Porsche on Tuesday revealed the first-ever manufacturing hybrid model of its iconic 911 sports activities automotive, with a beginning worth of $164,900.

The 2025 911 Carrera GTS hybrid marks a major change to the long-lasting German sports activities automotive amid the automotive trade’s give attention to rising electrified autos and tightening gasoline financial system requirements.

Executives with the Volkswagen-controlled firm have mentioned the 911 could be the final automotive in its portfolio to supply an all-electric variant, if it ever does, to keep up the automobile’s famed driving dynamics, which they are saying the hybrid achieves.

“We developed and examined varied concepts and approaches to resolve on a hybrid system that optimally fits the 911,” Frank Moser, Porsche vp of the 911 and 718 mannequin strains, mentioned in a launch. “The result’s a singular powertrain that’s well-integrated into the general idea and enhances the efficiency considerably.”

The brand new 911 Carrera GTS can speed up from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds – 0.3 seconds faster than the prior non-hybrid GTS mannequin – and attain a prime observe velocity of 194 mph. It’s powered by a newly developed 3.6-liter boxer hybrid engine that produces 532 horsepower and 449 foot-pounds of torque.

The 911 Carrera GTS hybrid might be accessible as a coupe beginning at $164,900. A convertible, or cabriolet, model will begin at $178,200. Each can be found in rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations.

Ordering for the hybrid fashions is now open, with deliveries anticipated to U.S. sellers towards the top of 2024.

Porsche is the newest automaker to extend or add hybrid autos to its lineup amid a slower-than-expected adoption of all-electric autos. Its present electrified lineup contains six plug-in hybrid Cayenne fashions, three Panamera plug-in hybrid fashions and 10 all-electric Taycan fashions. It additionally has used hybrid engines in racing, together with with the 911.

Porsche mentioned that based mostly on buyer demand, it expects that a minimum of 80% of its autos offered globally might be partially or absolutely electrical by 2030.

The hybrid mannequin was revealed Tuesday alongside an up to date lineup of Porsche 911 sports activities automobiles for the 2025 mannequin yr, which can start arriving in U.S. Porsche showrooms within the fall. The non-hybrid autos, relying on the mannequin, vary from about $120,000 to greater than $241,000 for a 911 GT3 RS.

Updates to the 2025 911 embody its exterior and inside designs, together with a totally digital driver instrument cluster for the primary time; enhanced engine efficiency; and enhanced commonplace tools equivalent to rear-axle steering for elevated stability.

Porsche’s first-quarter international gross sales have been 77,640 autos, down roughly 4% from a yr earlier. Gross sales of 911 autos have been 2,510 items within the U.S., up 30% from the primary quarter of 2023.