The £173,000 911 Dakar is a broadly pointless example of Porsche making just about any 911 drive incredibly well...
To offset this weight gain, the bonnet is made from carbon composite and appears to weigh less than air while the rear seats have been ditched to keep the weight down. You can also specify £2091 of roll cage package, and if you want the 1984 commemorative Paris-Dakar ‘Roughroad’ decals that’s another 18-odd grand. Thus far, over 70 per cent of Dakar’s have been specified thus.
On a tarmac road the Dakar feels decently refined, and properly quick. The 3.0-litre twin-turbo flat six and eight-speed PDK gearbox deliver the same level of performance as a GTS – with 473bhp and 420lb ft sending it to 62mph in a claimed 3.4sec and to 100mph in 7.8sec.
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