A quick snapshot of 959 history follows. In 1981, with the 911 poised to be replaced by the more conventional, front-engine ...

The Paris-Dakar Rally racer helped redefine supercars. Specifications: Porsche 959 Engine When it was launched back in 1986, the Porsche 959 was the fastest road car on sale. Most V12 supercars of ...

In the week when Lewis Hamilton arrived at Maranello to join the Scuderia, he set tongues wagging when he posed alongside a Ferrari F40, the last road car developed under the watch of company ...

In reality, the 959 did not actually fail U.S. safety tests because it never took them. Porsche lost about $500,000 for each 959 sold, due to the complexity of the car, so it only produced 292 of ...

The Porsche 959 was years ahead of its time and ushered in technologies that set the tone for almost all future supercars.

Spaniard Juan Morera is cooler than just about all of us. Accompanied by spouse Lidia Rubia, Morera has entered this Porsche ...

there was another Porsche supercar quietly and discretely on display upstairs in the same hall. That, of course, was the 959. But not just any 959: this was the original Gruppe B prototype.

such as all-wheel drive and a twin-turbocharged engine, solidified its place as an icon of automotive innovation. Radcliffe’s sculptures masterfully capture the essence of the Porsche 959 ...

Dutch Porsche restomod company Kalmar pushed its 911-turned-959 prototype named 9X9 onto the ... horsepower in its 3.8-liter twin-turbo boxer engine through an all-wheel-drive system, it had ...

A quick snapshot of 959 history follows. In 1981, with the 911 poised to be replaced by the more conventional, front-engine 928, Porsche's new managing director Peter Schutz issued a change in plans.