New Porsche 911 Dakar on (& off) road review. It looks great but why is it so expensive?
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- The new 992 Porsche 911 Dakar was built to celebrate Porsche's 1984 outright Paris -Dakar win but does this limited edition, £173,000 Porsche make any sense today?
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Essential for those tricky drives to Waitrose.
I see what u did there
Lidl for me and my AMG 😂😂😂
High street puddles - the struggle is real.
@@dwftube Rufford ford here I come!
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I live in Germany and I am lucky enough to own a couple of Porsches bought from a main Porsche dealer. Before this Dakar 911 was available I asked my Porsche dealer if I can put an order in for a car. I was basically laughed at and told they only get allocated one car and it’s sold. I tried 3 other dealers. All laughed at me. Now used values in Germany start at 350,000 euros - £300,000. The car is still available on the Porsche configurator, and you can even spec one up. However try to order it and you are told they are all sold out. I love Porsche as a brand, but realistically nobody will ever get one of these special cars paying the new price you quoted. (Which you even thought was too high) Normal people will never be able to walk onto a dealership and order such a car. This is something important to mention. Because ultimately these cars are dream cars, - but they are just that. A dream. Reality is quite different. Great car, I want one. But even after selling the majority of my healthy organs, I cannot even get close to buying one. Anyway, - very jealous you got to play with one on your farm! Thanks for the video.
Make your own.
Until Porsche know you have spent £1m+ on their vehicles they won't talk. However if you want a 0-60 in 3 second bargain just go and buy a used Taycan, offer half what its on the forecourt at and see what happens.
As a new Porsche owner this pisses me off about the brand. I have been trying to buy a New GT3… nope. Cant
@@joshuajackson9966 I just don't know why anyone who hasn't already flipped at least 12 new Porsche - and eaten the 200K losses that resulted - even expects to make it on any kind of contact list for the GT3, let alone actually able to buy one...
You're dreaming, man.
Have 4 Porsches at the moment and I feel the same. Love the cars, hate the dealer network.
"I think they're charging that much... Because they can" James May
Wasn't that Jeremy? On the Aston Martin Rapide?
@@SmallBlogV8 Upon closer inspection of that moment standing at the business park startline... You are correct, Jeremy said that and James gave an agreeable "mmmm"
God damn man, get a life 😂 😂
Well spotted and remembered though dude... now go outside and touch some grass or something.
@@SmallBlogV8 To quote Jeremy again, "Remind me to never have that man around for dinner"
It's not the real James May
I don't like to brag but I've got mine on order in the very same colour!!!,I've just made room for it in my display cabinet next to my 1:24 scale 959.
that elicited a belly laugh! thank you.
😂
Vroom vroom
Laughed out loud at the intro through the mud pond - if the opportunity presents, why wouldn't you!?! 😂
Especially if Porsche GB gotta clean it up afterwards 😂
It's so expensive because people will pay for it.
That's what ibwas going to say
Unfortunately, that is the current state of the world. Though higher financing rates and some softening in used market are finally starting to bring out some glimpses of sensibility
Exactly
Exactly…
If people will pay for it, Porsche should produce more of them, or maybe create a new limited edition on the same platform. Kind of unlimited numbers of limited editions, quite smart.
He said it, He said ''it is chuffin quick''. Love you Hairy.
Is that dig at male pattern baldness?
yea he is very hairy
Prefer him bald.
Will there also be a review of this car on the Harry's Farm channel? 😀
🙏🙏🙏
He could use the red tow hook to pull a small trailer with a goat on it. Don't know if he has a goat. I won't have goats on our farm - don't like them. But they are good in front of the camera in multi-cam action shots (as long as you get the lighting right).
Fastest lawnmower?
Pleasure to have a commentator without the predictable silliness of certain TV presenters or the affected, and frankly embarrassing, drivel of most aspiring road testers. Thanks Harry.
Congratulations getting to 700k Harry 🎉🎉🎉🎉💥💥
Porsche certainly know their target audience and play them perfectly.
They’ve been to the same college as Leica Cameras!
Rich TH-camrs
Probably the most suitable British roads edition
Yep.
And on our terrible roads with all the speed bumps I bet in a street race this is one of the fastest things going.
Perfect for the roads of Bristol which are now barely better than cart tracks… maybe the best 911 for the UK currently on sale for daily use!😀😀😀
Considering the current plague of potholes I agree, those tyres will save you a lot of money with their high sidewalls.
Tuthill need to do a well priced kit for regular 911s to make ideal UK road cars. More travel, softer springs, taller tyres. They’d sell load and a big up yours to porsche
I kept expecting to see Boss Hogg or Buford T. Justice chasing you around that field 😂
The hare at 9:45 appears to have better traction than the 911 on wet grass. You can't beat evolution.
