10/15/2026
Porsche has just unveiled their new Mission S, and it pushes on something the industry seems to have forgotten.
Cars got faster, smarter, and more connected, but the act of driving has started to disappear. The Mission S is Porsche’s answer to this growing issue. They built a car, not only to impress you, but to involve you.
Unfortunately, we still don’t know what’s powering it. There is no confirmed engine, no performance figures, no 0-60 time. But what Porsche has told us is that the engine sits in the middle, behind your shoulders, at the center of gravity and at the center of the experience, where the car turns around you instead of beneath you.
However, the rumor mill is turning, and there is a lot of speculation of a flat 8 being dropped in this halo car.
Maybe leaving the numbers out is the most honest thing Porsche could have done. A 0-60 time is a measurement that has been completely watered down because of modern ev’s, but the feeling of a car settling into a corner, the weight of a gear change, the feeling between your hands and the road can’t be captured on a spec sheet. Those are the things you remember long after you’ve forgotten how “quick” the car is.
Form follows function, and here the function is feeling. Every surface, switch, and silhouette exists to close the distance between driver and machine, or to honor the cars that did it best. This isn’t a step backward into analog, Porsche has given us a reminder of why we fell in love with driving in the first place. ➡️
[Photos Courtesy of Porsche]
With Porsche leaning so heavily into the driver experience, they took out the 1 item, that true drivers have been complaining about the most. Porsche removed the infotainment entirely and only gives you a Mag-Safe phone mount.
Porsche also added a push-and-pull dashboard that retracts and brings forward only the gauges your drive setting calls for.
Porsche claims that a car should be felt before it’s ever driven, and it starts with a solid aluminum key with real weight in your palm.
They also added a height-adjustable shift k**b to meet your hand where it naturally falls, turning every gear change into a conscious decision rather than an afte
