Road legal 963 RSP revealed

911UK · 6 Jun 2025

The 963 Roger S Penske

Made in Atlanta USA

after the motorsport legend himself

Porsche unrevealed its road-legal version of its 963 Le Mans race car

the 963 RSP

Punching in with 680hp or 671bhp for those in the old empire, through a hybrid V8 from the 918 Spyder

Hypercar makers brag about incorporating motorsport technology into their road cars, just hold my beer it’s Porsche’s turn.

The #963RSP is not just the real deal, it’s the full beans Le Mans hypercar converted for road use, packing all the competition spec, oh my goodness indeed

Acertron · 6 Jun 2025

Its amazing that it's allowed on the roads.

How much are we talking?

I assume its sensible to buy one to drive and another to out away for the future?

Roro · 6 Jun 2025

I wouldn’t have had a 917 anywhere near it in the pics, it’s not really what you might call a looker in comparison

Having said that, nice to see it on the road, nice change from the restomod overload going on at the moment

Marty* · 6 Jun 2025

That would be quite the sight out on the open roads

Harryblue · 7 Jun 2025

I look at stuff like that and I think it would be really unpleasant to drive on the roads, especially UK roads.
I know some of the guys in a supercar garage, they've got two branches and their sales manager was telling me that occasionally they move cars from one branch to another and the most hated car that they all try and get out of moving is the 918 Spyder, once they've had a go none of them want to drive it again.

Roro · 7 Jun 2025

Sounds like a good joyride deterrent then eh

Seriously, I don’t think these types of vehicles are built with the aim of them being used as a daily

tttc · 7 Jun 2025

The cynic in me says they’re just doing this to take the focus off the fact that it’s a crap race car.

FZP · 7 Jun 2025

I'd have one in a minute.

T8 · 7 Jun 2025

tttc said:
The cynic in me says they’re just doing this to take the focus off the fact that it’s a crap race car.

Why crap?

They might be struggling in the WEC this year (after winning the drivers championship in 2024) but they're leading the way in IMSA.

https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/standings/2025/?type=Constructor&class=GTP

tttc · Sunday at 10:52 AM

T8 said:
Why crap?

I’ve based my assessment more on gut feel than results; but I take your point about IMSA, I haven’t been following that.

I just don’t think it has ever looked that fast. Single lap pace is lacking, race pace is lacking, and it doesn’t seem to do very well in competition for position. It just looks like they’ve got all they can get from it, and it’s not really in the same league as the WEC-specific cars. Perhaps it’s that the LMDh cars don’t transition to WEC regs so well.

You watch me be categorically proven wrong next weekend now though…

Luddite · Wednesday at 9:42 AM

Wanna see a vid on the Porsche in question....? (-:

Harryblue · Wednesday at 10:00 AM

I'm rushing between meetings, I only had time to watch 30 seconds but crikey that does look nice, I still bet it's not so nice to drive around on UK roads but what red-blooded man wouldn't want to own one!

Luddite · Wednesday at 11:43 AM

Another couple of vids :-

sim996 · Thursday at 8:28 AM

I think id feel a bit of a berk driving that on the road.

Harryblue · Thursday at 10:01 AM

Edited.
I apparently broke the rules but I don't know which ones, so I deleted it all.

Ahh ok, apparently it's a word beginning with T that is now offensive to certain groups, I had no idea.

Basically I was moaning that in the UK driving a car like that would wind some people up because if they think you've got money, or a nice car, or a good job, they can be really resentful about it and the UK is the only country I've ever lived in where someone will damage a car just because it's a nice car.