Depends on the Country, i can guarantee you Enthusiasts here in the Alpine Countries (Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria and Italy) they will definitely be driven off-road and regulary. Because most Car Enthusiasts here don't buy Cars to use them as Museum Pieces (like is so common in the USA) Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
I work at a Porsche dealership in Canada a customer traded in his 22 911 turbo S for a Dakar the reason he traded up was because he couldn’t drive his car in the rough winter conditions. So I know for sure at least one of these cars are being used proper
i mean tbh cars that appeal to enthusiasts usually dont sell too well, im sure if porsche made much more of these they would still sell like crazy but at the end of the day its still a supercar that isnt gonna make as much money as porsche's cheaper options/
@@markgeorge2200 of course it is more profitable, do you think a 911 costs much more to produce than a cayman, but it's a lot more expensive, 911 tax. This is a more expensive GTS, the GTS is already a profitable car, Charging 18k for a paint job, again, nearly all profit.
I guess they wouldn't sell much more anyway. It's a very cool, but very niche car costing ~250000 Euros. There aren't many people able to buy such a car as a weekend toy or collection piece, Porsche wouldn't be able to sell 10000 cars. Being limited makes the car more interesting for potential buyers and it's probably much easier for Porsche to plan with a limited production run. 2500 cars sounds like it's enough to satify most of the people really(!) interested in buying the car while also being low enough to keep it desirable and sell all the cars.
Imo, Porsche is the only supercar maker who doesn't come off as ridiculous if they build something like this. They have the heritage and know how to pay hommage to it. Also, they're known to build the most reliable supercars so I really buy that it can be (ab)used (the vast majority of them won't, sadly) like intended. Watched almost the whole video with a grin on my face and the bouncing off the rev limiter in the snow at the end was just heavenly! Hats off to Porsche for giving us these masterpieces!
Every time I see this car, I can't help but think how great it would be for my commute, about 15 minutes on dirt roads and 15 minutes on pavement. Often muddy or snowy. But then again, If I could afford this car, I probably wouldn't need to commute.
Lada Niva or Fiat Panda 4x4 are what you need Dirt cheap (well the panda is rising but still), built like tanks, and can go pretty much anywhere (except the sea perhaps)
I hope Porsche takes these limited run 911 Dakar and see there is a market for a mass production of this model. Update: a lot of people are upset that Porsche is only making 2500 of these. But again it’s actually a smart move. The 911 Safari builds have been controversial amongst 911 enthusiasts. So this is a great way of Porsche testing the waters with them and the car communities as a whole. And as a whole from what I have seen has been extremely positive. So I think Porsche will make this off road style 911 a official package run. Also this is my ideal super car. Simply because where I live in Canada, I can go nuts on side roads and farmers roads. And play all year round.
It's just a little frustrating how little faith they have in this. It's a 2 door mini suv. Boom. Sold. Anything with suv sell. But seriously, we just don't like practical cars. We like dumb stuff. Suvs aren't practical.... A Ford bronco isn't practical. This gives the 911 a just almost comical suv like look, that just will sell. I hope they don't give up.
This was an amazing video! Brilliantly presented, filmed and edited! Almost like a mini-episode of the TV show itself. Great balance of information, entertainment and a bit of humour thrown in. I'm so glad we have this on RUclips for free.
This would be a great all year DD for here in Tahoe, you want something sporty and fun to drive that won't get obliterated by snow, potholes and other mountain town challenges. The obvious problem is that it's about $140k too expensive to be a reasonable DD. :D
This is a REAL WORLD fast car. For me, it is the perfect 911, with the Morgan C-XT and the Huracan Sterrato, really style supercars are truly the fastest cars money can buy.
Pirelli scorpion all terrain plus tires fulfil the legal requirement of winter tires because they are snow rated and actually they do good in winter in my experience
Would love to see some owner took them stock to real dakar rally or baja 1000 and actually finished the race. That would raise the car value even higher
Great video, fantastic car! The presentation was fun and enthusiastic, well done! Would love to have a 911 Dakar, but with more daily useable seats and minus the roll cage. Oh and with enough money in the bank to not care about using the thing. 😂
I hope the 2500 production run is just a market test; they should make the Dakar a permanent member of the 911 lineup, maybe priced in between the GTS and Turbo. They would sell well.
