Between the late 1970s and mid 1980s, DP Motorsport in Cologne run by Ekkehard Zimmerman did a roaring trade creating some of the most iconic custom Porsches to emerge during the golden super…
Read MoreWorthy candidates for ultimate 911 are numerous, but can anything top an ex-works Martini Racing RSR from 1973 that bagged sixth overall and fourth in class at the Targa Florio World Championship race?
Read MoreChassis 9113600576, also known as R5, started life as one of the seven 911 RSRs campaigned by the works-assisted Martini Racing outfit in European rounds of the 1973 World Sportscar Championship.
Read MoreBy mid 1977, the 911 had been around for 13 years and Porsche did not expect to be building it for much longer. Instead, the company (which had been under the direction of Ernst Fuhrmann since…
Read MoreBy far the most successful racing car of the Group 5 era was Porsche’s iconic 935. Having been reserved for works use in 1976, customer cars began to come on stream for 1977, at which point the…
Read MoreMid way through the 1977 Formula 1 season, Renault made a big splash when it entered the championship with a turbocharged car: the RS01. Initially, results were unconvincing. During five…
Read MoreHaving initially been the dominant force in Group C racing, the Porsche 962 gradually began losing out to a new generation of machinery from the likes of Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. The Porsche’s…
Read MoreWhile McLaren’s F1 GTR went on to dominate GT racing’s premier GT1 class during the mid 1990s, the GT3 category was initially the domain of Porsche 964-based 911 3.8 Carrera RSR. Against…
Read MoreCreated as a successor to the all-conquering 904 GTS, Porsche’s iconic Gullwing-doored 906 Carrera 6 seamlessly took over the mantle of premier under two-litre Group 4 Sports car. To qualify…
Read MoreFollowing in the footsteps of Renault-Alpine which had organised its own ‘one-make’ racing series for several years, 1986 saw Porsche join the fray with its 944 Turbo Cup Championship. The idea of…
Read MoreIf you wanted the best production-based Porsche racer in 1957, that car was the 356 A Carrera GT Lightweight. Bristling with all the best gear, at its heart was the ultimate 110bhp iteration of…
Read MoreWith the introduction of Porsche’s new water-cooled 911 (the 996), the firm’s hot normally aspirated driver-focused line previously known as the Carrera RS assumed a new GT3 moniker…
Read MoreWith its combination of widebody styling, no fixed rear spoiler, a full comfort-spec. interior and the lighter, less complicated rear-drive transmission, Porsche’s 993 Carrera S from the late 1990s has…
Read MoreFamously, a good contingent of Porsche’s top brass thought it would be a difficult task to sell the 500 copies of the 911 2.7 Carrera RS that were required to homologate a further uprated Carrera…
Read MoreAt the Le Mans 24 Hours in June 1979, Klaus Ludwig along with infamous Whittington brothers Don and Bill, took an incredible victory driving a Kremer Porsche 935 K3. What made the result even more…
Read MorePorsche created the fabled 2.7-litre 911 Carrera RS with one aim: to homologate the most potent Group 4 GT racing car possible. What emerged was the first generation 911 Carrera RSR which in…
Read MoreFor the first few years of its life, every 911 production car used a 2-litre version of Porsche’s venerable air-cooled Flat 6 engine. That all changed in late 1969 when the 1970 model year C-series…
Read MoreA little over ten years after the 356 had made its salon debut, Porsche introduced arguably the most heavily revised iteration yet: the 356 B. Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September…
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