No one can accuse Porsche’s new vice president of style, Tobias Sühlmann, of not jumping into his role at full tilt. After all, his first major assignment for the German marque was to design the Mission S, a concept that previews what will be just the fifth supercar in the marque’s history. It’s hard to think of a more fraught way for a designer to introduce themself to the brand’s passionate fanbase. The 911 may be the marque’s most iconic model—and with good reason—but it hasn’t always sat atop its lineup. Since 1985, there have been four instances where the range-topping Porsche was a supercar, with each of these models, from the 959 to the 918 Spyder, viewed as one of the finest performance vehicles of its era. To bring yet another supercar into the fold was just the task Porsche CEO Michael Leiters gave Sühlmann shortly after he took..
