A Porsche That Spins to 8,000 Is Days From Its Debut

Porsche has a new concept on the way, and it will be shown within the week. The car carries the Mission S name and is being talked about as a possible successor at the top of the marque's lineup. The detail that matters to anyone who has stood beside a running flat-six is the redline: the engine in this study climbs to 8,000 rpm. That is a number from the era of air-cooled race motors, not from a modern electrified grand tourer, and it says a good deal about where Stuttgart wants this car's character to sit. For the collectors and 911 owners who fill the lots at the Naples and Palm Beach concours each winter, the real question is simple: whether a production car follows, and how soon one might turn up on an American driveway.

With reporting from Road & Track.