After Audi became the 1982 World Rally champions with their four-wheel drive Quattro, the writing was on the wall for traditional two-wheel drive machinery. Although Lancia’s trick 037 Group B…
Read MoreHaving won the Paris-Dakar Rally driving a works Mercedes G Wagon in 1983, Jacky Ickx convinced his employers at Porsche that they should embark on a programme to win the gruelling desert raid.
Read MoreThe 953 was created for Porsche’s first attack on the daunting Paris-Dakar Rally (in 1984). A three-year Paris-Dakar programme would see the German firm return in 1985 and 1986 with prototype iterations…
Read MoreThe 953 was the first four-wheel drive 911. Three examples were built to contest the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally. 100022 was registered BB PW 528. It ran the Paris-Dakar as Porsche’s fast service car in…
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