2025 Porsche 911 Hybrid first details: Laps Nordschleife faster than petrol version

The 2025 Porsche 911 Hybrid is faster than its petrol-powered equivalent, according to the German car maker, as it prepares to pull the covers off the first electrified version of its legendary sports car.

The hybrid 911’s lap time of 7:16.934 around the famed 20.8-kilometre Nurburgring Nordschleife race circuit – with sports car driver Jorg Bergmeister at the wheel – is a significant 7.8 seconds faster than the petrol 911 equivalent, says Porsche.

The swift lap time was achieved with standard road tyres plus an aerodynamic package optional on the current 911, including a fixed rear wing.

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“The new 911 has become considerably faster on the track. We have more grip, significantly more power, and the spontaneous response of the performance hybrid is a great advantage,” said Porsche Model Line 911 and 718 vice president Frank Moser.

The Nordschleife lap was part of an extensive five-million-kilometre global testing program now concluded with the production of the yet-to-be-revealed hybrid model underway.

Stuttgart has confirmed it will unveil the long-awaited hybrid version of its epochal 911 – following hybrid showroom versions of its Panamera grand tourer and its Macan and Cayenne SUVs – on May 28 at 11:00PM AEST, ahead of its arrival in showrooms next year.

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Porsche Australia has not yet confirmed the 911 hybrid for local showrooms – with the hybrid’s official name also set to be announced when it is unveiled.

“For the first time in our icon’s 61-year history, we are installing a hybrid drive system in a roadgoing 911. This innovative performance hybrid makes the 911 even more dynamic,” said Moser.

“We left nothing to chance during development and tested the new 911 under all sorts of conditions all over the world.”

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Expected to be sold in Australia – although Porsche has not confirmed its place in the local line-up – the hybrid 911 is part of a mid-life facelift of the existing 992-generation 911 that has been in showrooms since 2019.

While technical details have not been confirmed, it’s expected to use a four-cylinder non-plug-in hybrid – in the same vein as the three-times Le Mans-winning 919 race car – in a departure from the 911’s traditional flat-six.

The 911 is Porsche’s star model, with a hybrid version confirmed when the current 992 was introduced to showrooms in 2019. While it has offered other hybrid models – and the battery-electric Taycan – it also produced a plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder hypercar between 2013 and 2015.

The carmaker plans for half of its sales to be electric or hybrid in 2025, ahead of a targeted 80 per cent to be battery-electric by 2023.