Category: Porsche
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Porsche 911 Turbo 964: 3.3, 3.6 and Turbo S History and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Porsche 911 Turbo of the 964 generation arrived for the 1991 model year with a 320 PS 3.3-litre air-cooled flat-six, rear-wheel drive and the wide Turbo body. Porsche introduced the substantially revised 360 PS Turbo 3.6 for 1993, while the lightweight 381 PS Turbo S became the rarest and most…
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Porsche 924 Carrera GT, GTS and GTR: History, Specs and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Porsche 924 Carrera GT, type 937, transformed the early 924 Turbo into a Group 4 homologation special. Introduced in 1980, it combined a 210 PS two-litre turbo engine with wider composite bodywork, improved intercooling and reduced weight. Porsche built 406 Carrera GT road cars before developing the still rarer Carrera…
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Porsche 959: History, Technology, Dakar Legacy and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Porsche 959 was the company’s 1980s technology demonstrator made road legal: a 2.85-litre sequentially twin-turbocharged, four-wheel-drive supercar developed from Porsche’s Group B programme. The production model appeared in 1985 and customer cars followed from 1987. Porsche records 292 series-production examples, a quoted 450 PS and a 317 km/h maximum speed.…
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Porsche 911 Turbo 996: History, Specs and Buying Guide
UNUSUAL CARS MODEL GUIDE The Porsche 911 Turbo 996 was the first water-cooled 911 Turbo and the first series-production Porsche road car to exceed 300 km/h. Introduced in 2000, it used a 3.6-litre twin-turbo flat-six related to Porsche’s GT1 racing engine, standard all-wheel drive and either a six-speed manual or five-speed Tiptronic S transmission. The…