2019 Porsche 911: images of new '992' model leak

Low-res images of the 2019 Porsche 911 '992' have been leaked

Low-res images of the 2019 Porsche 911 '992' have been leaked

Low-res images of the 2019 Porsche 911 '992' have been leaked

The 2019 Porsche 911, codenamed 992, has been spotted almost completely undisguised

...ahead of its anticipated debut at the LA motor show in November

Revealing shots captured in Germany show the car with uncamouflaged production bodywork...

...with similar rear-end styling to the Mission E concept, and thus the Taycan, due next year

As expected, the 992-generation 911 will be an evolution over the current model in terms of styling…

…although under-the-skin updates will be more thorough as the car enters its eighth generation

911 model director August Achleitner didn’t say exactly which autonomous features the car would have, but hinted that it would be more advanced than before…

…adding that the driver will always be the focus of the model

This is a leaked image of the next Porsche 911

“A 911 will always have a steering wheel,” said Achleitner, adding that “the 911 will be one of the last cars to drive autonomously.”

The car has been spotted testing on numerous occasions

It features a raised rear design…

…that appears to take influence from the Speedsters of yesteryear

Porsche will reveal the next 911 later this year

It will arrive on roads in 2019

The next 911 is the first due with a hybrid option

But the top Turbo models will retain a pure combustion engine set-up…

…in a bid to keep weight down

The next 911 will be slightly larger than the current model

The top model will have around 630bhp

New 911 cocks a leg on one of the 'Ring's infamous twists and turns…

…which have become synonymous with testing a vehicle's mettle – performance car or otherwise

The same iconic profile remains…

…while a light bar at the rear keeps up with a growing trend in car design. Think Bugatti Chiron

A retractable spoiler also appears to sit flush with the bodywork when not raised

It will launch in 2019

Don't expect to see it officially and undisguised until at least the second half of this year

The slim rear lights and indicators are far smaller than any that have so far been fitted to 911s

The test mule, when first spotted, donned some bizarre wheel arch extensions…

…suggesting the model was chassis-testing

Also tipped to be under test was the new hybrid powertrain, which may have called for a wider body, hence the bolstered arches

Rest assured that the contrasting arches will not be carried through to the production model

The retractable spoiler was also in a much earlier stage of development at this time

The test mule used the bodywork from the previous 911

It was hard to distinguish the first test mule from the previous car on first glance

The de-badging and lack of centre caps on the wheels suggested a clandestine approach by Porsche, though…

…as did the strange apparatus on the filler cap

An all-digital dashboard, based on the same technology as Audi's Virtual Cockpit, will make it into the next 911

As well as the option of a hybrid model, Porsche is also considering an all-electric version of the 911 in the same vein as the Audi R8 e-tron