Porsche GT1 Returns

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Look out, Chevrolet and Aston Martin: AutoWeek's Stuttgart sources say Porsche is plotting a return to the GT1 sports car ranks with a new mid-engined race car. Those sources also claim the company plans to build a limited number of road-going versions of the two-seater, revealed here in internal drawings leaked from Porsche's Weissach R&D center. The program is headed by the Porsche motorsport department, the same team responsible for the recently introduced 997 GT3.

The new, as yet unnamed model boasts design elements from the discontinued Carrera GT. Engine plans remain under wraps, but the car will likely use an improved version of the Carrera GT's high-revving 5.8 liter V10, mated to a new double-clutch gearbox.

- Greg Kable AutoWeek Magazine