Every so often, Porsche creates a short production run of cars that celebrates the attributes of one of their special models. In 1993, the Stuttgart engineers decided to develop a race version of their 911 Type 964 Carrera RS, aptly named the Carrera RSR 3.8, and aimed it squarely at the race track. With the 1993 Carrera 2 as the starting point, Porsche had to make at … [Read more...]
Road Cars
Celebrating the Porsche Carrera heritage
The origin of the model name, Porsche Carrera, is not only interesting but also somewhat hazy. It all started in a dusty town called Tuxtla Gutiérrez near the southern border of Mexico. The year was 1950, and an epic road race was about to get underway, La Carrera Panamericana, in celebration of the completion of the Mexican section of the Panamerican highway which stretched … [Read more...]
Porsche Carrera RS (Type 964)
Porsche’s popular 911 model range has evolved hugely over the years, but a few iconic models stand out head and shoulders above the rest. In 1973, the Carrera RS 2.7 lifted the bar in the sports car market, but a decade and a half later, it was the turn of the Type 964 Porsche Carrera RS to carry the baton. From its inception in 1963 up to the end of the G-Series in July … [Read more...]
Porsche 959 Sport
It’s hard to know where to start when writing about a car like the Porsche 959, because for its time, it was just so advanced and leagues ahead of its rivals. Launched in 1985 at a time when the British motor industry was busy imploding, the 959 was billed by Porsche as the ‘Car of the Future’, a supercar with its origins in the humble 911. The brainchild of Porsche … [Read more...]
