Building on Porsche’s overall Le Mans win in 1998 with the 911 GT1-98, the company was looking to develop a new car for the new LMP900 class, competing against Cadillac, Panoz, Chrysler, and Audi.

Porsche also designed an all-wheel drive electric race car named La Toujours Contente (French for "the one who's always happy"), with one 13.8-hp motor powering each wheel. But the engineer's hub ...

Achleitner credits Porsche's first all-electric car, the Mission E, as well as the company's Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid race car as reasoning for the consideration.

Building on Porsche's overall Le Mans win in 1998 with the 911 GT1-98, the company was looking to develop a new car for the new LMP900 class, competing against Cadillac, Panoz, Chrysler, and Audi.