Porsche has revealed the Mission S, a vision model that previews a new mid-engined super sports car platform positioned above the 911.

The show car made its world premiere on 15 October 2026 in Queens, New York, as part of Porsche’s ‘Sportwagenschmiede ’35’ strategic realignment.

Porsche has not announced pricing, powertrain details or performance figures for the Mission S.

Dr Michael Leiters, Chairman of the Executive Board, Porsche AG, said: “A Porsche must be recognisable as a Porsche at first glance.”

“The Mission S provides a glimpse of the ideas and design features tha will shape Porsche in the coming years,” he said. “At the same time, the Mission S represents a mid-engined super sports car platform positioned above the 911 - not as a one-off hypercar, but as a permanent and versatile addition to our customer offering,” Dr Leiters added.

The reveal location carries Porsche history, with the first images of the mid-engined 550 Spyder taken on the same Queens pier in 1953.

Porsche describes the 550 Spyder as its first super sports car and a model that helped define the company’s identity.

Design and cabin details

The Mission S uses a mid-engined layout, with proportions shaped by a flat front, pronounced width-to-height ratio and Porsche’s familiar flyline roof profile.

Its exterior design includes torpedo-style front guards, round headlights, a wraparound main line joining the front and rear lighting signatures, and a fully integrated active rear wing.

Porsche links specific design cues to past models, with 911-style round headlights and guards, G model-inspired shut lines, a GT1-influenced flat front and rear car-in-car concept, and a roofline referencing the 959.

Other details include a cooling solution inspired by the Porsche 917 radiator fan and wheels derived from the 928’s dial-design theme.

Tobias Sühlmann, Head of Style Porsche, said: “The Mission S is the result of a forward-looking, holistic design strategy.” “This vision model illustrates a fundamental strategic direction that we will soon be translating into our future product portfolio,” he said.

Inside, the Mission S focuses on a driver-oriented layout rather than a screen-heavy dashboard.

The cabin architecture references the 550 Spyder and 356, with two defining lines running through the dashboard and doors to create a low-set driving position.

Porsche has combined physical switches and buttons with digital displays, while the seats include an integrated seatbelt buckle in the centre panel and repositioned electric adjustment controls.

The colour palette uses white, grey and red tones, with Firn White Metallic, Light Red Metallic, Black Chrome and Special Black used across the show car.

The driver display layout centres on five round instruments behind the steering wheel, with an analogue-needle rev counter and a display positioned behind it.

Depending on the selected driving mode, the rev counter moves closer to the driver and the instrument tubes can be arranged side by side or behind one another.

A newly designed key holder sits to the left of the steering wheel, while push-pull dashboard controls provide direct access to comfort and driving functions.

The Mission S also reworks the Sport Chrono element with a mix of analogue character and digital precision.

Porsche has deliberately left out a fixed centre display and a fixed passenger display, replacing them with a retractable smartphone system compatible with MagSafe technology.

A streamlined My Porsche App is designed to provide access to vehicle functions and digitally rendered, historically inspired circular instrument designs.

Unlike a production model, the Mission S is being shown as a concept preview rather than a specification-led showroom release.

Porsche says it is planning a permanently available super sports car offering above the 911, underpinned by the new mid-engined platform previewed by the Mission S.

For now, the Mission S serves as a design and technology marker for that future direction, rather than a production car with confirmed outputs, pricing or timing.

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