Donkervoort P24 RS | The Definitive Driver's Car

• Power to Choose engine: selectable outputs 400, 500 and 600 hp (441kW), up to 800 Nm of torque

• Lightning-fast response: unique billet, ball-bearing turbos deliver instant throttle reaction

• An ultra-light driver-first 780 kg package for purity, precision, and connection

• Class-leading power-to-weight: 770 hp/tonne

• Removable Aero Package: optional corner wings (front and rear) add up to 90 kg of balanced downforce at 250 km/h, with titanium skid blocks for protection

• Pure driving philosophy: drivers in control, no mandatory electronic filters and a 2.3G cornering ability

• Fort-Ex front structure: 9kg Ex-Core carbon-fibre subframe integrating suspension/cooling/aero and acting as a critical crash-protection shield for the main chassis
  

• Aerodynamics & lighting innovation: industry-first swing-out Aero Blades headlights for reduced drag
  

• Exclusivity, heritage, and craftsmanship: limited to 150 cars, from a family-owned brand since 1978

• Deliveries of the Donkervoort P24 RS will start April 2026 

The P24 RS does not isolate its drivers from the road surface or the car’s energy. It exposes them. 

More than 50 of the planned 150 P24 RS supercars have already been sold to customers in Europe, the US and the Middle East, writing a new chapter of exclusivity in Donkervoort Automobielen’s 48-year, family-owned story.

The P24 RS embraces cutting-edge technologies while adhering to Donkervoort’s core philosophies of light weight, no driving compromises and extreme customer service and personalisation. 

Sitting well below the one-tonne barrier at just 780kg (dry), it uses turbocharging, intercooling and Ex-Core carbon-fibre innovations to meet safety and emissions legislation at a weight unattainable for most supercar rivals.

At its heart is an all-new, 600 horsepower (441kW), Power To Choose (PTC) V6 engine, making the P24 RS the only road-going 600hp supercar under the 1000kg barrier.

The twin-turbo, 3.5-litre PTC V6 allows drivers to choose between 400, 500 or 600 horespower outputs and it has adjustable traction control to manage its 800Nm torque peak.

That gives the P24 RS the astonishing power-to-weight figure of 770hp per tonne (565kW per tonne) and 1025Nm per tonne of torque, generating raw speed to match its agility, featherweight inertia and throttle response.

The P24 RS accelerates to 100km/h appropriately quickly, and from zero to 200km/h in just 7.4 seconds before reaching beyond 300km/h at its upper limits. All this has been achieved without Donkervoort prioritising the straight-line speed of its rear-drive supercar. 

Instead, Donkervoort delivered the purest, low-inertia driving experience, with its 2.3G of mechanical cornering muscle joined by balanced, user-friendly aerodynamics, with floor-generated downforce.

“The key to everything we do is about eliminating weight, minimising inertia and delivering unforgettable driving experiences,” Donkervoort CEO, Denis Donkervoort said. 

“The less weight you carry, the less weight you have to stop, turn and accelerate, and the less fuel you use, the smaller the components can be and the more intimate the car can be for its driver,” Donkervoort explained.

“The P24 RS has impressive horsepower and speed and specifications, but it is not about any of that. It’s something personal to us and our owners. It’s about what driving pleasure means to them, because this is everything to us,” he said.

The supercar’s long-nose, short-tail stance retains Donkervoort’s traditional exposed front wheel wings to help drivers more accurately place the front tyres and judge suspension movement in corners. 

It also has an optional removable aero kit for track work, while industry-first swing-out headlights put an exclamation mark on the front end’s new design signature.

Donkervoort maintains its driver-first philosophy, with no electronic filters censoring the nuanced feedback from the tyres to the driver. There are no standard skid-control, torque-vectoring, power-steering or automatic brake-assist systems. Donkervoort leaves the driver in total control, all the time, allowing them to revel in the drive, not just the lap time.

