The $223,450 Off-Road Porsche 911 Dakar

Cars, News I By Justin Cornelison I November 17, 2022
Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche stormed into the Los Angeles Auto Show with their new $223,450 911 Dakar, and we’re obsessed. The 911 Dakar’s engineers raided the 911 parts bin, transplanting the 473hp twin-turbo flat-six from the Carrera GTS, installing the GT3’s carbon-fiber hood, the Carrera S brakes, and the cooling system from the Turbo S.

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche’s 911 sports car is an icon in its own right and one of the many things we like about it is its broad range of available models, from basic Carrera coupes all the way up to the fire-breathing GT3 RS. One thing the 911 lineup hasn’t had is perhaps something we never thought to ask for: an off-roader. That changes for 2023 with the introduction of this, the 911 Dakar, which is named for the Paris-Dakar rally race that began in 1978.

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche says the 911 Dakar can hit 60 mph in 3.2 seconds—an estimate we think is a little conservative given that a rear-wheel drive 911 Carrera GTS with the PDK dashed to 60 in just 2.8 seconds during our testing.

Read more from Car and Driver here.

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

Porsche 911 Dakar Rally Car

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