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Company bosses admit desire to return with car that can win outright

Porsche could return to Le Mans with a car capable of challenging for outright victory, according to company bosses.

Although he did not specify when a car would make its competitive debut, Porsche boss Michael Macht told Autosport the company had "big plans for the future" and promised an announcement "that will surprise you" in the spring.

He added: "Everyone in the Porsche family would be happy to go to Le Mans to challenge for victory again. When we do go we have to be prepared; we will only go if we have a chance to win."

Wolfgang Durheimer, Porsche board member in charge of motorsport, confirmed that there is no reason why Porsche and Audi couldn't race against each other at Le Mans, despite them both being part of the VW Group now.

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TegTypeR 23 December 2009

Re: Porsche drops Le Mans hint

"Although he did not specify when a car would make its competitive debut, Porsche boss Michael Macht told Autosport the company had "big plans for the future" and promised an announcement "that will surprise you" in the spring."

The surprise is that it will be based on a Cayenne!!

Seriously though, hopefully it will be based on the Cayman rather than the 911.

orandzh 22 December 2009

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beachland2 wrote:

You did know diesel makes less powerful engines than petrol?

Anyway diesel is banned now so it doesn't matter. (As it couldn't compete on fair terms)

What do you mean by saying banned? As far as I know they just made fuel tanks smaller for diesel powered vehicles. And while petrol might produce more power than equivalently sized diesel don't forget about torque and frugality diesel engines boast of.

The Colonel 22 December 2009

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Blimey! It's taken you all this time to get to page 18?