Finally a usable supercar... Just a pity that by limiting the numbers, many of these wont be used at all. Hopefully Porsche will see sense and make this a standard line up model.
This would be far more impressive and compelling if it was actually a homologation special and they were planning on rallying the 911. As it is, it's cool but ultimately I'm guessing no one will actually thrash it off road, or even commute in it. The 959 was a homologation car, and that was part of what made it so special.
You could easily drive up that road in any RWD car too, I'm sure. I've driven like that in two Nissan Laurels from the 80s (C32) with no issues (it's quite well balanced weight wise though), no special LSD or anything. That's the nice part about snow drifting. It's so chill and relaxing, if you want it to be.
Awesome car, silly money. Having fully prepped (DIY) cars for off roading, I know the costs of doing what they’ve done, given 90% of the car remains stock. Roll cage, £3-4K, roof rack £1k, 1.5” lift with adjustable ride height, £8k? Some body trim, some body protection, some under body guards, and some knobbly tyres, £10k? Bucket seats, £5k. And I’m adding uplift for Porsche pricing and that some bits are bespoke. But the rest untouched. So, £30k? That’s £100k with a new car as a base. Paint job, £8-10k? And just some Porsche Value Added Pricing for good measure. So let’s say all in, £125k. Vs £250k. That’s a monster uplift. Meanwhile, there’s a specialist in Germany who’s been banging out fully Rally Raid prepped vehicles for 30+ years, for a lot less money, arguably more honestly off-road prepped than these are, and they’d be unique to you. Like the new Defender, this will be bought (in the main) by the sorts of people who will never use it in anger and instead will merely cut around London pretending they’re Bear Grylls….shame. Should be ragged hard in the deserts of Morocco or the smugglers trails in the Pyrenees.
People who would use this car properly can't afford it, and people who can't afford it won't be using it. I'm sure 95% of these will be hidden in some millionaires garages and will never see a loose surface.
Fantastic car and video, it is just a pity Porsche incorporate these limited edition runs for only the very wealthy which allows them to make even more money for themselves and stops the real enthusiast from getting a look in
Would be cool until the christmas tree of engine faults lights appear on the dash after the first hour of driving like this. Better bring a tow truck with you to the desert too.
If i was able to buy this car and do a world tour with it, i would. 100%. What an experience that would be. Amazing car and as always, amazing content.
@@lucasRem-ku6eb just tick the 90L fuel tank option and put a 200L fuel canister on the roof rack. Problem solved. If I had the car and the time, that’s a problem I wouldn’t mind having tho
That press car probably drove more in this video than all the other units combined ever will
100%
99% of them will be hidden in garages unless its Whistlin Diesel 😅
@7enty7en whistlin diesel would make a redneck off road corvette instead of buying off the shelf
Depends on the Country, i can guarantee you Enthusiasts here in the Alpine Countries (Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria and Italy) they will definitely be driven off-road and regulary. Because most Car Enthusiasts here don't buy Cars to use them as Museum Pieces (like is so common in the USA)
Prost & Cheers from the Bavarian Alps
I would use it as a Daily driver..! 🎉🍾
Unfortunately these things are most likely gonna be garage queens hopefully we see them actually being off roading
If I could safely afford one I'd drive the shit out of it. Would be my daily lol
I work at a Porsche dealership in Canada a customer traded in his 22 911 turbo S for a Dakar the reason he traded up was because he couldn’t drive his car in the rough winter conditions. So I know for sure at least one of these cars are being used proper
Limiting the run to 2500 is a cynical move by Porsche
i mean tbh cars that appeal to enthusiasts usually dont sell too well, im sure if porsche made much more of these they would still sell like crazy but at the end of the day its still a supercar that isnt gonna make as much money as porsche's cheaper options/
@@markgeorge2200 of course it is more profitable, do you think a 911 costs much more to produce than a cayman, but it's a lot more expensive, 911 tax. This is a more expensive GTS, the GTS is already a profitable car, Charging 18k for a paint job, again, nearly all profit.
