Porsche 959
The 959 was designed as an prototype and motorsport homologation car. Like a
Porsche GT1 and the Carrera GT later, it was used finest racing technology and
brought it the street. Unfortunately only few know the promise to find out this,
then it gave only a small number and he was extremly high priced.
How progressive the used technology were, you can see, that a good portion
will be find in the Porsche 993 turbo again, which follows 10 years later. Also
optical shows the 959, how the 911 of the coming generations will be developed.
So technical highlights were the four-wheel drive, the two water-cooled
turbocharger, sodium-filled exhaust valves, chassis parts in Kevlar, polyurethane and
aluminium, all around independent wheel suspension, speed dependent level control system,
magnesium rims and a tire pressure control.
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technical specifications |
|
engine |
6-Cylinder-Boxerengine - bi-turbocharged |
|
cubic capacity |
2848 ccm |
|
power |
331 kW (450 bhp) bei 6550 rpm |
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max. torque |
500 Nm bei 5500 rpm |
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curb weight |
1566 kg |
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acceleration |
0-60 km/h
0-80 km/h
0-100 km/h
0-120 km/h
0-160 km/h
0-200 km/h |
2,1 s
3,0 s
3,7 s
5,3 s
8,5 s
13,3 s |
|
braking distance |
100-0 km/h (cold)
100-0 km/h (warm) |
36,1 m
35,1 m |
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elasticity |
60-100 km/h (5. Gang)
80-120 km/h (6. Gang) |
7,5 s
9,3 s |
|
Vmax |
317 km/h |
|
basic price |
420000 DM
214742 EUR |
numbers
|
year |
959 |
|
1987 |
113 |
|
1988 |
179 |
|
1992 |
8
new produced special series
price: 747500DM (382190 EUR) |