Tag: Porsche
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The one true icon…
Being the first Porsche to ever win first overall at Le Mans, the 917 for sure deserves its legendary status. Well, the 1971 movie “Le Mans” starring Steve McQueen certainly helped! The type 912 air-cooled flat-12 engine was designed using two racing flat-6 and a specific crankshaft design similar to those of V engines allowing…
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Monday Money!
Another Monday Money, and another 4WD Turbo 90’s car… but this time from Germany… Based on the subjectively tasteful Audi 80 Avant, the RS2 is the very first RS badged car, and first sports Avant released by Audi. It was designed and assembled in partnership with Porsche between 1994 and 1995 at their Rossle-Bau factory…
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Next game: Endurance!
The legendary 910 was the first ever endurance race car Porsche developed. The German sports car manufacturer managed to succeed once again with the lightweight 910, the next sequence in the line of 906. During the two years of production, between 1966 and 1968, the car was raced in the World Sportscar Championship and FIA European…
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Monday Money!
Even among Porsche fans, the 968 has always been considered as a proper Porsche whereas its counterparts 924 and 944 models have often been viewed as outsiders even though these models offer lots of similarities. For starter, the in-line 4 engine which was an outrage for a few Porsche aficionados who consider “real” Porsches to…
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The Duck Fairy Tail
The Porsche ducktail spoiler, or ducktail wing, first appeared in the historic Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 in 1973. Obviously, it was born out of function rather than form, its a German car after all. Efficiency rather than beauty. The term “ducktail” can probably be traced back to the Porsche sales department, which initially made the 911 #Carrera RS 2.7…