I think that’s quite a lot for a 911 special
@@charleshu5752 was thinking the same
I guess they wouldn't sell much more anyway. It's a very cool, but very niche car costing ~250000 Euros. There aren't many people able to buy such a car as a weekend toy or collection piece, Porsche wouldn't be able to sell 10000 cars. Being limited makes the car more interesting for potential buyers and it's probably much easier for Porsche to plan with a limited production run. 2500 cars sounds like it's enough to satify most of the people really(!) interested in buying the car while also being low enough to keep it desirable and sell all the cars.
Imo, Porsche is the only supercar maker who doesn't come off as ridiculous if they build something like this. They have the heritage and know how to pay hommage to it. Also, they're known to build the most reliable supercars so I really buy that it can be (ab)used (the vast majority of them won't, sadly) like intended.
Watched almost the whole video with a grin on my face and the bouncing off the rev limiter in the snow at the end was just heavenly! Hats off to Porsche for giving us these masterpieces!
Every time I see this car, I can't help but think how great it would be for my commute, about 15 minutes on dirt roads and 15 minutes on pavement. Often muddy or snowy. But then again, If I could afford this car, I probably wouldn't need to commute.
But then, you'd be doing what he's doing in the video....
Lada Niva or Fiat Panda 4x4 are what you need
Dirt cheap (well the panda is rising but still), built like tanks, and can go pretty much anywhere (except the sea perhaps)
So if you owned a $150k car, you wouldn’t go to work? Lazy bum
An Evo or STI would do well and probably much more reliable than this. A kit car based on a lancia stratos might be cool too.
You’d want to commute :D
Off roading, camping, with a 911... That is a special experience.
I hope Porsche takes these limited run 911 Dakar and see there is a market for a mass production of this model.
Update: a lot of people are upset that Porsche is only making 2500 of these. But again it’s actually a smart move. The 911 Safari builds have been controversial amongst 911 enthusiasts. So this is a great way of Porsche testing the waters with them and the car communities as a whole. And as a whole from what I have seen has been extremely positive. So I think Porsche will make this off road style 911 a official package run.
Also this is my ideal super car. Simply because where I live in Canada, I can go nuts on side roads and farmers roads. And play all year round.
It would be pretty good with the potholes too..
It's just a little frustrating how little faith they have in this. It's a 2 door mini suv. Boom. Sold. Anything with suv sell. But seriously, we just don't like practical cars. We like dumb stuff. Suvs aren't practical.... A Ford bronco isn't practical. This gives the 911 a just almost comical suv like look, that just will sell. I hope they don't give up.
@@Tential1 idk where you live but the Ford Broncos and the Jeep Wranglers are getting blown off the showrooms where i live
@@Tential1 Really what Porsche needs is a Hatchback 911 dakar,bcs i said so.
"The 911 Safari builds have been controversial amongst 911 enthusiasts."
Isn't that kinda funny since the first race a 911 was ever in was a rally?
I love that old livery! Reminds me of my grandad, he always had a pack of Rothmans in his top pocket. He's dead now.
This was an amazing video! Brilliantly presented, filmed and edited! Almost like a mini-episode of the TV show itself. Great balance of information, entertainment and a bit of humour thrown in. I'm so glad we have this on RUclips for free.
This kinda brings the old 959 rally car into my head.
Says a lot when a Dakar Porsche is the perfect daily driver.
About the same power as a 959, too. Awesome
This would be a great all year DD for here in Tahoe, you want something sporty and fun to drive that won't get obliterated by snow, potholes and other mountain town challenges. The obvious problem is that it's about $140k too expensive to be a reasonable DD. :D
Good stuff.
I'd love to see the Cayman GT4 getting the same treatment.
I wish they'd make more of these! the only way I'd ever be able to get one some day
This is a REAL WORLD fast car. For me, it is the perfect 911, with the Morgan C-XT and the Huracan Sterrato, really style supercars are truly the fastest cars money can buy.
