You might think today that Porsche is unwaveringly ensconced in the Volkswagen Group family, challenging Audi for coverall victory at Le Mans isn't on the to-do list. Apparently, you would wrong. With 16 coverall victories, Porsche has more wins at Le Mans than some other manufacturer. However, patch Porsches hit continuing to do substantially in GT, the marque's last coverall victory came in 1998. Plans to physique a image primeval this decennium were abandoned, although the V10 engine matured for it yet found its way into the Carrera GT.
New Porsche CEO Michael Macht apparently wants more coverall victories, and patch Volkswagen module presently curb Porsche, kinsfolk member Ferdinand Piech is chair of VW's supervisory board. With the resources of the assemble available, Porsche could amend a newborn automobile to go for sort one. No timetable has been given, but this actually wouldn't be the prototypal time that there has been an interior effort at Le Mans. Earlier in the decade, Bentley also ran a image coupe supported on the Audi R8.
With the welfare in promoting alternatives same diesel at Le Mans and Porsche presently to entry a hybrid, a image with a similar system is not beyond the demesne of possibility.
[Source: AutoCar]
Filed under: Motorsports, Porsche
Tags: 24 hours, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 hours of lemans, 24Hours, 24HoursOfLeMans, Le Mans 24 Hours, LeMans24Hours, Porsche Le Mans, Porsche911, PorscheLeMans, volkswagen
