[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-porsche-mission-s-concept-puts-a-supercar-above-the-911":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},11714,"porsche-mission-s-concept-puts-a-supercar-above-the-911","Porsche Mission S Concept Puts a Supercar Above the 911","Porsche's Mission S concept is meant for regular production, a bet that pricier cars can repair a profit margin that fell to 1 percent.","Porsche has previewed a mid-engined sports car that will sit above the 911, and unlike its last two halo cars, it is meant to be a regular production model.\n\nThe company showed the Mission S concept at an event in New York. It will not be a limited-run car like the Carrera GT or the 918 Spyder. Instead it becomes a permanent part of the range, and a piece of a larger recovery plan.\n\nThe money explains the move. Three years ago Porsche's profit margin, the share of revenue it keeps as profit, was 18 percent, the envy of the industry. Last year it collapsed to 1 percent. It has recovered a little since, and the board now has a plan called \"Sportwagenschmiede '35\" to return to double-digit margins by 2035. The plan prioritizes \"value over volume\", with greater individualization for customers and the higher selling prices that come with it.\n\nChairman Michael Leiters framed the car in those terms. \"We are pursuing a clear plan with our strategy Sportwagenschmiede '35,\" he said. \"The ultimate goal is to further strengthen our unique sports car brand across all model lines and with new, highly desirable models in particularly high-margin segments.\"\n\nThat context shapes how to read the car. Limited-run halo models like the Carrera GT and 918 Spyder were built in restricted numbers by design. A regular production car above the 911 is a different proposition: a new top rung of the lineup that Porsche can keep selling, and keep customizing, for years. It reads less like a trophy and more like a margin tool.\n\nPorsche has not disclosed the price, production volume or powertrain. The concept has quad exhausts, which prompted speculation about a flat-8 engine, but that is a guess from the styling. The harder question is arithmetic: how many buyers at what price it takes to move a 1 percent margin back toward double digits.","[\"porsche\",\"supercars\",\"automotive\",\"concept cars\"]","2026-10-15T20:30:02.000Z","2026-10-18T01:08:59.475Z","2026-10-18T01:08:59.736Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the invented 'October 15' date (the source says only 'this afternoon'), fix the unsupported 'sold-out run of a few hundred' (the Carrera GT and 918 Spyder were far larger runs) and the 'one-off showpiece' description, drop the garbled 'fewer compromises on price' gloss on 'value over volume', and delete the 'The source does not give...' meta-language by stating plainly that Porsche has not disclosed price, volume or powertrain.","resolved","general",[32,33,34,35],"porsche","supercars","automotive","concept cars",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Ars Technica","https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fcars\u002F2026\u002F10\u002Fporsche-previews-its-future-with-mission-s-supercar-concept\u002F",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,58,63,68,73,78,83,88,93,97,102,107],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",7038,"2026-10-17T19:58:31.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",1001,"2026-10-17T22:20:00.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Policy","policy",538,"2026-10-17T19:38:12.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":60,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Deals","deals",521,"2026-10-17T07:00:00.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Hardware","hardware",260,"2026-10-17T19:55:36.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",235,"2026-10-16T23:36:26.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Science","science",202,"2026-10-16T11:00:53.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Software","software",128,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":30,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"General",81,"2026-10-16T16:06:38.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"Gaming","gaming",77,"2026-10-17T16:59:39.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]