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Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to limited production Sports Cars restricted to 5 litre engine capacity.
The Porsche 935 is a race car that was developed and manufactured by German automaker Porsche.Introduced in 1976 as the factory racing version of the 911 (930) Turbo and prepared for FIA-Group 5 rules, it was an evolution of the Carrera RSR 2.1 turbo prototype, the second place overall finisher in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Toyota Celica Liftback Turbo was a Group 5 Special Production racecar version of the 3-door liftback first generation Toyota Celica GT built by Schnitzer via Toyota Deutschland to compete in Division 1 of the DRM. It competed in the German series in 1977 and 1978. Plagued by reliability problems, it finished twice and won a non-championship ...
Group 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 5 Special Production Cars became the premier form of "sports car" racing from 1976, with prototypes going into a general decline apart from Porsche 936 domination at Le Mans and a lower-key series of races for smaller two-litre Group 6 prototypes.
Koenig also entered into automobile production with its road-going version of the Porsche 962 known as the Koenig C62, therefore becoming the first road-legal Group C-based car. Many of its cars have been featured in non-German mainstream publications such as Road & Track, Top Gear and Sports Car International.
It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories: Group 5 Special Production Cars; Group 4 Special Grand Touring Cars; Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars; Group 2 Touring Cars; Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars; The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976, and comprised seven races in total.
The deal includes "socially responsible" job cuts of over 35,000 German factory workers by 2030.
Originally based in Germany, it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide. The original DTM had resumed racing with production based cars, as the former Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft had switched to Group 5 in 1977 and even to expensive Group C sportscars in 1982, leading to its decline