Proof a New Porsche 911 Speedster is on the Way

Late last year, a report surfaced indicating Porsche was set to introduce a new 991.2-based 911 Speedster at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. Obviously that never happened, so we figured it was just bad intel. It turns out Porsche was indeed working on a new Speedster, it just wasn’t ready to make its debut last autumn.

A prototype for the new 911 Speedster was caught testing in Germany this week, giving us our first piece of proof that a new Speedster is on the way. The test car was spotted with a somewhat hobbled together soft top roof on, so we unfortunately will have to wait a little longer to see what looks like with the top down.

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We hear the new 911 Speedster will share many components with the 911 Carrera GTS. That includes the 3.0-liter turbocharged engine, which should be making around 450 hp in the application. Pricing for the Speedster will be high -production will be limited, and it may even be the last of the 991 911 model variants to arrive.

The Porsche 911 Speedster will debut sometime later this – perhaps at the 2018 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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