Porsche Mission S concept

Official: Porsche Mission S previews new flagship supercar

First concept under new design chief previews a potent sports car to sit above the 911

The new Mission S concept showcases Porsche’s future design direction – and previews a future mid-engined sports car that will be positioned above the 911.

Unveiled in New York, the new car’s look previews the firm’s revamped styling under new design chief Tobias Sühlmann, but company boss Michael Leiters has confirmed Porsche is already working on a new platform to underpin the eventual production version.

Porsche has long planned for a model to sit above the 911 and in 2023 showed the electric Mission X concept, which could fulfil that role. However, that project has since been scrapped due to limited demand for high-end electric sports cars, with the firm now putting its focus on combustion offerings in the segment instead.

The new platform has been designed to accept pure-petrol and hybrid powertrains but won’t accommodate an electric version, hinting at Porsche’s renewed commitment to combustion.

The last mid-engined Porsche to be positioned above the 911 was the 918 Spyder supercar, which was launched in 2013. The production version of the Mission S won’t be that extreme, with its performance designed to sit in the mid-point between the 911 and 918.

Significantly, the road-going version will be a regular series-production model, likely to be produced alongside the 911 in Zuffenhausen, rather than a limited-run model. But it is expected to spawn limited-edition variants as part of Porsche’s push, outlined in the new Sportwagenschmiede 35 strategy, into more premium positioning with higher-revenue models.


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Mission… accepted: meet the stunning new mid-engined Porsche Mission S

And it’s a full production supercar, not a limited-edition hypertoy. Oooft

Porsche is on the ropes. Its profits – once the envy of many a carmaker – fell off a cliff last year, plunging a whopping 93 per cent to €90m. Its bet on an EV future resulted in… two new petrol crossovers.

It’s now on a mission to turn the ship around. And this is part of the solution. Welcome to the stunning new Mission S supercar.

It’s not a limited-edition hypertoy conceived for the fortunate few (though no doubt it’d sell out in seconds), but a full-production car that’ll sit at the top of Porsche tree. Which means it’ll look down on Porsche’s halo car.

“The Mission S represents a mid-engined super sports car platform positioned above the 911 – not as a one-off hypercar, but as a permanent and versatile addition to our customer offering,” said boss Michael Leiters.

It was designed to be “recognisable as a Porsche at first glance”, and we’d say… mission accomplished. It’s very 911-alike at the front with that familiar headlight arrangement, a slatted bonnet, a clean front bumper, and what Porsche deems ‘torpedo’ wings.

Then comes that swooped roofline, enormous barge boards on the flanks and a swoopy roofline flowing into that nicely integrated rear wing that carries more than a whisper of both the wonderful Carrera GT and classic 959.

Indeed, Porsche points to a number of its old cars that prowl the Mission S’s silhouette: the 911 as we’ve mentioned, the ‘G’ model car in the shut lines, the delightful GT1 in the supercar’s flat front, and heck, even the 928 in the wheels.

One of the car’s coolest bits (apart from the roof scoop) emphasises its mid-engined layout: see that radiator fan in the middle of the car? That’s a nod to Porsche’s all-conquering 917 endurance racer.

 
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