Gruppe B Rally aspirations In the early 1980s, Porsche was keen to prove its technological superiority learned throughout the previous...
When discussing breakthroughs in sportscar technology, the Porsche 959 merits its own chapter, if not a book. Introduced in the...
Certain cars in history force the competition to pull their socks up and embrace the future. The Porsche 959 not...
Back in the late Eighties, I was deeply into supercars of that era, like the Lamborghini Countach, the Ferrari F40,...
I think we all know about the holy trinity of hypercars, the McLaren P1, the Ferrari LaFerrari, and the Porsche...
Porsche Classic recently completed a factory restoration of a very rare super sports car: the Porsche 959 S. The Porsche...
1986 – 1988 Porsche 959 Sport Technical Specifications price $ $225 000 USD engine Twin-Turbo Flat 6 valvetrain DOHC 4...
For some context, the iconic 959 remained Porsche’s fastest production car for a cool 26 years (in its very rare S guise) before the company topped it with the 918 Spyder in 2013. Details on the 959 S are scarce; Porsche made just 29 examples of it, with the 2.8-liter flat-six engine featuring larger turbochargers and the company claiming an “official” output of 508hp and 413lb-ft of torque, over the standard 959’s 444hp. Top speed was 210mph.
Porsche 959 Sport (1987 – 1988) Pictures...