Yes, I thought that too. And the 'camera car' - Harry said it was the Range Rover Sport diesel - seemed to have better traction than the Dakar! Great Video Harry - Many Thanks indeed.
Tbf the hare has a lot less power to put down on the ground
and a lower ride height. @@ETYPEJaguar38
@@ETYPEJaguar38and way less weight
Not a patch on a tortoise mind
This car was definitely designed for Surrey & Hants roads, potholes galore. Congrats on 700k subs, Harry!👏🏻
Ditto Sussex & Kent…! 😅👍
Ditto north Lancashire and Cumbria!
And we can throw pretty much all of Devon & Cornwall in there too!
We don't drive tractors because we're farmers... It's simply cos the roads are utter shi... 😅
This has to be the most usable practical 911 ever, especially with the normal seats and without the roll cage
I saw one in the showroom here in the UK, and what surprised me as a 964/996 owner was its relatively enormous size (in addition to the relatively enormous cost!)
I 100% agree. We had a PCGB invitation evening at the Bugatti owners club last year...... I absolutely couldn't believe the physical size of the new Boxster - comparable to an ocean liner in bulk.
Price considerations aside, I think porsche and Lamborghini are onto something with these fast off-roaders. The roads in the uk and pretty much everywhere are very restrictive with speed limits and using these cars past 2 gear will get you in jail. Track days can be fun, but they also have restrictive rules, and can be quite crowded. So where can one have fun, without getting fines? Just like Harry, a wet grass field will do, but if you want some extra fun then some dunes and backroads in Morocco or Spain will do you well.
Why do you need to spend £250k+ to slide about in a muddy field at 60 mph. If you want to have fun off road, buy an off roader. Ariel Nomad, Bowler Wildcat, a rally car maybe.
I live in Colorado, and the roads are absolutely terrible from the freeze/thaw cycle. I am broke, but I would love a GT3. If I had one, I would find it very difficult to use on many of our poorly maintained roads. A Dakar or Sterrato would be much more practical for tearing around the city.
The rabbit/hare was giving it a good run for it's money in the field! - Looked like it cornered better on the wet grass than the Porsche too! 😄
wet grass is crazy slippery - advantage rabbit.
Thanks for the review and especially thanks for rekindling my interest in the Dakar. Amazing routes, amazing coverage. All the best
Congrats Harry, it looks as though you have now gone through the 700k mark! Well deserved.
"Rothman's" got "Roughroads"... Haha.
Can we please get Harry to 1m subs. I can't believe he's not already there. Best TH-cam car content for reviews
it will come
How do you propose we do that? I'm a subscriber and I don't see what else I can do. It's down to Harry really isn't it?
Yeah it’s excellent if you’re a relic living on a bankrupt rock in the North Atlantic. Apart from that he has the charisma of a broom handle.
@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT Yikes, Tell us how you really feel
@samuelgarrod8327 He regularly has videos with well over 1m views. Obviously a lot of other people watching but not subscribing.
Brilliant video. I could watch that off road joy riding all day. Thanks Harry.
Last Season I have been out in a Dakar as a passenger and as photographer, and it was in some way the biggest surprise in cars for 2023 for me personally. We were out in the ore mountains, it was kinda new, so the owner in the beginning was a bit shy, but over the day it got better and better. we discovered so much route possibilities, it was jsut epic.
I cant drive the Sterrato(even as passenger) sadly, due to my 2m height. In a Huracan Spider I looked over the windscreen. Maybe the Sterrato is the more epic car, but the Dakar was great from my POV, the Price beside!
Nobody does reviews like Harry, just great, also, huge congrats to hitting 700k, Very well deserved.
The new Top Gear 20:00 on Sunday night. Fantastic!
Wonderful and superb review as always. Thanks Harry
For the same price, £246k used, you could get a new V8 Cayenne S with plenty of options, AND a new 992 GTS with plenty of options! Madness.
Let’s hope they make it into a standard model for the 992.2. Standard seats, no roll cage, less complicated suspension system (same height), standard Carrera engine, and they’d have a sales winner.
Then it's not an off-roader.
@@mayamanign I meant same ride height as the Dakar, but they could make it in a cheaper way for a less expensive model. You could almost do a fixed-height steel spring version, you don’t need a multi height air system for a cheaper model.
The only reason 99% of buyers will get this is the limited availability.
@@mayamanign - Because every single owner will take it off-road....lol
Absolutely! 👍🏼
Loving that uncovered plastic oil pan
Classic VAG
The sills are protected …. By aluminium 😂
Please make an extended version of this episode. I could watch this for an hour or two. What a car! Thanks, Harry! I have updated my bucket list accordingly 😂👍🏼👍🏼 Congratulations on 700K subscribers! 🙌🏼
Hi Harry Well done on 700K subscribers - richly deserved for such enjoyable and informative videos. I am pleased to say I was one of your earlier subscribers and look forward to every new video. I also like Harry's Farm and hope you continue regular updates even though you are changing how the farm is operating in the future. Best wishes Philip
Just saw one on the road (outside Cape Town), definitely stands out.
