Our Study of the Porsche Mission S: One Shape, a Full House of Porsche Colours

On 15 October 2026, on a pier in Queens with Manhattan across the water, the covers came off the Porsche Mission S. The location was no accident. It was on this same pier, in 1953, that the first photographs of the 550 Spyder went around the world: Porsche's first super sports car, and the one that set the company's identity.

The Mission S is a vision model, not a production car. It is the first look at Porsche's evolved design language and the face of a new mid-engined super sports car platform. That platform will sit above the 911, which Chairman Michael Leiters describes as "not as a one-off hypercar, but as a permanent and versatile addition." Porsche has not announced pricing, performance figures or a launch date.

A design built from the archive

Read the Mission S slowly and the references come one after another. The round headlights and torpedo fenders come from the 911, and the shut lines that run into the light graphics nod to the G-model. The flat nose and the car-in-car rear are taken from the GT1, and the roofline under the rear wing recalls the 959. The cooling detail echoes the radiator fan of the 917, and the wheels rework the 928's famous dial design. Inside, the cabin draws on the 550 Spyder and the 356: five round instruments, an analogue rev counter, and no permanent centre screen. Porsche finished the show car in white, grey and red tones, including Firn White Metallic and Light Red Metallic, as a nod to its racing cars.

Our study of the Porsche Mission S

A new Porsche shape raises one question for us: how would it look in the colours that made the old ones famous? So our artist took the Mission S's clean surfaces and floating volumes and painted the car again in nine genuine Porsche paints, from the hottest reds to the quietest whites and greys.

• Guards Red: the red most people picture when they hear "Porsche."
• Lava Orange: a hot, saturated orange that brings out every curve.
• Racing Yellow: bright and unapologetic, a colour made to be seen.
• Acid Green: electric and modern, the most futuristic of the set.
• Gentian Blue: a deep, rich blue with real presence.
• GT Silver: a cool metallic that shows the surfaces at their most technical.
• Carrara White: clean and bright, letting light and shadow do the work.
• Chalk: a soft, modern grey that reads as quietly sophisticated.
• Jet Black Metallic: dark and restrained, leaving nothing but the silhouette.

Seen side by side, the set shows how well the design holds up. In Guards Red the Mission S looks almost classical, in Acid Green it looks like it came from the future, and in Chalk or Carrara White the lines carry the whole car. The proportions stay the same while the character of the car changes with every colour.

A study, not a print

This series is a colour study, an exercise in seeing a new Porsche through its classic palette, and it is not available for purchase. If you'd like your own Porsche in the colour of your choice, we'd be glad to create a custom print for you.