Porsche 959 Dakar

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Once the champagne had dried up Porsche deemed its Dakar program accomplished. The Paris-Dakar crosses Africas deserts.

Paris Dakar Porsche 959 In Rothmans Livery Sells For Colossal 5 9 Million

The 959 features a six-cylinder boxer engine with a 2849 cc capacity and two-turbo chargers in register alignment.

Porsche 959 dakar. Porsche consacre son dernier Top 5 de lannée à une voiture de course devenue légendaire. However once upon a time there was a car that got a priority lane pass to TGs Rallying Hall of Fame. La 959 du Paris-Dakar.

Pour tester la vitrine technologique 959 Porsche choisit le rallye le plus impitoyable qui soit. Porsche 959 Paris Dakar 1986 Porsche 959 Paris Dakar 1986 Year of production. As an authentic Rothmans team 959 used in the 1985 Paris-Dakar Rally this car is one of but a small handful that established Porsches supremacy in the field of all-wheel-drive supercars.

The Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar car. The 959 Paris-Dakar model has commensurately evolved into one of Stuttgarts most desirable competition cars as the purest distillation of Helmuth Botts original concept for the ultimate all-wheel-drive Porsche. Liste des engagés au Paris Dakar 1985 1985 Jacky ICKX Claude BRASSEUR – PORSCHE 959 n185 OPEL ASCONA n182.

With a distance of 13000 kilometres the Paris-Dakar marathon is one of the toughest in history. This gave Porsche a 1-2 finish with supporting 959 Dakar engineer Unger Kussmaul crossing the line at sixth. The Porsche 959 is remembered a technological tour de force that forever changed the direction of supercar engineering but in a wonderful twist of fate this pristine supercar was modified for rally and sent off to compete in the worlds toughest race the Paris-Dakar.

The rare Paris-Dakar examples produced from 1984-1986 are hailed as the true cream-of-the-crop for most Porsche racing experts. The 959 was built in Germany based on a Porsche 911 just like the original from 1978 with a 959 body. 1986 Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar.

This Porsche 959 is a very close copy not in technical terms of the 959 that participated in this legendary rally in Dakar driven by Jacky Ickx. Were dedicating an entire episode to the legend. La Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar proposait un condensé de technologie.

Cette version tout-terrain du modèle 959 de série disposait dun moteur flat-six 3 litres développant 400 ch séquipait d. The power output is stated at around 400 bhp. Technically speaking chassis 010015 – the desert-raced Porsche to be offered in Atlanta – is a 959.

The developerengineer of the Dakar Porsche. 210 kmh 130 mph To put the technology demonstrator 959 through its paces it was entered in the toughest rally in the world. La 959 à transmission intégrale sacquitte à la perfection des exigences les plus diverses.

À larrivée les tandems René MetgeDominique Lemoyne et Jacky. 2849 cc Power output. Ou plutôt les 959 puisque comme le rappelle le constructeur.

And now for the first time ever one is up for sale. Last years rally episode was missing one model – the legendary 959 Paris-Dakar. 1985 – 1986 Porsche 959 Dakar.

On October 27 a Dakar-raced Porsche 959 – one of three built to compete in the 1985 event – will cross the auction stage in Atlanta Georgia part of RM Sothebys Porsche 70th Anniversary Sale. Porsche sends three 959s to compete. PORSCHE 959 n186.

What would you. 30-shot gallery full history and specifications. 1986 Engineflat-six turbo Displacement.

Le Paris-Dakar traverse les déserts et la savane africains sur 13 800 kilomètres. The future caretaker can expect a warm welcome at international concours delegance and Porsche events or enjoy the 959s blistering performance at. 400 HP 294 kW Top speed.

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