How are things in Cape Town? Still worth visiting?
@@filipvonzagoramy god I can’t imagine visiting, let alone living there
Endless crime, homeless people everywhere, huge informal settlements, scheduled power cuts (4 - 6 hours a day), filth everywhere, corruption, etc...
So maybe no.
But some can buy a 911 Dakar. So they are doing well.
@@NarcFreedomOne of the most amazing places on the planet. Don't miss it.
I have a love hate thing going on with Harrys Porsche reviews,
one of his reviews made me pull the trigger and order my Gts, I love it.
He's enthusiasm for Porsche really stands out for me.
I used to own/race Porsches. Love them. Have an AMG now. Love it (I am older and fatter). I did test drive a GTS recently for fun - brilliant car!
Brag
It's not "enthusiasm" for Porsches. The reason all medias are full of Volkswagen Group content is because that corporation pushes press cars to them so aggressively and thus gives them a free source for content to get clicks on. Press cars and then lavish, well-catered press trips to exotic and warm locations too. And a constant stream of press releases designed to fill their content with. It's sort-of planned by their behemoth of a marketing machine...all done to get your money.
@@pistonburner6448 how long did it take you to work that out Sherlock.
@@mattmorris2867 It does take several years of systematically studying a wide range of medias, university education in marketing, then further research including matching marketing theory with empirical research.
Plus it helped being sponsored by Volkswagen Group and seeing their operations from the inside.
Safe to say that one is Harry's bucket list. Fabulous. Thanks Harry.
Great video as always, but I also liked the Geneva Motorshow Videos from 2017-2019 and I was kinda hoping one would drop today.
I just marvel at how Porsche so seamlessly integrates the info screen into the dash of all their vehicles, when almost every other car just sticks an iPad on top.
Alfa Romeo also does it on Giulia
It's more a horrific German economy (self-inflicted) that makes them cheap out rather than engineering an expensive display and switchgear.
You would think as a Dakar edition the fuel tank should be pretty massive? Perhaps remove the roll cage and fit a larger tank there.
Have to have the cage to rally it
Another superb review. Thanks so much, Harry.
Harry you're the best reviewer in the world. thank you. I saw one of these in the racing livery and thought it looked odd on the road but looks better in your film.
It makes perfect sense with the state of the roads in the uk
Blah blah blah.
When are they going to put the top coat on?
Grey primer is the new look.
You drove that through the field like you stole it Harry. Great review as always.
Love the videos good to see the channel grow,well deserved. 😀
This sort of vehicle is the most sensible sports car for the roads in UK
That big, heavy, noisy 2-seater?
Congratulations Harry on reaching 700K subscribers! 😁😁😁
19 seconds in and you're getting a huge thumbs up and a comment on one of the best intros I've ever seen! Well done Harry!!!
First one ❤
No that's me 😜
Love it! Thank you, sir, for this great review!
Nice review as always !!!
Congratulations on 700k+ subscribers Harry!! Well done sir, all the best!
Tim G 🇺🇸
I just subscribed, and I'm so glad I have! Seeing a 911 (992) being driven quickly on a field looked so strange. Fantastic.
Sounds like that 50mm higher suspension but without the extra lift option, with it's lots of travel and compliance should be a standard option for the UK on all 911s.
Nice! Life must be sweet for a vlogger who get´s to muck about in a 911 Dakar, and is sweet for the viewers who get to witness it. My kind of car! Thanks Harry!
I didn't know until now how much I was going to enjoy watching Harry drive a 911 though a field! 😂 Looks like he had fun with this one, and I enjoyed getting to see it.
great video Harry! thank you
Great vid, Harry!
Such a great video, thanks Harry. I sold my last 911 8 years ago. Damn if I'm not thinking of remortgaging the house and buying another one. Thanks for that too, Harry! The Dakar would be ideal in Joburg with the potholes we have. And we don't get points for speeding. Perfek.
As with the lambo , only Harry can thrash around on his farm and do a proper test on these bonkers cars . Love it .
Sad to think that probably most of them that are sold won't be used to their full potential .
Cheers Harry 👊
Love that opening scene! Very versatile design. On price, may have not followed it exactly but it sounded like they’re selling well and if so, they’ve made their objective. They’ll never mass produce anything: that would detract from the mystique. Great video, as always.