The interior accommodates drivers up to 2.05 metres tall, even with the removable Twin Targa carbon-fibre roof attached, and it has luggage capacity comparable to a small hatch, at 298 litres. 

“The P24 RS gives Donkervoort drivers new levels of handling, driving purity, engagement and design, which should leave no doubt about the direction Donkervoort is heading in,” Donkervoort explained. 

“The P24 RS is designed purely to make the driver feel happy and connected and to forget the world outside the cockpit. Its agility is a constant reminder that no other supercar is worth the weight,” he said.

The 3.5-litre, PTC V6 uses turbocharging, intercooling and air intake breakthroughs to deliver a 100hp leap over the five-cylinder engine in the outgoing F22. 

It delivers an 800Nm mountain of torque at 4500rpm, and maintains its 600hp power peak from 5500rpm to the 7000rpm redline. Donkervoort’s proprietary engine-management software gives drivers the Power To Choose between 400, 500 or 600 horsepower outputs, with commensurate steps in torque delivery. 

The all-aluminium 3496cc engine uses dry-sump lubrication to lower the centre of gravity by 6cm (compared to a wet-sump engine) and deliver optimised lubrication, even when cornering at 2.3G.

Fed via variable valve timing and both direct and indirect fuel injection, the 24-valve PTC engine also benefits from 3D-printed exhaust manifolds and CFRP intake manifolds.

The engine’s core uses six-bolt, press-fit main bearing caps, piston-cooling jets, low-friction piston skirt coatings, forged powder metal connecting rods and a counterbalanced forged steel crankshaft.

Donkervoort saved around 15kg by using a smaller five-speed gearbox and it includes rev-matching technology, which can also be switched off to allow drivers to explore their own heel-and-toe skills. It pairs with a newly developed Torsen limited-slip differential and lightweight driveshafts.

The chassis of the P24 RS is stiffer and safer than its predecessor and uses active suspension and adjustable ride height to make its drivers’ lives more enjoyable.

The core of the chassis remains its hybrid combination of alloy tubing and structural Ex-Core carbon-fibre reinforcements, particularly around the engine bay, the windscreen frame and the front crash structure.

An industry-first innovation is the Fort-Ex front subframe structure, which weighs only 9kg and is built in a single piece of Ex-Core carbon-fibre.

Designed to be sub-assembled and fitted like a front clip from a World Endurance Championship racer, the built-up Fort-Ex module includes carbon-fibre crash cones, the front suspension and brakes, aero elements and the cooling package. 

The innovations give the P24 RS greater handling and suspension accuracy while remaining ultra light.

Donkervoort has built on the F22’s Tractive active damper system to maximise driving pleasure from the calmest to the most frenzied extremes of a driver’s range.

The dampers include an optional adjustable hydraulic ride-height system, which can raise or lower the P24 RS at the push of a button. There are also multiple stiffness settings, adjusted via a dial on the centre console.

The suspension architecture uses double wishbones at the front end and a multi-link rear suspension layout, with anti-dive and anti-squat geometry.

There are four-piston, fixed-caliper AP Racing units all round, clamping down on semi-floating, ventilated brake discs. It has the option of a carbon-ceramic discs that save 2.1kg per corner and deliver 1.3G of braking performance.

Donkervoort and Nankang developed custom CR-S tyres, with the custom alloy rims wrapped in 235/40 18-inch front and 19-inch 275/35 rear tyres.

The total length of the Donkervoort P24 RS is 4000mm, and the body is 1912mm wide and 1105mm high.

The P24 RS rides on a 2420mm wheelbase with a 1630mm front track and a 1645mm rear track.

Donkervoort has always believed that a fast car’s controls need to work intuitively, and tactile controls keep a driver’s eyes on the road longer for both performance and safety. 

That’s why the P24 RS uses a digital instrument cluster and provides an optional bracket for the iPad Mini multimedia system, but it continues to employ buttons and dials for its most important functions.

The centre console has been upgraded to house the new electric handbrake and PTC controls alongside dials for the traction control and suspension. There is a new centre-console armrest with a hidden storage area, to increase the P24 RS’s surprising practicality.

