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As you know, Porsche is in charge of developing the platforms for all future VW Group sports cars, but this can interfere with the company’s platform-sharing policy and the Germans don’t want that. Thus, the Stuttgart carmaker is expected to borrow the underpinnings of the next-gen Audi R8 for its upcoming Ferrari 458 rival.
According to autocar, the platform, which makes extensive use of carbon fiber, but doesn’t entirely rely on this material, and will also be used for the following generation of the Lamborghini Gallardo, is already in an advanced development stage.
However, it seems that Porsche isn’t ready to surrender to the cost reducing policy and might delay the launch of its supercar, which was announced by company boss Matthias Muller as a product that will be slotted between the 911 and the 918 Spyder.
It is believed that the company could also pause the project and wait for the third generation R8 and Gallardo to be released in 2020, so that it can develop the common chassis, with the other two cars borrowing it and not the other way around.
However, it seems that Porsche isn’t ready to surrender to the cost reducing policy and might delay the launch of its supercar, which was announced by company boss Matthias Muller as a product that will be slotted between the 911 and the 918 Spyder.
It is believed that the company could also pause the project and wait for the third generation R8 and Gallardo to be released in 2020, so that it can develop the common chassis, with the other two cars borrowing it and not the other way around.
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