Donkervoort has never built cars for buyers who want to disappear into traffic, and the new P24 RS keeps that philosophy intact.
Now open for orders in Australia, the lightweight Dutch performance car arrives with a notable first for the brand in the form of right-hand drive availability.
That matters for markets such as Australia, the UK and Japan, where access to Donkervoort’s most focused road car has suddenly become more direct, if still very limited.
At a glance
- The Donkervoort P24 RS is now open for orders in Australia and is available in right-hand drive for the first time.
- It uses an in-house developed twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 with selectable 400, 500 and 600 hp outputs.
- Production is capped at 150 cars globally, with fewer than 30 right-hand drive examples planned.
A new engine era for Donkervoort
The P24 RS marks a clear technical shift for Donkervoort, moving away from the Audi-sourced engines that powered earlier models.
In their place is an in-house developed twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6, a change that gives the brand more control over the car’s character and performance delivery.
The headline number is 600 hp, but Donkervoort has chosen not to make that output the only setting.
Its Power To Choose system lets the driver select between 400, 500 and 600 hp, giving the P24 RS a degree of adjustability that suits changing roads, weather and confidence levels.
In a car this light, even the lowest output setting is far from modest.
Right-hand drive makes the P24 RS more accessible
The arrival of right-hand drive is a significant move for a company whose cars have traditionally appealed to a small, highly committed audience.
Australia is now taking orders, while right-hand drive availability also opens the door more naturally for buyers in the UK and Japan.
That doesn’t mean the P24 RS will become common.
Global production is limited to 150 cars, and fewer than 30 of those are set to be built in right-hand drive.
For collectors and serious drivers in these markets, the appeal is partly mechanical and partly numerical.
Performance shaped by extreme lightness
The central figure in the P24 RS story is not just power, but weight.
Donkervoort lists the car at 780 kg dry, putting it well below the one-tonne mark and giving the 600 hp output a very different meaning than it would have in a conventional supercar.
The brand says the P24 RS is the only production car with 600 hp that weighs under 1000 kg.
That combination helps it reach 200 km/h in 7.4 seconds and continue beyond 300 km/h.
Cornering performance is also part of the brief, with Donkervoort citing up to 2.3g of lateral force.
Those figures position the P24 RS less as a luxury grand tourer and more as a road-legal performance tool for drivers who value immediacy, feedback and low mass over insulation.
Details & Specifications
| Brand | Donkervoort |
|---|---|
| Model | P24 RS |
| Engine | In-house developed twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 |
| Power | Selectable 400, 500 and 600 hp |
| Dry weight | 780 kg |
| 0 to 200 km/h | 7.4 seconds |
| Top speed | Over 300 km/h |
| Cornering force | Up to 2.3g |
| Production | 150 units globally |
| Right-hand drive production | Fewer than 30 units |
| Availability | Open for orders in Australia |
The P24 RS is the kind of car that will speak loudest to drivers who still see lightness as the purest route to speed.
Its right-hand drive availability broadens the audience, but the tiny production allocation keeps it firmly in the realm of the rare and deeply specialised.
