Porsche is at work on a new generation of the iconic 911, which will hit the road in about a year. But the runout of the current model, the 997, looks as if it will include the reappearance of the long-dormant Speedster body style, which we haven´t seen in a decade.
Our spy photographers have captured these shots of a 997 Speedster prototype being tested, and it looks ready to go. In Porsche-land, the Speedster name is used on convertibles with cut-down windshields, lowered roofs and stripped-down interiors. The Porsche Speedster legend starts with the 356 Speedster of the mid 1950s; it is among the most collectible of Porsche cars. The last Porsche Speedster was seen on the 993 series, which was also the last of the air-cooled Porsches. It ended its run in 1998. But the 993 Speedster was never available to the public. The factory built only two of them--one for Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who helped design the original 911, and one for Jerry Seinfeld. The last volume production Speedster appeared in 1992-94 on the 964 series.
