No new GT racing game without new models. And Porsche is also helping, because this Vision Gran Turismo Concept was exclusively developed for the virtual Playstation garage “Gran Turismo 7”. The global release is planned for March 4, 2022, but you can already admire the Porsche Vision GT Concept. Although this is a digital design study, the German sports car manufacturer has also built this concept car in real life. The Porsche Vision GT Concept is therefore reminiscent of the Unseen creations that we were able to discover at the end of 2020.
The lines of the Porsche Vision GT Concept are evident in the aerodynamically refined body – with an adaptive rear spoiler that also serves as an airbrake – of the Mission R, the electric sports car that was presented earlier this year at the IAA in Munich. But the design nods to other Porsche models are also obvious. Striking: no round headlights, but square binoculars in the front bumper.
Holographic projections
The Porsche Vision GT Concept does not have doors. The transparent dome overhanging the cockpit opens in one piece. The Spartan interior has something of a racing car, with most controls being bundled on the high-tech sports steering wheel. You look at a transparent counter that projects the most important information on the windscreen, in GT7 there are even holographic projections.
Little attention is paid to the electric powertrain of the Porsche Vision GT Concept. Perhaps because the German manufacturer wants to keep the Gran Turismo players a bit hungry in the run-up to the release of GT7 in the spring of 2022. Well, these are virtual specifications for a sports car that will only race digitally.
Electric 911?
It is not the first time that manufacturers are developing a Vision GT creation for the virtual Gran Turismo garage. But Porsche has not wanted to design a dream car inspired by nostalgia, because the Vision GT Concept would form one of the many intermediate steps towards the future. In principle, this car should also be able to drive in real life, assuming that the digital building blocks are forged into a concrete model.
Are we already seeing a run-up to a sporty Porsche street sports car, perhaps to an electric 911?
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