Chassis 141 was one of two Porsche 962s raced by Jochen Dauer in 1989 (the other having been chassis 133). 141 joined Dauer’s stable in the middle of the year at which point it became the team’s…
Read MoreMotorhead magazine teams up with Luke Huxham to give you a glimpse into the life of three young, at-heart car enthusiasts who own three extremely unique Le Mans cars: the Mazda 767B, a Jaguar XJ220LM, and the already famous road-going Porsche 962C.
Read MoreHaving bought back production rights to the 924 (a car it had originally begun to develop for the Volkswagen Audi Group), Porsche subsequently created a significantly enhanced forced induction…
Read MoreDuring the 1988 model year, Porsche introduced new performance-oriented Club Sport variants of its 911 Carrera Coupe and 928 S4. In both cases, a little of the usual comfort and practicality were…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its superior specification and a legion of customer cars to support the Rothmans-backed factory team, the Porsche 956 proved almost unbeatable during Group C’s…
Read MoreChassis 000 00018 was a bare 911 bodyshell delivered direct from Porsche to Kremer Racing in Cologne. It became one of ten brand new units built up to Kremer K3 trim. In addition, ten existing…
Read MoreBetween 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 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 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 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 MorePorsche had originally created the 928 as a more conventionally engineered, more upmarket replacement for the 911 which, with its air-cooled rear-mounted engine, was unlike anything else in…
Read MoreAlthough 20th century sports car racing saw frequent periods of domination by some truly great automobiles, perhaps the most sustained era of supremacy by an out-and-out prototype was that of…
Read MoreWithin weeks of the flat-nosed 935 racing car making its Mugello debut in March 1976, customers began to commission road-going replicas from the likes of Kremer and DP. Porsche finally got in…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche ultimately sold more than the 200 959s that would have been required for Group B homologation, the project ended up costing an exorbitant sum – rumoured to have been well into…
Read MoreChassis 116 was the second 956 purchased by Brun Motorsport. Acquired for the 1984 season, it joined the team’s existing car, chassis 111, which had been raced successfully throughout 1983. In…
Read MoreUnlike most other firms that sprung up during the late 20th century super tuner era, Ruf Automobile elected to focus on engineering excellence as opposed the kind of flamboyant over styling that…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche was initially reluctant to offer a 935-style Flachbau front end on the 911 Turbo, the brisk conversion business being done outside official corridors convinced them to make such…
Read MoreBetween 1983 and 1989 Porsche produced several iterations of the 3.2-litre 911 Carrera which have come to be regarded as all-time classics. Among the most sought after are the super lightweight…
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