Marc Philipp describes his creation as the ultimate adventure supercar. As the pictures, and the video, show, there is clear inspiration here from Paris-Dakar desert raiders, with perhaps a bit of 959 thrown in around the shapely rear. They say: it perfectly blends all the comforts of a modern-day supercar with incomparable off-road capabilities. We say: we didn’t particularly want to like it, but it does look pretty darned good.
Underneath the all-new, all-carbon-fibre body is the latest 992-generation Porsche 911 Turbo S. It is all-wheel-drive already of course and already quite powerful – but not powerful enough for Marc Philipp.
The motor has been turned up by 100PS (74kW) so now the flat-six peaks at 750PS (560kW) with 930Nm (688lb ft) of torque, all engine work courtesy of another famous name from the Porsche tuning world, Ruf. And if you want more? Ruf is offering a second-stage upgrade that takes power to 830PS (619kW).
Stick on the road tyres and performance is 0-62mph in 2.6 seconds with a top speed of 205mph. For off-road driving, the Michelin All Terrain rubber is limited to 130mph.