recent spy photos show temperatures as low as 6°C mid-morning—and staying in Northern Europe is no longer as appealing. But for some manufacturers, this isn’t a problem. Quite the opposite, in fact, because this is the quietest time of year in the area, as photographers are already heading to the Nürburgring, And this is what motivated Porsche to put this 992.2 Dakar prototype on the road. It doesn’t feature major changes at the front, except that the turn signals are integrated directly into the headlights . The bumper grilles are largely unchanged; only the air intake surrounds aren’t final. However, the absence of the vertical flaps of the active aerodynamics system is noticeable . It may not end up being the final version, but this new Dakar appears to be based on the current 911 Carrera GTS .