Good to see Harry giving the Porsche a good workout. 😃
Can you imagine the service dept at Porsche UK looking at that car when harry returns it
Another fantastic review
He almost certainly had it jet washed when it was being weighed
Fabulous bit of kit. Amazing engineering effort for Porsche👍
Hugely entertaining watching HM blat a brand new £170k+ 911 around a sopping field. Love it!
First Porsche I've liked in a long time. Makes sense with our potholed roads and I could even take it across fields on my fishing trips.
Love that fixed rear spoiler. Wish they'd fit it to the other 911's. Looks way better than the automatic one fitted to "normal" 911's, which when it lifts, makkes the rear of the car look like its been in a shunt. 😮
Harry, as always a great video, many thanks for your efforts.
But those actually serve a purpose, and serve it well
Allowing it to retract reduces drag and probably adds an extra mpg. Not a big difference, but an important gain with all the laws about maintaining a certain average efficiency across all cars a brand produces. It might give that little bit of leeway to design cars like this after all.
Another great Harry’s Farm video!
What a car! Seeing it hooning around the fields and then darting on the road, is great to behold. Pricey, but lovely. Sounds like such a versatile beast. I'd choose it
The in the dash integrated screen looks great! (The only logic and sane position a screen should actually take in a car...) Thank you Porsche!
700 000 subscribers, well done! But can't understand why this channel is not 1 000 000+ a long time ago.
Fab car and it’s always wonderfully obvious when Harry likes a car, his grin is a giveaway! 😂 excellent video as ever
Harry, Harry. U are an ICON! Thank you!
Congrats Harry.701k !
Harry always having much to much fun ,great car great man
Agree about the seats Harry!
Congrats on reaching 700k subs.
Congrats on 700K.
Love to see an Aston touched with the Dakkar brush. Maybe a shooting brake.
like the v8 vantage zagato shooting brake shape but all the gear
That's an enticing concept
Correct me if I am wrong, but I got the impression that you will eventually get one of these - minus the bucket seats, that is - amd very soon! And thank you for yet another entertaining video ! Cheers !!
I saw one live last autumn. With the race liveries and basket thingy on top. Looked pretty sick.
Thank you, Harry.
congrats on getting over 700k subscriber!!!
I’m not a huge fan of how the Dakar looks on the road, but I loved this video and all the off road content, especially when you through it around the bend on the road, I wanted a replay.
That rear end is really good.. Like the exhaust design. Great car control in the field.
I absolutely LOVE it! 💪
Reminds me a lot of my Honda Crosstour 😉
Another great video Harry! This would be the perfect car for the rural roads i live on here in Northern Ireland, shame i would need to sell my house to be able to afford it!
Great video, thoroughly enjoyable...possibly the only footage of a privately owned Dakar off road!😂😂😂😂😂
Just watched the Sterrato review.
I believe you liked that more than the Porsche?
I'm not a Porsche fan, but these cars are great 👍
Thanks for sharing Harry
Harry's test drives are all the marketing these marques need!
Lack of rear-underbody protection makes no sense at all!? WAY TOO expensive and hate the gear selector & plastic arches. Great for our terrible roads though, 😜 and brilliant vid as usual Harry! 👍🏻😃
I'd wrap it Rothman's look rather than pay 20,000 for paint
Still better than the arches that have rivets exposed.
@@OggaDugga OMG Yes! You are right...The WORST option! 🤣
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I hate the rivets exposed. Its looks like such an afterthought. At least with these plastic ones that are just stuck on, easy to change them out if you needed to.
Painted arches for the facelift.
Great review, the sell quote for me is "it dismisses potholes" brilliant. There will be alot more potholes in the UK going forward
First
Hooning a Porsche 911 sideways around a wet, muddy field; Peak Harry Metcalfe. Keep it up!
I was crossing my fingers for Harry to do a 360 in the grass 🤣🤣
Superb review Harry. So was the Lambo video. Both cars are worth the price of admission.
Rabbit at 9.47 said , wtf Harry ,now I got to bump up laundry day.
I have one of these. Same spec as yours. Fantastic vehicle. The perfect car for Cotswolds roads. I own/ have owned Astons, Turbo Ss, and GT3s. Never previously had so many positive comments when I park outside Waitrose. Oh and, as usual, great video!
Tit
Cheers Harry as a 991.2 4S owner I’m due an upgrade 👍👍
Tom Barr -Smith in Oz drove his across the Simpson desert. Had it a week, sorted out proper protection and away he went. BTWm Tom is 80 plus! Total legend
Wonderful review. Unfortunately I will never be in a position to afford such a car but what a concept.
What came across so clearly was how car companies have gone down the wrong rabbit hole. Bigger wheels, low profile tyres and rock hard suspension what we need is
Less grip, more ride height, higher tyres.
Today’s roads are so bad a car that simply dismissed them was a joy to watch.
Who would have thought !
Great vid as usual Harry. How about the Morgan rally spec now?