What car to take to the highest volcano in the world? If you're Porsche, a 911 Carrera 4S, obviously...
“This was a truly memorable and special moment in a place that’s both beautiful and brutal at the same time – I guess the only machines anywhere in the world higher than us today were aircraft!” Those are the words of Romain Dumas.
Admittedly, not one plucked straight off the production line and sent packing. In fact, they sent two cars – one in Porsche’s Motorsport livery from the 963 LMDh racer, and the other in a colour scheme designed by the styling team at Weissach.
Of course, the 4S already has the useful feature of four-wheel drive, but to that the team added mechanical diff locks. And rather fittingly for terrain that resembles something from a Star Trek scene, they included a ‘Porsche Warp-Connecter’. This is from motorsport applications, and delivers maximum traction by forming a ‘mechanical link between all four wheels to allow constant wheel load even when the chassis is enduring extreme articulation’.
Naturally, there were other things such as roll cages, harnesses and carbon fibre seats, with all the work done by Porsche’s research and development engineers in Weissach, alongside Romain Dumas Motorsport. Dumas has a long history with Porsche and with extreme challenges. Along with endurance racing he's tried his hand at WRC and finished eight at Dakar in 2017. He was driving one of the 911s.
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