopper. However, one model has remained unchanged all this time, because let’s face it: you can’t just electrify an iconic car like the Porsche 911, right? Well, that’s exactly what will happen now.

“8.7 seconds faster than before”

Porsche has shared some of the first teasers of its facelifted 911, but this isn’t just any facelifted 911. The Germans are kind enough to report that we’re looking at the first-ever 911 with a hybrid drivetrain, although we could go as far as not knowing how that drivetrain works. The only thing we know is what Porsche previously revealed: that it will not be a plug-in hybrid and that the six-cylinder boxer engine will remain… And oh yeah, they now add that the 911 hybrid completed a lap of the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 16 seconds and 934 seconds. From A with an aero package with a fixed wing on the stern.

This information in itself is not of much value, except for Porsche stating that this is approximately 8.7 seconds faster than “the same version of the previous model.” This means that the 911 that this hybrid will replace is good for a lap time of around 7 minutes and 25 seconds in its current form. Therefore, it is not yet entirely clear whether the base Carrera will receive this electrification because it was not that fast there, although we do not have to rely, for example, on the new GT2 RS because in its latest form it is almost a full minute faster than That which raced through the ‘ring’. So the hybrid version of the 911 that Porsche conducted this test with has to be somewhere in between, so we’re betting on a Carrera S or GTS. We’ll know for sure which version(s) will get the hybrid powertrain on May 28, because that’s when the curtain will come down!