Porsche 911 hybrid sports activities automotive revealed for $164,900

Porsche on Tuesday revealed the first-ever manufacturing hybrid model of its iconic 911 sports activities automotive, with a beginning value of $164,900.

The 2025 911 Carrera GTS hybrid marks a major change to the enduring German sports activities automotive amid the automotive trade’s deal with rising electrified automobiles and tightening gasoline economic system requirements.

Executives with the Volkswagen-controlled firm have mentioned the 911 could be the final automotive in its portfolio to supply an all-electric variant, if it ever does, in an effort to take care of the automobile’s famed driving dynamics, which they are saying the hybrid achieves.

“We developed and examined numerous concepts and approaches to resolve on a hybrid system that optimally fits the 911,” Frank Moser, Porsche vice chairman of the 911 and 718 mannequin traces, mentioned in a launch. “The result’s a novel powertrain that’s well-integrated into the general idea and enhances the efficiency considerably.”

The brand new 911 Carrera GTS can speed up from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds – 0.3 seconds faster than the prior non-hybrid GTS model – and attain a high observe pace of 194 mph. It’s powered by a newly developed 3.6-liter boxer hybrid engine that produces 532 horsepower and 449 foot-pounds of torque.

The 911 Carrera GTS hybrid shall be obtainable as a coupe beginning at $164,900. A convertible, or cabriolet, model will begin at $178,200. Each can be found in rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations.

Ordering for the hybrid fashions is now open, with deliveries anticipated to U.S. sellers towards the top of this yr.

Porsche is the newest automaker to extend or add hybrid automobiles to its lineup amid a slower-than-expected adoption of all-electric automobiles. Its present electrified lineup consists of six plug-in hybrid Cayenne fashions, three Panamera plug-in hybrid fashions and 10 all-electric Taycan fashions. It additionally has used hybrid engines in racing, together with with the 911.

Porsche, based mostly on buyer demand, mentioned it continues to focus on that at the least 80% of its automobiles bought globally be partially or totally electrical by 2030.

The hybrid mannequin was revealed Tuesday alongside an up to date lineup of Porsche 911 sports activities vehicles for the 2025 model-year, which can start arriving in U.S. Porsche showrooms within the fall. The non-hybrid automobiles, relying on the mannequin, vary from about $120,000 to greater than $241,000 for a 911 GT3 R.

Updates to the 2025 911 embrace its exterior and inside designs, together with a totally digital driver instrument cluster for the primary time; enhanced engine efficiency; and enhanced customary tools comparable to rear axle steering for elevated stability.

Porsche’s first-quarter global sales had been 77,640 automobiles, down roughly 4% from a yr earlier. Gross sales of 911 automobiles had been 2,510 items within the U.S., up 30% from the primary quarter of 2023.