![]() ![]() The RUF RGT-8 boasts a bespoke V8 engine that actually fits well in the tiny space occupied by the trusty flat six engines of your usual Porsche 911. ![]() So what’s wrong with having a totally different engine in a Porsche 911 then? Nothing much I gather and Porsche specialist extraordinaire RUF seems to think so too as they have built a 911 prototype that is powered by their own V8 engine. We have hybrid Ferraris on display, hybrid Porsches out racing, two cylinder Fiat 500s on sale today and lots and lots of electric cars too. But with all that’s happening these days nothing is sacred anymore. Sounds pretty hard to imagine doesn’t it? Of course there are people that’ll argue that this is blasphemy, raise up their hands to the heavens and ask the question ‘why’ especially when that flat six is a characterful piece of engineering and sounds quite heavenly at full blast. Imagine having a Porsche 911 without that beloved flat-six engine. A RUF Porsche 911 with a bespoke RUF eight cylinder engine the RGT-8. Whilst everyone was hyped on eco-friendly Ferraris (599 hy-KERS), Porsches (hybrid race 911) and what nots recently, something quite interesting had flown under the radar.
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