959
1986–1988
Specifications
- Engine
- 2.85L sequential twin-turbo flat-6
- 0–100 km/h
- 3.7s
- Top Speed
- 317 km/h
- Power
- 444 hp
- Drivetrain
- Rear-engine, all-wheel drive
- Transmission
- 6-speed manual
- Units Made
- 337
- Year
- 1986–1988
Built for a Group B rally category that was banned before it ever raced in it, the Porsche 959 became a road-going technology flagship instead, and the Ferrari F40's own real era rival.
Entity Overview
The Porsche 959 is a twin-turbocharged, all-wheel-drive supercar developed for FIA Group B rallying, then repositioned as a road-going technology flagship once that category was banned before the car was ever ready to compete in it.
Sequential twin-turbocharging, a sophisticated computer-managed all-wheel-drive system, and a body evolved from the 911's own silhouette combined into one of the most technically advanced cars of the 1980s, already connected on this site to the Ferrari F40 as its direct Group B-era rival. Where the F40 stripped everything down to raw, unassisted mechanical drama, the 959 took the opposite technical route entirely, electronic, all-wheel-drive, and computer-managed.
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