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The Porsche 911 GT2 is a high-performance, track-focused sports car built by the German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1993 to 2009, and then since 2010 as the GT2 RS. It is based on the 911 Turbo , and uses a similar twin-turbocharged engine, but features numerous upgrades, including engine enhancements, larger brakes, and stiffer ...
Porsche refers to the 993 as "a significant advance, not just from a technical, but also a visual perspective." [5] The external design of the Porsche 993 was penned by English designer Tony Hatter. It retained the core cabin and body shell architecture of the 964 and prior 911 model iterations, but exterior panels were revised with much more ...
The Porsche 993 Targa had a departure from the classic Targa design, incorporating an expensive glass sliding roof mechanism. The Targa open-topped model also made a return, this time with a large glass roof that slid under the rear window. The expensive air-cooled 993 Targa had a limited production run between 1996 and 1998.
One of Nakai's modified Porsches with an RWB signature double wing. Akira Nakai (Japanese: 中井 啓, Hepburn: Nakai Akira) is a Japanese automotive tuner, founder of Porsche aftermarket tuning company RAUH-Welt BEGRIFF (RWB), who specializes in the design and installation of custom wide-body kits for classic and modern Porsche models.
Roock Racing's Porsche 911 won the GT2 class at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans.The team's winning drivers were Ralf Kelleners, Guy Martinolle and Bruno Eichmann.. At the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans, Roock's Porsche 911 GT2 driven by André Ahrlé, Andy Pilgrim and Bruno Eichmann finished second in its class, only one lap behind Elf Haberthur Racing's Porsche 911.
This one-of-a-kind 993-generation 911 Turbo is the most recent collaboration between Porsche and fashion brand Aimé Leon Dore. Porsche Reveals the World's Most Fashionable 993 Turbo Skip to main ...
The only original Porsche parts are windows and windscreen wipers borrowed from the 964 and 993. [7] The CTR Anniversary uses a 3.6-litre water cooled twin-turbocharged flat-6 engine producing 700 hp (710 PS; 522 kW), and a custom 7-speed transmission built to Ruf's specification by ZF ., [ 8 ] and is unrelated to any Porsche transmissions.
The development work from the Turbo S LM-GT helped Porsche in creating the 993-generation 911 GT2 in 1995, which would be mass-produced and sold to racing customers. Some teams, unable to buy new 911 GT2s, developed their own twin-turbo racing versions of the 964 Turbo to mimic the Turbo S LM-GT, but lacked the success of the factory project.