What? That doesn’t make sense
There are a bunch of great Dakar launch videos out right now… THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WITH EPIC SNOWY ROAD SLIPPY FUN!
To the Porsche Engineers who convinced the CEOs to make this car... I salute to you... im so happy this car exists 😌
I'm 101% sure Nobody will take this offroad and the most offroad thing that this will do is climbing a 2 inch speedbump.
what porshe did is an absolute awesomness
yes yes and yes please
I've never in my life wanted a 911 so badly...
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Pirelli scorpion all terrain plus tires fulfil the legal requirement of winter tires because they are snow rated and actually they do good in winter in my experience
They really out did themselves with this.
Would love to see some owner took them stock to real dakar rally or baja 1000 and actually finished the race. That would raise the car value even higher
People were racing the old cars in the Dakar classic this year and Porsche didn't bother entering a new one of these, which is pretty sad
Alright. We’re gonna need a comparison to the huracan sterrato once it comes out
Great video, fantastic car! The presentation was fun and enthusiastic, well done! Would love to have a 911 Dakar, but with more daily useable seats and minus the roll cage. Oh and with enough money in the bank to not care about using the thing. 😂
I hope the 2500 production run is just a market test; they should make the Dakar a permanent member of the 911 lineup, maybe priced in between the GTS and Turbo. They would sell well.
Gotta love a Tough Porsche!
Looks perfect to me___ finally one l'd take anywhere!
porsche and mercedes are my favourite car brands
Finally a usable supercar... Just a pity that by limiting the numbers, many of these wont be used at all. Hopefully Porsche will see sense and make this a standard line up model.
Perfect sports car for INDIA 🇮🇳💥
I'd love one of these with the roof rack in a nice khaki or sand colour, so nice
This would be far more impressive and compelling if it was actually a homologation special and they were planning on rallying the 911. As it is, it's cool but ultimately I'm guessing no one will actually thrash it off road, or even commute in it. The 959 was a homologation car, and that was part of what made it so special.
Great car and great content!
Sweet video, Wicked car
Offroading with this sexy thing is awesome. Its like a beautiful rock star
this car has me genuinely excited
You could easily drive up that road in any RWD car too, I'm sure. I've driven like that in two Nissan Laurels from the 80s (C32) with no issues (it's quite well balanced weight wise though), no special LSD or anything. That's the nice part about snow drifting. It's so chill and relaxing, if you want it to be.
always suspected Jack wanted to be Hamster...
0:51 confirms it.
JP performance, have make a great video for this car.
I like it much.
The 911 R was perfect.
The 911 Dakar is perfect.
what an awesome car!
You’ve sold me one mate. If only I can find one… and come up with the cash.
Nice...but still I prefer Gemballa Marsien or even Singer ACS 😎
Singer ACS all day long 😎👌🏾
Legendary
I really wanted to see Lamborghini Huraccan Sterrato review
I hope other car manufacturers make this type of car
I am a driving goooood~ Richard Hammond
Thank you
" I am a driving god!" Spoken by Richard Hammond first....
sweet
Singer ACS 👀🤯
My question is, why we don't have dakkar version of cayenne? Doesn't it make a lot of sense rather than turbo GT?
Because they wouldn't be able to compete with range rovers. Except for the Lambo there's no competition for this 911 dakar
Bonkers is an understatement.
WOOOOOOOOOW AWESOME AMAZING FANTASTIC MARVELOUS SUPERB MAGICAL TOP ! ! ! ! !
