The new "Mr. 911" talks about the future Porsche 911

Mr.911 retires, future Porsche 911 with new Mr. 911

August Achleitner has been developing the Porsche 911 for about 18 years since the 1980s.

He was known as "Mr. 911" until now.

In 2018, he announced that he would retire from the development of the new Porsche 911 (992) at the end, and as the announcement, Mr. Augusto retired after finishing the development of the Porsche 992.

New Mr. 911 Frank-Stephan Valiser

After that, from 2019, Frank-Steffen Walliser is said to be a more important position for Porsche and its fans than CEO etc., the new `` Mr. 911'' It was.

The photo on the left is Mr. August Ahalitener, and the right is Mr. Frank-Stephan Valiser of the new Mr. 911 ↓

The existence of Mr. 911, who is the top person who will develop Porsche 911 in the future.

This is already a big concern for Porsche and for Porsche 911 fans all over the world.

After all, a lot of things will be left to his hands, including the direction of whether the 911 will be hybridized or become an electric car in the future.

So, about Mr. Frank (← suddenly friendly (laughs)) who is a new Mr. 911 that seems to decide the future of Porsche 911 in the future, what kind of person he is and that he I would like to take a look at what is thought about 911.

The new Mr. 911 is a complete "Porsche"

He took over the work on 911 from Mr. August in April 2019.

About Porsche 911

"This 911, which is the Porsche brand itself, has a history of more than 55 years, and attention has been paid to the details from many people, anyway, the most important car for Porsche."

From his thoughts, I think it was not such an easy decision for him to become the new "Mr. 911" this time.

Mr. Frank is a person who has consistently accumulated his career over the past 24 years at Porsche. It is a person who can be said to be a genuine Porsche person.

The new Mr. 911 is a person who was previously called Mr. 918

Frank gained a career in the motorsports division and later became known as "Mr. 918".

It seems that he was the one who succeeded the Porsche 918, which was a project that was still in a conceptual state and was slow to progress, as a hyper car that could actually put out a lap record at the Nürburgring.

As the reporter interviewing Frank said, "In five minutes I talked to him, I knew how much he liked cars." Frank has been with him since he was a child. It seems that he really loves cars.

Of course, since I work for a car company, do you all like cars in the first place? You might think that, after all, even in the base of "I like cars", from "I don't hate it" to "I like cars", and even from the perspective of the people around me, " No matter what he says, he knows he loves cars so much that he's dying. "

From that point of view, Frank said that working at Porsche is more "I really like cars and Porsche" than "because of work", and he loved cars from an early age. The first word I said was not "mama" or "daddy", but the episode that it was "Car" (laughs).

Eh, is that really? I feel like that, but it seems that Frank himself has been told that by his parents.

If so, I think he might just be "born to get involved in the car" ^^

Looking back on him and the time he joined Porsche, he first studied mechanical engineering in Stuttgart and then an intern at Porsche.

Four years after he started his internship in 1995, a turning point in his life.

Wouldn't it be a Porsche executive to become that person's personal assistant? It seems that it was a head hunt.

In response to that story, I was able to work near Porsche's officers, so that I can see various things as a Porsche company, and I hope that great people will know about me. That has accelerated his career.

Volunteer to become a project manager for the Porsche 918 Spyder

After that, in 2010, the Porsche 918 project will be entrusted, but this is not actually "entrusted", but to be correct, "please leave it to me", he raised his hand himself. That's right.

"If you're looking for a project manager with experience in motorsports, high-performance cars, and electronics for the 918 Spyder program, I'm here," he said.

As a result of being hired as a project manager, he led the 918 Spyder project to success and became known as the "Mr. 918".

… So, when I listened to this episode, he might not have hesitated to become the new Mr. 911 ^ ^

Future Porsche 911 that the new Mr. 911 thinks

Well, and from here on is important (to me). "Future Porsche 911" that Frank thinks.

He says, "The design of the 911 is very important. In addition to the iconic 911 flyline (the streamlined line from the 911 window to the tail), the headlights, the wide rear, and those designs. , The engine burns and has 6 horizontally opposed cylinders. I think this is the "absolute" for the 911. "

And as his future 911

■ I think there is no problem applying hybrid technology to 911. However, there is no problem if it is not because "I want to make it a hybrid, so I want to make it a hybrid" but "because it will be a better car".

■ If you want to hybridize, it must be a better 911 at that time, and it must be because 911 has been established as 911, and the vehicle weight and throttle response are all improved.

■ I can't think of a fully electric vehicle 911 at all (No! ← Oh, I'm sorry, this is the voice of my heart (laughs)).

■ The market is still looking for a burning engine, and we believe that a fully electric vehicle will not be able to meet all of those wishes.

■ The world will change more in the future, and there may be various changes in environmental issues ... But I think (even if it becomes a situation where such an electric vehicle has to be made), Porsche 911 I think that will be the last car to be converted to an electric vehicle (= that is, I do not intend to make it a full electric vehicle until the very end).

I see.

As far as I hear only his thoughts, it seems unlikely that the Porsche 911 will soon be fully electric vehicle.

However, he seems not to be a person who adopts new technology or is afraid of change if it is a reform for evolution, so in the future, if 911 is "better", there is a possibility. I think it's big.

Actually, 992 is alreadyMr. 911 also mentioned before that it is made to support hybridization.death.

Frank says, "We are very cautious about making a difference in Porsche 911." It seems that the most time-consuming discussion they have is when they change something in the Porsche 911.

"We need to make the right decision about which technology to adopt and when to adopt it. But I don't have any hesitation (tension). I don't have to hesitate to make the right decision."

Already, the new Porsche 911 (992) Turbo SPrototype test drive review releasedIt was done, but even on the spot, it was Mr. Frank who was explained by riding this turbo S ↓

Mr. 911 is a key person who will decide the direction of Porsche 911 in the future.

What makes me happy above all, no, this is a natural premise, but before business, he himself is purely "I love Porsche 911".

If it is a future 911 developed by Porsche who really likes 911 and always thinks about 911 more seriously than anyone else, I'm sure that no matter what, the result is a wonderful Porsche 911. I think it will be completed.

I'm looking forward to the future ^^

Source:
◆ Meet the new Mr 911
◆ 2020 Porsche 992 911 Turbo S prototype review
◆ [NEWS] August Ahalitener, the developer of Porsche called "Mr. 911", has retired.

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).