Telling someone they can’t have something is a guaranteed way to make them want it more. And that includes Le Mans-derived hypercars like the Porsche 919 Street, which Porsche showcased at the Munich Motor Show.

Though Porsche designed its road-going take on the LMP1 919 Hybrid racing car back in 2017, we only got our first look at it in November 2020 when the company released images of a string of previously unseen concepts.

Those vehicles ranged from a practical people mover (Porsche Vision “Renndienst”) to a stripped-down sports car inspired by the little 550 sports racer of the 1950s (Porsche Vision Spyder). But arguably the one that drew the biggest number of “build it!” comments, despite it being unaffordable to anyone not in Warren Buffet’s phone’s contact list, was the 919 Street.

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You can see why Porsche thought the idea had legs. With production of the 918 Spyder over, Porsche was left without a true halo car. And at the same time, it had a great opportunity to capitalize on its three consecutive Le Mans successes, and ram home the message that those race-winning cars really were related to the stuff in Porsche showrooms.

Minus the 919 Hybrid’s huge central fin, and with its wheelarches softened, the Street doesn’t look anything like as wild. But it’s a much prettier car, and underneath the outer shell you still got the same carbon monocoque chassis and 888 hp (900 PS) four-cylinder hybrid drivetrain. Even the wheelbase matched the racer’s.

As these new images from our photographer at the Munich Motor Show highlight, the frontal styling is almost cute, with its big Pokemon eyes and open mouth. But move to the back, and it’s pure Batmobile, or it would be if Batman had reversed his into a Lockheed P38 Lightning.

But ultimately Porsche felt the 919 Street was too extreme and decided not to move forward. That didn’t stop the internet lighting up earlier this year with rumors that a production version was imminent. Sadly, Porsche made it clear to Carscoops that this definitely wasn’t going to happen.

“I can confirm that there are no plans for any car of this kind,” Porsche told us in July, six weeks before making rubbing our noses in it by sticking the 919 Street on its Munich stand. Come on Porsche, show a little compassion.

Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have
Cruel Porsche Taunts Us Again With 919 Street Hypercar We Can’t Have

Live photo credits Stefan Baldauf / Guido ten Brink for CarScoops