Porsche and others

A page dedicated to the Porsche 959 and other Exotic Cars

The Porsche 959 was developed for on purpose, Group B rallying.  The first
prototype was made in 1984, and had the code name of Gruppe B.  This 
was built on the classic 911 chassis, but when production came, it was a car 
of it's own.  Until Group B rally cars were banned, the 959 competed in two 
of the Paris-Dakar rallies, winning both of them.  A total of 
203 were made, of which 200 were made to fulfil the rallying criteria, all of 
these models were sold before production, and now have a value of around 
double there original value.  The 959, was unlike any Porsche ever made, it
abandoned the use of a boxer engine, and used a 3.0 litre twin turbocharged
V6.  This enables the standard version a top speed of 317Km/h, but there 
was also a few sport models made, capable of 339Km/h.