The rally-derived Porsche 959 was a step above the standard 911 models, with blistering top speeds and a price tag to match.

HotCars has collected data from official sources, and then compared the Porsche 959 against period rivals to demonstrate how this rear-engine masterpiece dominated the supercar battle that ensued ...

Porsche’s chief engineer at ... 235/45 VR17 up front and 255/40 VR17 at the rear – and a tyre-pressure monitoring system. While the 959 might have obviously been derived from the 911 its ...

There are various driving modes so that the driver can tune the ACS to the conditions. Other modifications include a ...

While both of those cars are dramatic departures from the traditional, rear-engine Porsche formula, they owe their very existence to another wild child of the iconic German brand – the 959.

That cord, incidentally, is the rear door catch ... and observe, than the Porsche 959. Ferrari plans to build just under 100 F40s (the original idea was to build 400), and they have all found ...

Porsche began development of its successor, the 964, in the 1980s. And one of its ideas was to use a V8 engine. So it took a 964, borrowed a V8 from Audi, gave it the rear bodywork from a 959 and ...