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<\/p>\nThe Porsche Mission X concept imagines what a future electric supercar might look like as part of the automaker’s 75th-anniversary celebration. Now, the brand offers a behind-the-scenes look at the vehicle’s development.<\/p>\n
Porsche’s designers worked on the Mission X under the codename\u00a0XS23 for about a year before the concept’s debut. After coming up with the shape, the team created a full-size clay model. The crew wanted to create something that looked like it could go into production immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Mission X’s shape mainly takes inspiration from the 919 Hybrid race car. The brand also wants the form to evoke the classic 917 competition machine.<\/p>\n
“We basically worked on the concept car until the very last second,” said Porsche Head of Design Michael Mauer.<\/p>\n
The Mission X concept wears a Rocket Metallic brown paint color. Depending on the viewer’s perspective, the shade shifts from a dark hue to an olive tint.<\/p>\n
The interior has a high-tech appearance. The driver grips a race-car-like yoke with various dials and buttons. There’s a curved instrument screen behind it. A large portrait-oriented infotainment display is angled toward the pilot. The passenger looks at a lap time monitor with a version of Porsche’s classic Chronograph 1 next to it. The cabin includes a mix of brown leather, fabric, and carbon fiber.<\/p>\n
The Mission X concept focuses on the potential supercar’s design, not its powertrain. The company imagines the system using a 900-volt electrical architecture. The motors would provide one horsepower per 2.2 pounds of weight. The total figure is reportedly around 1,700 horsepower. If a production version happens, Porsche wants the vehicle to set a lap record around the N\u00fcrburgring Nordschleife.<\/p>\n
Even more work on the design is necessary if Porsche decides to put the Mission X into production. “There will be hundreds of hours of fine-tuning in the wind tunnel,” Mauer said in the automaker’s announcement.<\/p>\n
Following the Mission X’s debut in June, Porsche displayed the concept at the IAA Munich show. The company also brought the car to the\u00a0Rennsport Reunion 7 in the United States at\u00a0Raceway Laguna Seca in California.<\/p>\n
Take a tour of the Mission X concept in this video:<\/p>\n