The removable steering wheel hosts many controls, keeping drivers hands con the wheel wherever possible. These controls include lighting (with an “Automatic” function), the indicator, the windscreen washer and wiper, the “pass” button, the horn and the instrument cluster’s Menu display.

The upgraded interior uses custom-designed, lightweight Recaro seats that accommodate 2.05-metre drivers and passengers, and the P24 RS’s six-point harnesses are approved for both racing and road use.

The Twin Targa roof uses carbon-fibre roof plates on either side of a removable, central Ex-Core carbon-fibre bar. Each roof plate contains its own small flick-up spoiler for high-speed stability and noise reduction. Each panel can be removed via three manual latches. 

The P24 RS has 298 litres of luggage capacity - about the same as a compact hatchback - behind the rear seats.

The P24 RS is a modern interpretation of the iconic open front-wheel design concept, but it also opens the door to a new level of speed and sophistication.

“We made use of Ex-Core to add strength and create an integrated design that links to our heritage while advancing the P24 RS’s design,” Donkervoort Design head Jordi Wiersma said.

“We tried to make something much more modern and integrated, with elements from the past, so that the design was completely new and modern, while also referencing our long heritage.”

Some of that modernity is obvious, like the Aero Blade headlights that hide out of the airflow when not needed. The low-beam headlights hide behind the grille until they are needed, then swing out horizontally to direct air over the suspension components.

The daytime running lights (DRL) and integrated indicators sit atop the carbon-fibre bonnet, while the high-beam lights are protected inside the grille. All three front lighting levels are LED, as are the tail lights.

The P24 RS benefits from virtual wind tunnel expertise of Formula 1 experts, AirShaper, leading to floor-generated downforce and an optional, removable wing kit for circuit driving.

While Donkervoort’s iconic signature of exposed front guards delivers unmatched driving accuracy, it also raises aerodynamic questions.

“There’s a reason open-wheel racing cars let drivers see the front wheels; it makes the car easier to place on the track,” Weirsma explained. 

“But open wheels pose open challenges. The airflow around the wheels is very complex, like in Formula 1.

“We made a lot of effort to control the air wake to minimise drag and maintain enough downforce to keep the car aero balanced.”

Donkervoort and AirShaper developed a removable Ex-Core aero kit to maximise P24 RS cooling for track work while forcing as much air as possible under the floor and through the optional double diffuser. 

The aero kit creates 90kg of balanced downforce at both ends (at 250km/h), without lowering the P24 RS’s 300+ km/h top speed*. 

The wing kit includes front corner wings to guide air around the front wheels, with titanium scuff blocks. There are also rear corner wings above the double diffuser, and each of the optional wings is attached via just three bolts. 

The P24 RS supercar can be customised and personalised by its owners long before a single piece of carbon-fibre or leather has even been measured.

Core choices include the standard unassisted steering system or a lightweight, electronically powered, adjustable power-assistance system.

Another personal choice is an electrically powered air conditioning system or the slight weight advantage that comes without it.

There are other driver-choice options, like a Bosch ABS system and track-spec brake pads, for those who frequently enjoy track days.

Beyond that, even the smallest detail of the P24 RS can be customised, from one-off paintwork and interior design, to embossing the owner’s initials or business logo into the seat trims.

And if history is any guide, second and third owners will still be able to customise the P24 RS in 40 years, because that’s what Donkervoort still does for owners of its earlier models.

Donkervoort was founded by Joop Donkervoort in 1978 and it is still owned by the Donkervoort family.

The outgoing F22 was named after his first child, Filippa, who was born in 2022. Family-related names are a long tradition at the family-owned supercar maker. The Donkervoort S8A and the S8AT were both named for Amber Donkervoort, the daughter of Donkervoort founder, Joop Donkervoort.

The “D” in the D8 lineage is named after current Donkervoort Managing Director, Denis Donkervoort.