good video
The Martini livery made me feel some things 🤤🥵
You have got to be one rich person to afford a brand new desert 911
Did you actually edit in GT3 exhaust sounds for the flybys on the Autobahn? 😑 12:33
Awesome car, silly money. Having fully prepped (DIY) cars for off roading, I know the costs of doing what they’ve done, given 90% of the car remains stock. Roll cage, £3-4K, roof rack £1k, 1.5” lift with adjustable ride height, £8k? Some body trim, some body protection, some under body guards, and some knobbly tyres, £10k? Bucket seats, £5k. And I’m adding uplift for Porsche pricing and that some bits are bespoke. But the rest untouched. So, £30k? That’s £100k with a new car as a base. Paint job, £8-10k? And just some Porsche Value Added Pricing for good measure. So let’s say all in, £125k. Vs £250k. That’s a monster uplift. Meanwhile, there’s a specialist in Germany who’s been banging out fully Rally Raid prepped vehicles for 30+ years, for a lot less money, arguably more honestly off-road prepped than these are, and they’d be unique to you. Like the new Defender, this will be bought (in the main) by the sorts of people who will never use it in anger and instead will merely cut around London pretending they’re Bear Grylls….shame. Should be ragged hard in the deserts of Morocco or the smugglers trails in the Pyrenees.
I want 911 dakar vs huracan sterrado off road test
Someone please put the proper Rothmans livery on this car!! Now!!
Those front brake discs didn't last long in the sand! 🤣
People who would use this car properly can't afford it, and people who can't afford it won't be using it. I'm sure 95% of these will be hidden in some millionaires garages and will never see a loose surface.
More capable in offroading than the six figure footballer-mobiles
Why do you speed up the driving shots in the sand drifting ?
Can it do the actual Dakar race?
DREAM
3:44
Love this car!!!!
You are alone. Believe me.
@@drivermike9494 alone or not alone?
Need a macan Dakar
This Porsche really turned out to be a outdoors boy
So sad it will live in garsges, if i had one it would be my daily driver, i would not get it with the bucket seats
What we can do is call Porsche, tweet at em, whatever people do, and tell them to make a mainstream version.
You forgot to mention Marc Phillip Gemballa's off road Porsche.
The Super rich will be ordering 2 of these....... 1 to use and 1 to put in there show room garage
Long Live the Petrol Engines.
Fantastic car and video, it is just a pity Porsche incorporate these limited edition runs for only the very wealthy which allows them to make even more money for themselves and stops the real enthusiast from getting a look in
Are Porsche going to enter rallying 🤔🤔🤔
How come the touring has made the face look nice?
Perfect car for Romanian roads.
Hebat👍
I want to see it in some Florida swamps
Wrong name....should call it 911 Dubai
Would be cool until the christmas tree of engine faults lights appear on the dash after the first hour of driving like this. Better bring a tow truck with you to the desert too.
You know the USA magazines are going to do a comparo test between this the Ram TRX and the Raptor R
That would be an awesome race. I would love to see the porsche take on the trx and raptor R across a multitude of surfaces.
Review the new Audi ActiveSphere 😇
This man doesn't lool lile hammond
@0:45 running out of lines Driving God" is Richard Hammond's line with the Bowler. 🤔
Richard Hammond is the only one that can say he's a "Driving God" you dork
Looks like a winter beater for rich folks.
It should be mandatory as an owner to drive at least 5000 km annually with this car. Otherwise it must be sold. Enough of collector cars.
Dudes are evrn collecting lambo tractors lol
@@boyfoxter5614 Lamborghini is boring
Please make it 15000
What a freaking masterpiece - Thank You Porsche.
Now build more please.
If i was able to buy this car and do a world tour with it, i would. 100%. What an experience that would be. Amazing car and as always, amazing content.
dreams, where you can find fuel .......????
@@lucasRem-ku6eb just tick the 90L fuel tank option and put a 200L fuel canister on the roof rack. Problem solved. If I had the car and the time, that’s a problem I wouldn’t mind having tho
@@bajoras16 plus, fuel exists almost everywhere haha
Nah it would be to expensive to replace a freaking body part if you break it. It s cool, but not to practical
@@rarespopovici4402 you need more ingame money ?
Most of the 2500 will be locked away and never used.
A terrible truth. 😭
06:55''... Deals with....better...the school run...''? It's got no rear seats?
Dressed with Rothmans colors.
Classic beauty!
0:51
"I am a driving god"
I feel like I've heard a shorter bloke say that a while back...
And yet the taller guy didn't deliver the line properly.
Jack is a mighty fine presenter. Slight mouth fumble with "1996... 996 GT3 on track" and shots of the 2004 GT3. It happens to us all Top Gear
meh